Stanley
An Irish surname of Dublin. In the 2010 US census it was carried by 96,867 people, the 321st most common surname in the country.
de Stainléigh
Dublin, photographed
Photographs made in Dublin.
Dublin
Dublin is a county as well as a city. The bay has Howth at the north end and Killiney Hill at the south, the Muglins are a pair of rocks off Dalkey, and the Dublin Mountains start about half an hour from the city centre.
Notable bearers
Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), writer, politician, and journalist.
Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904-1971), writer, university teacher, and chemist.
Paul Stanley (born 1952), singer, musician, and songwriter.
Clayton Stanley (born 1978), volleyball player.
Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841-1908), politician, ice hockey player, and aristocrat.
About this page
The counties on this page are where the name was thickest on the ground in Ireland a century and a half ago, not a claim about any one family. Names moved around inside the country as much as they left it. The photographs are mine, made in the counties named.
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How common the name was
In 1890, 21 births were registered under Stanley in Ireland, most of them in Dublin.
| Leinster | 9 | 43% |
|---|---|---|
| Munster | 8 | 38% |
| Ulster | 1 | 5% |
| Connacht | no figure printed | |
| Ireland | 21 |