Gilraine Family of Carrick on Shannon

Dear Jan: 

Thanks for your post and welcome to the site.  Would you be able to give us any further information as to your ancestors' names, and where they were from?  That would be a great help as we could narrow down the parish and one of our volunteers would assist.  You can reply on this thread. 

All the best, 

Jane

Welcome to the IrelandXO Co Leitrim Community!

The original Irish (Gaelic) root of the surname you seek was Ó Giollaráin and it had a wide range of spelling variations... (see full list below)

You could try running these variations through the Irish Census Search or Headstones Archive for some clues. It will certainly show you what townlands / parishes were Gilraine strongholds in the 20th century. 

Variations of the Surname Gilraine

GILERAN GILEREN GILERIN GILLERAN  GILLEREN  GILLERIN  GILLARAN  GILLIRAN  GILLRAN  GILRAN  GILREN  GIRLARAN GILERAIN GILERANE  GILLERAIN  GILLERANE  GILLRAINE  GILLRAIN  GILLRANE  GILRAIN GILRAINE  GILRANE GILLURN GILLERN GILHERN GILEHERAN GILLEHAN  GUILLEHAN GILLERHAN  GILERNAN  GILLERNAN GILREAN   GILERON   GILLERON GILLELAUD  

KILARAN KILERIN  KILLERAN  KILRAN KILERANE KILLERAINE KILLERANE KILLRAIN KILLRANE KILRAIN KILRAINE KILRANE KILREAN KILREANE KILRAHIL KILREHAL KILREHIL KILREIN