The Leadville Irish; Life, Labor and Loss at 10,200 Feet
A search in the Annunciation Catholic church records reveals that the most common Irish surnames in Leadville in 1880 were nearly identical with the most common surnames in the Beara peninsula, revealed in the Griffith Valuation Records of 1845:
| Leadville Sullivan Murphy Walsh McDonald McCarthy Harrington Lynch Gallgher Ryan |
Beara Sullivan Murphy McCarthy Harrington Lynch Ryan |
