The entry from the 1890 Census Summary for the family "SHEA" reads:

# in Ireland: 246
... Leinster: 24
... Munster: 217
... Ulster: 2
... Connaught: 3

Counties in which principally found:
Kerry, Cork, Kilkenny, Tipperary, and Waterford - Very few found outside these counties - More than one half of the Munster entries are in Kerry.

A list of the most popular names in Munster Province shows 146 Shea in co. Kerry. This leaves 71 for the remaining counties. Shea is not listed as a 'top name' in any other county, meaning there are:

< 75 in Cork
< 31 in Tipperary
< 25 in Limerick
< 21 in Clare
< 20 in Waterford

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