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Bates The name Bates in Ireland was brought to the country by settlers who arrived from England as early as the seventeenth century. The name itself is a derivation of the first name Bartholomew. It is in the Province of Ulster and in County Dublin that the majority of descendants bearing this name can today be found.
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