The spelling of my husband's last name Code is the spelling used in Canada. In Wicklow and Wexford were known as Codd, and still are today. I just met some long lost cousins in October. In Canada it became Code either because of accent and spelling of the writer and my understanding is that Coad came because of religious differences rather than politics, however, it could be politics. The first generations of Irish Codd's were British/Irish not Irish as such, I have even read that those who lived in the Wicklow/Wexford border area even spoke the old english/saxon language several hundred years later. Almost all Wicklow Codd's are protestant with some catholic. The reason I was given for the change was due to land retention and personal preference. The Wexford Codd's are mostly Catholic. The story of Codd/Coad came from David Code of Perth. One of Gordon's descendant's children left the family in Lanark Co. and became it is believe Morman's and went to the US never to be heard from again.
I have a number of records for the Codd's from Ireland, some from the Church of Ireland Library; some from the National Archives and also the Library. I also have some records from the Coolattin Estate for a variety of families but NO Codd's. I received a 12 page list of bmd from a George Code aged 90 from Aughrim. These families still live in the area of Co.Wicklow. If interested I can be contacted at
codeannette@shaw.ca