The name of one of the most revered historians of Irish history: “Tighernach, Abbot of Clonmacnoise, historian and annalist, lived in the 11th century.” (Alfred Webb, Tigernach, A Compendium of Irish Biography, 1878). I remember my dad telling me that we came from Royality but i didnt believe him. Pronounced ‘Kor-mack’. In Ireland, the spelling is usually Kavanagh – sometimes Cavanagh. Pronounced ‘Nile’ like the river. Along with Elizabeth and Charlotte, other royal names for girls in the US Top 100 include Alice, Amelia, Caroline, Eleanor, Emma, Sarah, Sophia, and Victoria. If this is your first time here you’re very welcome, I hope you enjoy reading this Letters from Ireland, (if you would like to start receiving a FREE Letter from Ireland straight to your inbox every week, Sign up for your free weekly Letter from Ireland by clicking here, http://www.youririshheritage.com/the-surname-ryan/, http://youririshheritage.spreadshirt.com/. My great-grandfather was Christopher Charles O’Rourke who was born in the USA and we really do not have any family on his side to check with. I have found my great and great great grandfather on the various lists available and the name Magennis is also used.
According to the article The Revival of Irish Names (1886) from the Irish Fireside the meaning of Graine is ‘love’ and it is pronounced ‘Grawn-ya’. Just wanted you to know I’m enjoying your blog. The purpose of this list is to help Irish parents in choosing names for newborn baby.
Pearce and Pierce were old Norman names normally found in Leinster. Sadhbh, an ancient Irish name, meaning ‘goodness’; still in use, but generally anglicised Sally. Nuala has been a popular name throughout Irish history: “… Lady Nuala O'Connor, daughter of the noble O'Connor Faly, and wife of the powerful chieftain, Hugh O'Donnell.” (Margaret Anne Cusack, An Illustrated History of Ireland, 1868); Lady Nuala O'Connor helped establish the Franciscans in Donegal. By the time of the Treaty of Limerick, almost all Gaelic nobles had lost any semblance of real power in their (former) domains. The Dunleavys would have been a royal family from County Down up to the 1100s – when they moved to Donegal. Mike. Sincerely, You do find most O’Briens in Munster – Clare/Limerick/Cork/Tipp/Waterford. Sharing in everyday culture and identity, as well as ancestry, human presence on the Emerald Isle dates back some 12,500 years, according to archaeological studies.
“Fergus, one of the chiefs who headed the migration of the Irish to the Western Highlands of Scotland” (Alfred Webb, Fergus, A Compendium of Irish Biography). However, the wars of 1595–1603, 1641–1650 and 1689–1691 often resulted in a loss of land if they supported the losing side. Thank you. It was composed to celebrate Hugh Roe O’Donnell, and by “Roisin Dubh” (Roseen Duff), supposed to be a beloved female was meant Ireland …” (John Johnson Marshall, Names under which Ireland was personified in the Seventeenth Century, Popular Rhymes and Sayings of Ireland, 1924). Thanks for any help you can give. Irish family names can tell stories, too. Yep – your Dad was spot on about the O’Tooles (in fact we have put them into our shop with a crown on them – have a look at http://youririshheritage.spreadshirt.com/).
Provides details not only of 100s of Irish forenames but also 1000s of surnames and names of clans in Ireland. They have a couple of castles – still standing west of the town of Banteer.
Can you please tell me how to pronounce O’Murchadha. Oisín, diminutive of os, a deer; the name of the Fenian poet, son of Fionn MacCumhail; also borne by four Irish saints. Mike. I have one picture of my great, great grandfather Duffy who was called the old goat and lived to be 107. The name on that certificate did NOT have and O’ or was not spelled different or with a C. We have always been with a K .
Mike. My great-grandfather James Butler immigrated from Clonmel, Tipperary, by way of deserting from the British Army in India after serving in the Crimean War, and seeing the Charge of the Light brigade as an artilleryman on the cliffs.
Hugh O'Donel, O.F.M., is Don Hugo O'Donnell, 7th Duke of Tetuan. Mike.
The lords kept historians and genealogists, they reclaimed old royal inauguration sites, they entertained with their poets and bards. Famous in Irish history, Cormac MacArt reigned for forty years in the 3rd Century as King of Ireland (Alfred Webb, Cormac MacArt, A Compendium of Irish Biography, 1878). Niamh, meaning ‘effulgence’ (dazzling light) according to The Revival of Irish Names (1886) from the Irish Fireside and pronounced ‘Neeve’.Tomas O Flannghaile (Celtic Surnames, For the Tongue of the Gael, 1896), however, gives the meaning of Niamh as ‘the splendid’, but Patrick Kennedy in a note to the Progress of the Wicked Bard, Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, also gives the meaning as … For an extended list of Irish girls’s names see: Below is a list of 20 of the most popular Irish names for boys with origins and meanings given where possible. My moms side of the family has the name of keep.
Ten saints of the name are mentioned in the Martyrology of Donegal. We lived by a different set of laws, the Brehon laws. This college generally accepted and copied the old genealogies. of di, without, and airmit, injunction, hence a freeman; an ancient and very common name, especially among the MacCarthys, MacDermotts, O'Briens, and O'Connors; still found in every part of Ireland [1920s], but generally anglicised Jeremiah. His feast is kept on 12 September. Mike. can you please give me any information on my grandfather James Cork from County Cork or our family James Cork paternal patriarch thank you ahead of time. O’Shaughnessy from Clare were very powerful local chieftains – and they are the ones I refer to in my list. I live in Texas, “a long way from Tipperary…. In Griffith’s Valuatuin I see that, I think, My great great grandfather Edward Kavanagh had land in the Parish of Kilmoka in the township of Ballyedock. Sorcha, genitive idem (the same), Sorcha, (Sarah, Sally); an old Irish name, signifying ‘clear’ or ‘bright’; still in use, but now always anglicised Sarah or Sally. I suggest you contact Noreen at http://www.hiberniaroots.com – she should point you in the right direction. The time I looked at in this article was the mid 1500s – and the O’Keefes were not in my research. See Bréanainn. Why?
Some of the names are longer and you can create a nickname from it to keep it short. Bran, an old and once common Irish name meaning ‘raven’; in use in the family of O'Byrne down to the middle of the 17th century or later. I have a copy of the ships manifest with their names and ages.
Pronounced ‘Tige’ as in ‘tiger’. Ciarán, diminutive of ciar, black; the name of no fewer than fifteen Irish saints mentioned in the Martyrology of Donegal, of whom the best known are St. Kieran of Saighir, patron of the Diocese of Ossory, and St. Kieran, Abbot of Clonmacnoise and patron of that diocese. By taking the Name of a Child for years that will develop their personality traits according to the Meaning for his/her Name, whether you are the Mother or Father of a New Cute Baby, We have collected the list of Modern Irish Baby Names with their Meaning. “… the country was ruled over by three Dedannan princes, who reigned each for one year in their turn. : Thanks Mike!!! Curious English Surnames is a light-hearted look at English names found in old directories. F. A. Fahy in The Revival of Irish Names (1886) from the Irish Fireside gives the meaning of the name Nuala as ‘fair-shouldered’ and the pronunciation of Nuala as ‘Noola’. Tighernach, derivative of tighearna, a lord, and meaning ‘lordly’; an old Irish name, borne by four saints, of whom the best known is St. Tierney of Clones. Cian, an old Irish name, meaning ‘ancient’; common among the O'Haras and O'Garas of Connacht and the O'Carrolls of Ely, who, no doubt, took it from their great ancestor, Cian, the son of Olioll Olum, King of Munster, and among the O'Mahonys of South Munster, after their great ancestor, Cian, the son-in-law of Brian Boru, who led the forces of Desmond at the battle of Clontarf; still in use, but sometimes ridiculously anglicised Cain.
There was also a Porter in there somewhere, but I’m not sure where that name fits into the line. There are different interpretations of the origin of the name, but The Revival of Irish Names (1886) from the Irish Fireside suggests that the meaning of Una is ‘famine’. Thats it Sue – you and your family are in! Árdghal, genitive -ghail. I have DNA evidence that links us to the Ormondes. Hi Jim – if you are looking for specific records and research for an individual, I recommend that you contact Noreen at http://www.facebook.com/hiberniaroots in the first instance. Thats right Jane – MacDonagh is a very common name in Sligo. This further isolated them from their compatriots, the majority who remained Catholic.
But for sure, I stem from Sutton and Duggan on my Irish family.
Adams Wikimedia Commons. Remember! Hi Charles – Duggan spelled with 2 ggs is typcically from Cork and Limerick alright. Mike. Fodhla, an ancient name for Ireland. I’ve not heard of any royal connections – but they are on your list!
Sheila. *Ver-gustu-s, super-choice, super-selection, Old Irish—Fergus; formerly a rather common name in Ireland and Scotland. My O’Malleys are of Corrymailley. However – there was also a family of Pearces who were a sept of the Fitzmaurices of Kerry. Saying that she believes Ireland - her homeland - is the most enchanting place she has ever been and is passionate about documenting the Emerald Isle.
All the best – Mike. Mike. Sailed on the Mary Ann with my g,g, grandmother, Elizabeth (Reid) Kennedy. Latin—Affrica, Africa. About us | Privacy Policy | Contact us © 2020 www.BabyNamesDirect.com. All below are flatha (princes) and also descendants in the male line, however distant in some cases, from at least one historical grade of Rí, a Rí túaithe (usually a local petty king), a Ruiri (overking or regional king), or a greater Rí ruirech (king of overkings, also called a provincial king or Rí cóicid). Those who live in the north of the country may hold various national identities, including Irish, Northern Irish, and British. Looking to contact any of my clan members out there! Im 4th generation born in USA (Los Angeles, Ca) but family came from Ireland in the 1800’s Im told we were from Mayo and Galway. I am loving this whole trip Mike. Eibhlín, sunlight; the name of the mother of Constantine; introduced into Ireland by the Anglo-Normans. My mother was an O’Brien and my paternal grandmother was a Reilly…I had no idea I had royal blood on both sides of the family…I thought it was just the O’Brien side that gave me blue blood! Róisín, a diminuitive of Róis. Clann territories were under the rule and control of a Chief, who was elected by a vote of descendants (within three generations) of the preceding Chief. Nuala was also the name of the sister of Hugh O'Neill, the Earl of Tyrone, who died in exile in Rome in 1616: “To his sister Nuala, weeping over his grave, his bard Mac Ward addressed that noble “Lament,” which, translated by Mangan, is known to all Irish readers.” (Alfred Webb, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, A Compendium of Irish Biography, 1878).
[14] Other members of the family have disputed this, most notably Fr. Beyond that was “beyond the Pale” – a land of individual chiefdoms and seeming lawlessness. a Name isn't just for a birthday - it's for life! My great-grandfather was Florence McCarthy from County Wicklow according to my baby book. Royal Families of Ireland – Does your Irish surname make the list? of muir, sea, and ceart, right, meaning ‘sea-director,’ ‘expert at sea,’ ‘able navigator’; an ancient Irish name, common among the O'Briens, O'Connors, &c.; still in use [1920s], but generally anglicised Mortimer, with which it has no connection.
Pronounced ‘Kar-bruh’. Caoimhe, an Irish name, signifying ‘gentleness,’ ‘beauty,’ ‘grace,’ ‘courtesy’; borne by a Scoto-Irish saint whose feast-day is 2 November. Sometimes pronounced ‘Tierna’. Alexander grew up and married a Canadian girl, Elizabeth Buckingham. But there are quite a few Irwins scattered around the good country of Cork, Limerick and Tipperary. I did note in old records a James Mealey in Galway.
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