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Archaic forms include (O')Kelaghan, Kealaghan, and (O')Keelan, however is as common in surnames, lesser names become lost to a more common name of similar sound, i.e. Ó Ceallacháin, a Munster sept that was first Anglicised as Callaghan. Ó Longáin (Long, Longan) Meaning: Progenitor: Territory: Co. Armagh
Dungannon was the clan's main stronghold. The traditional site of inauguration for 'The O'Neill' was Tullyhogue Fort, an Iron Age mound some four miles northeast of Dungannon. The clan O'Hagan were the stewards of this site for the O'Neills. In the 14th century the O'Neills built a castle on what is today known as Castle Hill; the location was ...
O'Grady Clan are distant relations of the O'Brian Clan. Ó hÁdhmaill The clan are a branch of Cenél nEógain [57] (specifically, Cenél mBinnigh), descendants of Eochu Binneach, the son of Eógan mac Néill. O'Higgins family claim descent from the Southern Uí Néill. Ó Flaithbheartaigh Clan claim descent from the Connachta's Uí Briúin.
Ó hÁdhmaill is a Gaelic Irish clan from Ulster. [7] The name is now rendered in many forms, most commonly Hamill.The clan are a branch of Cenél nEógain (specifically, Cenél mBinnigh), belonging to the Uí Néill; they claim descent from Eochu Binneach, the son of Eógan mac Néill.
This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of clans, peers and landed gentry families in Ireland. Most of the houses belonged to the Old English and Anglo-Irish aristocracy, and many of those located in the present Republic of Ireland were abandoned, sold or destroyed following the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War of the early 1920s.
There can be more than one clan with the same surname if of a different ancestry. [2] Clans of Ireland lists the following clans on their Register of Clans, some of whom have their own clan societies or associations: [3] Boyle - Ó Baoighill / Ó Baoill; Carty - Cartys of Connaught; Connolly – Ó Conghaile
The name O'Neill may come from Niall Glúndub, however the Clann Néill (more commonly known as Clan Neill) takes its name from his grandfather Néill Caille.The O'Neills and MacLaughlins who descend from this branch, were the two principal and most powerful septs of the Cenél nEógain, however the MacLaughlins defeat at the hands of the O'Neills in 1241 led to the O'Neills dominance over the ...
He was granted 120 acres (0.49 km 2) outside the ancestral home in Dungannon in 1611. [citation needed] As planters moved into the territories to the north, the combination of the dense forest and Hugh's reputation kept most new arrivals out. By 1615 he had lost his lands in Dungannon over a struggle with the Lord Lieutenant.