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Ireland in 1300 showing maximum extent of Hiberno-Norman control. Hiberno-Normans, or Norman Irish (Irish: Normánach ; Old Irish: Gall, 'foreigners'), refer to Irish families descended from Norman settlers who arrived during the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century, mainly from England and Wales.
Anglo-Norman Irish dynasties (10 C, ... Pages in category "Normans in Ireland" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total. ... Savage family ...
The chiefly families of this tribe were the O'Coffey, O'Dinneen, O'Driscoll, O'Flynn, O'Hea, O'Hennessy and O'Leary. [37] The Corco Modhruadh. The chiefly families of this tribe were the O'Connors of Corcomroe, MacCurtins, O'Loghlens or O'Loughlins, O'Davorens and the Corca Thine. [38] The Dal Cairbre Arad. The chiefly family of this tribe was ...
In addition to such Cambro-Norman lords, some of Ireland's most common names, including Walsh and Griffith, came from indigenous Welsh families who came with the Norman invasion. (The surname "Walsh" itself, or in Irish Breathnach , "Briton", means "Welshman", and was applied by the Irish to Welsh who did not have a surname, as well as to ...
A display of the 14 tribal flags in Eyre Square, Galway. The Tribes of Galway (Irish: Treibheanna na Gaillimhe) were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, commercial and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries.
The FitzGerald dynasty is a Hiberno-Norman noble and aristocratic dynasty, originally of Cambro-Norman and Anglo-Norman origin. They have been peers of Ireland since at least the 13th century, and are described in the Annals of the Four Masters as having become " more Irish than the Irish themselves " or Gaels , due to assimilation with the ...
Gaelic nobility of Ireland: descendants in the male line of at least one historical grade of king . Hiberno-Norman or Old English (Ireland) nobility: descendants of the colonisers who came to Ireland from Wales, Normandy and England after the Norman invasions of England and Ireland in 1066 and 1169–71, respectively.
The de Barry family (de Barra/Barri) is a noble Cambro-Norman family which held extensive land holdings in Wales and Ireland. The founder of the de Barry family was a Norman knight, Odo, who assisted in the Norman Conquest of England and south-east Wales during the 11th century.