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The O'Gallagher clan hails from the Irish baronies of Tír Aodha/Tír Hugh ("land of Hugh") and Raphoe, in the east of County Donegal, Ireland, in which Ballybeit and Ballynaglack served as seats of their power. [7] They were anciently chiefs of Cenél Aedha (the descendants of Áed mac Ainmuireach) and of the larger Cenél Conaill.
The name Gallagher is an anglicization of the Irish surname Ó Gallchobhair, Ó Gallchobhoir (or two alternative spelling forms, Ó Gallchóir and Ó Gallachóir), these being masculine forms; the corresponding feminine forms are Ní Ghallchobhair (newer forms Ní Ghallchóir and Ní Ghallachóir).
This includes that the family or clan can trace their ancestry back to before 1691 which is generally considered to mark the end of the clan based lineage system in Ireland. 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 ...
(O'Gallagher, Gallagher) Meaning: Foreign help [4] Progenitor: Gallchobar: Territory: Ballybeit and Ballyneglack, Tír Aedha (Tirhugh), Donegal Extra: Hereditary chief was marshal of the O'Donnell's forces, chief of Cenél Aedha. Ó Canannain (Cannon, Canning) Meaning: Progenitor: Canann: Territory: Letterkenny
Irish clans are traditional kinship groups sharing a common surname and heritage and existing in a lineage-based society, originating prior to the 17th century. [1] A clan (or fine in Irish, plural finte) included the chief and his patrilineal relatives; [2] however, Irish clans also included unrelated clients of the chief. [3]
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.
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The clan is not mentioned in the Annals of Ireland between the 1080s and 1160s, [3] during which period they emerged from a "very murky background". [4] In 1167, King Ruaidrí Ua Conchobhair of Ireland marched north and split the kingdom of Ailech into two areas. [ 4 ]