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O'Sullivan (Irish: Ó Súilleabháin, Súileabhánach) is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Cork and County Kerry.According to traditional genealogy, the O’Sullivans were descended from the ancient Eóganacht Chaisil sept of Cenél Fíngin, the founder of the clan who was placed in the 9th century, eight generations removed from Fíngen mac Áedo Duib, king ...
Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare was born in 1560. [1] His father was killed in 1563, but he was considered too young to inherit and the clan's leadership passed to the chief's surviving brother Eoin, who was confirmed by Dublin Castle administration with the title Lord of Beare and Bantry.
O'Sullivan is the regular anglicization of the Irish name. Less common spelling variants of the name include: Sullavan , Sullivant, Sillivant, Silliphant, and Sillifant. Some O'Sullivans in the midlands and south Ulster were originally (O) Sullahan (from Ó Súileacháin , probably from súileach , quick-eyed, according to MacLysaght).
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
Originally a stronghold of the O'Sullivan Bere clan, Dunboy Castle was built in the 15th century to guard and defend the harbour of Berehaven. [2] Its presence enabled the O'Sullivan Bere family, including Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare a Gaelic clan leader and 'Chief of Dunboy', to control the sea fisheries off the Irish coast and collect taxes from Irish and continental European fishing vessels ...
O'Sullivan College, a private university in Canada; O'Sullivan Ladies Open, an LPGA golf tournament; O'Sullivan test, a diabetes screening test; O'Sullivan v Noarlunga Meat Ltd, a series of Australian High Court cases
Philip O'Sullivan Beare (Irish: Pilib Ó Súilleabháin Béirre, c. 1590–1660) was a military officer descended from the Gaelic nobility of Ireland, who became more famous as a writer. He fled to Habsburg Spain during the time of Tyrone's Rebellion , when the Irish clans and Gaelic Ireland were making their last stand against Tudor England .
Sir John William O'Sullivan (c. 1700 – c. 1760) was an Irish professional soldier, who spent most of his career in the service of France, but is best known for his involvement in the Jacobite rising of 1745, an attempt to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart.