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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 ...
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).
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.
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 ...
A distinctive feature of Irish heraldry is acceptance of the idea of clan arms, which belong to descendants, not necessarily of a determinate individual, but of an Irish clan or sept, the chieftain of which, under Irish law, was not necessarily a son of the previous chieftain but could be any member of the clan whose grandfather had held the position of chieftain (). [1]
The name is an anglicised form of O'Sullivan. Due to immigration out of Ireland , is most common in North America , and also found in Australia , as well as Britain . People with surname
Following Kinsale, George Carew was particularly vicious towards O'Sullivan's kingdom and carried out a number of atrocities against its people, forcing O'Sullivan and 1,000 men, women and children to embark on an infamous 500 km long march in the depths of winter to seek refuge from his ally in West Breifne. By the time they arrived only 35 of ...
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