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  2. List of Irish clans - Wikipedia

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    Clans of Ireland is a modern organization that was started in 1989 and has eligibility criteria for surnames to be included on their register of Irish clans. 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.

  3. Irish clans - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. O'Donovan family - Wikipedia

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    The O'Donovan family is an ancient Irish noble family.Their patronymic surname derives from Irish Ó Donnabháin, meaning the grandsons or descendants of Donnubán, referring to the 10th century ruler of the Uí Fidgenti, Donnubán mac Cathail.

  5. Kavanagh (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Kavanagh or Kavanaugh is a surname of Irish origin, Caomhánach in Irish. It is one of the few Irish surnames that does not traditionally have an O or a Mac in either English or Irish (as it was is an adjectival or descriptive surname). [1] [2] [3] [4]

  6. O'Callaghan - Wikipedia

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    O'Callaghan or simply Callaghan without the prefix (anglicized from two separate surnames and clans, Ó Ceallacháin, Munster Clan. Ó Ceileacháin, Oriel Clan ) is an Irish surname. Origin and meaning

  7. Maguire family - Wikipedia

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    At the castle, the King got wind of a large army that had been sent to attack. Fearing the loss of all his clan, he sent half of his people to the northwest of Scotland, who adopted the surname of MacQuarrie. [8] The Maguire clan motto is Justitia et fortitudo invincibilia sunt, which is Latin for "Justice and fortitude are invincible". [9]

  8. O'Dea - Wikipedia

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    O'Dea (/ oʊ ˈ d iː / oh-DEE; Irish: Ó Deághaidh, formerly Ua Deághaidh), is an Irish surname derived from Deághaidh, the name of a tenth-century clan chieftain. [1] According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Deas were one of the chiefly families of the Dal gCais or Dalcassians who were a tribe of the Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland between about 500 ...

  9. McKiernan Clan - Wikipedia

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    The surname McKiernan (Irish: Mág Tighearnán), is of Irish origin and is found predominantly in County Cavan where it originated.. The Irish name is Mág Tighearnán meaning the Son of Tighearnán and the clan or sept takes its name from one Tighearnán who lived c. 1100 AD.

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