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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 a surname of Irish origin. The surname is associated with the southwestern part of Ireland , and was originally found in County Tipperary and Kerry before the Anglo-Norman invasion .
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.
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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
Sullivan is a surname of Irish origin. An approximate 78 percent of Sullivans are located in the United States as it is the 105th most common surname according to the 2010 US census . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
A clan (or fine in Irish ... The Irish word clann is a borrowing from the Latin planta, meaning 'a plant, an offshoot, ... The Munster families of O'Sullivan, ...
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.