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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.
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
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
The Munster families of O'Sullivan, MacCarthy and O'Connell claim descent from the Eoghanacht. [15] In the midlands of Ireland, the Gaeil tribes were known as Connachta and their name continues in the modern province of Connacht. The most important of the Connacta tribes was the Uí Néill who claimed descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages.
Before Alva Ray Sullivan died last year, he had transformed Sullivan College from a single business course into the first fully accredited private career college in the South — one that now ...
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.