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2. Comiskey (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Comiskey: Family Crest [1] Comiskey (Cumascach [ 2 ] ) is a surname found especially in County Monaghan (Muineachán), Ulster, Ireland, where a branch held a family seat. The name was first recorded as being descended from Fiacha Suidhe , a younger brother of Conn of the Hundred Battles . [ 1 ]

3. 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.

4. Irish heraldry - Wikipedia

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   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]

5. 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]

6. O'Driscoll (surname) - Wikipedia

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   The O'Driscoll coat of arms. O'Driscoll (and its derivative Driscoll) is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Gaelic Ó hEidirsceoil.The O'Driscolls were rulers of the Dáirine sept of the Corcu Loígde until the early modern period; their ancestors were Kings of Munster until the rise of the Eóganachta in the 7th century.

7. Moran (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Moran (Irish: Ó Móráin) is a modern Irish surname derived from membership of a medieval dynastic sept. The name means a descendant of Mórán. “Mor” in Gaelic translates as big or great and “an” as the prefix the. Morans were a respected sept of the Uí Fiachrach dynasty in the western counties of Mayo and Sligo.