Can anyone suggest a source of information on the terms that were used to refer to members of ones family and/or clan? I've been looking around on the...
HELLO GROUP I'M A NEW MEMBER,DOING RESEARCH ON MY FAMILY IN IRELAND. I'M 3RD GENERATION AMERICAN,A POSTAL WORKER WITH 3 YOUNG CHILDREN AND A WIFE. MY WIFE,...
John, a chara, (friend) Failte! (Welcome) If I am not mistaken, the original members of your family in Ireland were "De Burgo". This was a Norman form (i.e....
Ted Meehan
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Oct 12, 2003 2:52 am
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... your family in Ireland were "De Burgo". This was a Norman form (i.e. the use of "De") - probably similar to the "O" among many native Irish. Other Norman...
... There is a regular ch -> gh change in Irish English, i.e. words spelt with 'ch' in Irish become 'gh' in English, e.g. loch -> lough. The 'ch' is ...
WHEN DID THE CONCEPT OF LAST NAMES DEVELOPE IN IRELAND? DID AN ORDINARY FARMER LIVING IN ULSTER IN THE 13TH CENTURY HAVE HIS OWN FAMILY NAME OR WAS HE...
... They are more or less clan names. All O Neills were, in theory, descendants of the original O Neill. Most clans who recognised the O Neills as king had ...
... I doubt whether the naming was "merely because the O'Neil were the kings", but because the person was under their protection and their name offered both...
I have read that surnames came into use at the urging of Brian Boru in about 1000 AD. The early forms of many names offer a variety of spellings. I believe...
Ted Meehan
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Oct 29, 2003 7:54 pm
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The O'Neills are descended from Niall na Naoi giallach, like the O'Donnells and many other families of the two Ui Neill dynasties. However the O'Neill family...
From: "Pól Ó Dubhthaigh" <dubhthach2001@...> ".... it was ... There was another just prior to that when King Cormac in Munster called himself Mac...
Janet Crawford
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Nov 1, 2003 7:48 am
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... rivalry ... By 1274, the O'Connors had already been reduced to vassals of the de Burghs. The O'Connors then split into two dynasties: O'Connor Roe (the...
I am looking for songs and music of from Ireland in the early 17th century. So far the only song I have confirmed of that time period is "Thugamar Féin An...
Hello, I am a bit confused about when the Cromwellian wars occured in Ireland. I have read in some places they started in 1647, and in another place that they...
Well, the problem is what are you calling the Cromwellian Wars? Cromwell campaigned in Ireland from Aug. 1649 until May 1650. The rebellion of 1641 was not...
A chara, The period is a very confusing one, but one of the best - and clearest - histories I've seen on it is a masterful book by Jerald Casway entitled "Owen...
Ted Meehan
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Nov 10, 2003 11:21 pm
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IRISH CONFERENCE OF MEDIEVALISTS ST KIERAN'S COLLEGE KILKENNY THURSDAY 24 TO SATURDAY 26 JUNE 2004 Chair: MÁIRE HERBERT Organising Secretary:...
(Thanks for the information on my last post) I read a book a while ago about the history of the Potato...the writer said that the potato was adopted as a...
This is a very interesting discussion. I am researching Ireland in the 16th century (the dissolution of the monasteries, the political and social upheavals,...
On martyrs see Alan Ford, "Martyrdom, history and memory in early modern Ireland" in Ian McBride (ed.) HISTORY AND MEMORY IN MODERN IRELAND (Cambridge 2001)...
...I have seen The Dissolution of the Religious Orders in Ireland under Henry VIII (1974) by B Bradshaw in a bibliography but have not read it. Any opinions? ...
Dianne Hall
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Nov 30, 2003 4:13 pm
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While re-reading Walsh's 'Scots Clann Domhnaill in Ireland' in his 'Irish Chiefs and Leaders' I noticed that he translated the last line of the letter by...
Meehan, Rev. C.P. - "Confederation of Kilkenny" Meehan, Rev. C.P. - "Rise and fall of the Irish Franciscan Monasteries" ... From: "hollysidhe"...
Ted Meehan
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Dec 1, 2003 1:24 pm
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... Dates for, and arguments in support, are given in an article in History Ireland from last year (might be early this year?). I will dig out for you. General...
A child's face amid 10,000 years of Irish at war By David McKittrick, Ireland Correspondent 12 December 2003 The fresh, open face of six-year-old David Hanna...
State purchase of Durrow Abbey House Martin Cullen, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government announced that his Department has...
I found one of those books that Ted suggested (to my surprise)...sadly though I couldn't find the Jerald Casway book. I did find another rather dated book on...
Hi there I have a reference that might be useful to you Michael MacCarthy-Murrough, The Munster plantation: English migration to Southern Ireland 1583-1641 OUP...
Dianne Hall
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Dec 18, 2003 8:04 am
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A chara, If you have sufficient interest, you can purchase a copy of the Casway book through addall books. ...
