Irish Family Names Part 1 | How the Irish Got Their "Macs" and Their "Os"
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- Опубликовано: 21 июн 2022
- Delve into the rich history of Irish family names with Kevin Flanagan as he unveils an intriguing old writing by John O'Donovan. Originally published in the Young Irelander Newspaper in 1918, this piece sheds light on the fascinating origins and meanings of some of the most prominent clans in Ireland. O'Donovan's account also touches on how the knowledge of clan history had diminished during the 17th-19th centuries, and how the use of Irish versions of family names was not as widespread at the time of writing. Discover how Ireland's social landscape has evolved since then and uncover the captivating stories behind Irish family names.
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Was O'Donnelly shortened to just Donnelly?
I am looking at my family name, O' Moran. If you can help to find out any information, i would be great full
❓ DNA collaborations with other researchers & RUclipsrs?
Me? (Kiley family descended of County Clare, tree branches all date into 1700s, family decennial updates for centuries)
O’Connell here, I’ve traced my family heritage all the way back over 900 years that still blows my mind
We believe u
Excellent topic
My family is Bradley from Meath. I read the Bradley family is descended from Milesius King Of Spain through the line of his son Heremon. The founder of the family was Brian , son of Eocha Moy Veagon King of Ireland AD 350..
You have a new subscriber, thanks for the insight.
My mothers family are the O'Luinigh (modern day Lunney). I find this topic fascinating and I’m glad I subscribed to your channel.
Who knows, we could be related! Damn immigrations really screwed our names up when our ancestors came to America.
@@loonatis my branch moved too, but it went East into England. Plenty of Lunney’s out there!
@@mumblingmercian3386 I'm always surprised when someone asks me if I know a Looney just in Indiana alone! The Irish really do get around!
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks for you time to inform
I love this channel but man, your audio is so quiet. If you can for future videos, bring up the volume a bit when you master it. Fantastic work!!
There are many irish surnames among our lakota people here in south dakota, USA. I might even be part irish! Just can't prove it..yet 😆
Or Scottish a lot of Scot’s migrated to the South.
Wylie is the surname of my Scotch Irish ancestor.
I am 16% Irish. Family names are Fenimore, started out as Fynamor. Also early ancestor of our beginnings was a Lord Fenmere. Might be English. Also names of Malone and Carey in family. I am a mix of differant countries. But proud of my Irish bloodline. Now if I can proof my native family related to Nansamand tribe in West Virginia I will be very happy.
Informative.
gracias ! very interesting!
Excellent breakdown , interesting , my mother was an O'Brien that is why I find Irish history interesting .
Thanks!
So-so cool
I ALWAYS wondered about my last name. This was so informative
Thank you
Looks similar to the Scottish MacCleese.
Great video. I would've loved to hear more about the O'Kellys. Only caught one, all too brief, reference to my family.
Hey cousin!
Yes, especially given the clan fighting alongside Brian Boru at Clontarf
Kelly in Ireland could be anglicised from Ó Ceallaigh or Mac Ceallaigh depending on where your clan was located. In galway they were definitely Mac Ceallaighs. Is your surname actually O'kelly or just Kelly?
Nee is still used in some American legal documents in reference to a woman's "maiden" name, ie, her father's family name. Edit: My grandpa ('s family) was an O'Day.
Often spelled O'Dea in Ireland.
Happy to hear my name mentioned, even though you gave basically no information as you did with many others. Wished to hear a little more but pleasant to listen to none the less.
Love the content brother! Do you have anything on the 14 tribes of Galway? I would love to learn/hear more about my ancestors. “Martin”
Nothing on video, but I do have some stuff in my notes for another project I am working on:
"Under the Anglo-Normans, Galway was an important stronghold for English rule in Connaught. It was governed by the descendants of William De Burgo - De Burca (Burke) whose son, Richard De Burgo, captured Dún Bhun na Gaillimhe in 1232 and from then onwards the site began to develop and prosper as a busy maritime port.
Eventually some branches of the De Burgos family broke away from the main group and gave up their own customs in favour of the language, laws, dress and manners of the native Irish to become níos Gaelaí ná na Gaeil féin, ‘more Irish than the Irish themselves’.
Fearing threat from the Gaelic families, a loyal merchant elite of fourteen (twelve Norman and two Irish) powerful Galway families, known as the ‘Galway Tribes’, received permission by Royal Charter of 1369 to make Galway a walled-city to exclude the native Irish from entering the city. It is these tribes that give Galway its nickame Cathair na dTreabh or ‘City of the Tribes’.
Within two-hundred years not much had changed, a city bye-law of 1562 explicitly banned the native Irish from entering the City stating: “neither O nor Mac shall strutte nor swagger through the streets of Galway without permission.”
Today, Galway city is Ireland’s third largest and is a significant centre for Irish heritage, arts, language, traditional music and dance."
@@BrehonAcademy I appreciate that! Thank you 🙏🏼
The Tribes of Galway were not Irish but mainly protestant interlopers.
@@patrickoconnor6979 They were Catholics. They were old English, but that meant people who spoke Norman French, and came over during the Norman Conquest (often from Wales) during the 12 century. They remained Catholics. Barrets, Martins, Walshes, Lynches, Burkes, Dillons etc all are Norman names but around the world are known as true Irish names. They are our ancestors.
Coming late to the discussion. Saw all of the two hour video and this one. Do you have any more on Doyle?
It means son of the evil foreigner apparently .
So you have Irish and Scandinavian / Viking blood in you.
My ancestry is of the ASTURIAS CELTAE Kingdom 1900bc-A.D.1299, peoples of northern Spania. I have always known there is a relation between us. My father was always mistaken for an Irishman when he was alive, 1908-1998. But also Italian. Since his maternal grandfather is Italian. There are lots of IRISH last names in Puerto Rico, since 1699?.
Mine is McConville, Ulster Irish from Armagh and Down. Some were Jacobites in the service of James the 2nd. I have discovered, against the forces of William of Orange in the Battle of the Boyne.
Lynch/Powell/Carrig/Conellan/Danaher here, from Clare to Australia over period of 1839 to 1852.
Mcatee- either son of a scholar or son of carpenter depending on Irish or scotch origin
McAteer/McIntyre = son of a carpenter, often Anglicized as "Carpenter".
Where is Mic used. I grew up hearing the term “Just another Mic “ and where did it come from.
Before the Gallic migrations 800bc, the TARSHISH, HYBERIAN, MIGDOL, XANTABRI peoples were in Spania, Britania(Silurian), Ireland(Firbolgi) from 4230-2900bc.
Such a complicated intermingling of heritages.
Where are the Dunne’s from?
@397
sound very low...
my first name is my two grandmothers name - the rest is history - o'connell clan carries on
10/07/2023
Where can I find out more info about deis mumhain pre Eoghanachta? I have O'Laoighre on one side and O'Duinín on the other, both of Corca Laoigde descendance! My best guess is that it goes back to Laogaire, high king when Patrick returned as a missionary but I can find out any more other than that and it's only an educated guess at best! O'Duinín were originally of the O'Laoigre Sept (afaik) but became hereditary bards to the Mac Cárthaigh which is where I assume the new Sept came from once one became an Ollamh?! Finally I know the last Ollamh at the bardic school in blarney was O'Duinín but I can't seem to find any more info about that? Any chance you could direct me to where I could do some further research? Go raibh míle! 👍
Hail to the O'Donnell Clan, the true Kings of Ireland.
There would be no O'Donnell without the O'Brien ;)
Clans are Scottish Ireland has its own history stop trying to steal ours . Irish Clans & now even Irish tartan into the mix it’s anything to do with Scotland they have always got to mussel in .
Curious about Nicholl/Nichol/McNicholl/McNichol/ McNickle or MacNiochaill.
Yah they were the lowest of lowest peasants
Where does the prefex kill as in killganon fit in?
From cill (a church) or coill (a forest). You'd need the Irish version to be sure.
Anything on Kinsella?
I would love to hear more of my family name, Which is not very common, O'DWYER from county Tipperary I know that they fought with Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf,and had a few Castle's in Tipperary some destroyed
By Cromwell.after not much I can find after that, if you know more I would greatly appreciate it, Thank You.☘️☘️🇮🇪🇺🇸
My maternal Irish /Sligo grandparent . My granny was a o Connor she married a Gallagher
Than your granny was 200% gael! haha
Also fergusson, came up as well
If you’re an O’Dowd ☘️- I love you brother/sister 💖💖💖😭
Anything about the prefix Mag?
Mag is the equivalent of Mac meaning 'son of'
Ó Slattarra i láthair.☘
Now, What about the Scottish Galloway MacCullochs? These were some of my ancestors. They possibly were originally Irish and definitely Gaelic speakers and some, at least myself, having a reddish Celtic complexion. One version of the origin of the name is son of Cullo O’Neil. They were apparently comfortable seafarers including crossing the northern end of the Irish Sea and staging cattle raids on Man. At any rate this, at least, Ulster Scots descendant, now sixth generation American, appreciates the work of the Brehon Academy in helping to sort out the complexities of the history of the Celts.
I'm related to someone named Eric McCarthy.
great video, as an american driscoll its neat to know morea bout our heritage, but my brotha, geta new windsock, that thing looks moldy
Harvey's where did they reside in Ireland?
Ó Dubhagain ... Ballyhooly /Fermoy Co Cork , Relatives of Mine 💚
We decend from Laoghaire, High Kink of Ireland in the timfe of St. Patrick. The O'Quinlans came to Canada in 1844 .
Just had to thank you for that first typo 😂
Just learnt Coffey was OCobthach Fionn not much info on this
Hey shout out to my clan of High King Boru! Didn't know he started this tradition.
Im an O'Brien always been curious of my ancestry.
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You will be pleased to hear that all ghaidhlig names are derived from Ireland 🇮🇪 or Scandinavia the crossover has been thousands of years. Eader Erinn Agus Alba an siol nan gael.
I'm a McKendrick and Ragsdale.
What about McLemore?
An O'Reilly here!
I have Reillys in my family in Co Kildare they Lost the O
I’ve always wanted to know where Mackey came from
Probably McKee.
Super quiet audio!
Does anyone know if the surname GOFF comes from Ireland?
Any O’Gradys in the comments with me? Our family came to Newfoundland from Ireland however many hundred years ago.
West Coast, BC here. Also longtime Canadians. Hi Hayley!
What about the 'Mul's?
It probably was a choice for many to take the name of chieftan, OKennedy, a modern form of spelling for the gaelic word for "chieftan? shortly after the time of Brian Boru. Really a name as common as Smith in the United States I suppose. Neil has as many Scots as Irish having that old kings name as well.
Fckin interesting
You’ve driven me to drink.
So where does Mul / Maol appear in this ? What does it mean?
Usually it means 'servant'
@@BrehonAcademy Thanks
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is MacGrady scotch irish or irish ?
McNaughton
The Irish nobility referred to themselves as the "Clann na Milegh" indicating Milesian descent.
Some planters who had taken lands from the native Irish nobility even referred to them as such.
(Letters of Mathew De Renzi to the Lord Deputy of Ireland)
He covers a lot of this sort of thing in Part 2. The Anglo influence on Irish names and vice versa
Where did the surname “Fitz” as in Fitz Roy, Fitz Patric, Fitz Maurice and on?
I think your name means something to do King Henry the 8th means children born illegiate.
The "Fitz" prefix came with the Normans. It indicated "son of", similar to Mac/ Mc
@@user-lb3hd7ip4o You may be thinking of the surname "Fitzroy" in particular - Fitz being "son of" and "Roy" being "king" - which was originally used for the illegitimate sons of a monarch
Are the last names SERA, & CIERAN of the MILESIANS? Please get back in comments.
O and Mac I was always led to believe that Irish was O or Mic and Mac through something used was primarily Scotch
That isn't an uncommon belief, though, and the author addresses it briefly during the article. He suggests that this erroneous belief may arise from the fact that Scottish names are normally Macs. But Irish Gaelic names use O and Mac. Both are valid and both generally mean the same thing: a descendant of X.
I was told we McCarthys were from the first kings of Ireland… county Cork. I guess my dad is wrong?
Your dad's not wrong. Kevin the guy who made this video is wrong. Carthach was a contemporary of rival of Brian Boru. Someone's found a record of somebody named after the Carthach and made a mistake. There's famous McCarthys before 1493 which is the date given here.
Ó Dailigh / Assembly .
MacHendty
Hello OBRIEN & Mc Caffrey family
Ma cathain
I am a McAnally, can you break that down?
No please or thank you? Mac son of, analy meaning one with no manners.
@@contactlight8079 Actually Its Son of a poor man... I was attempting to test the knowledge of others.. Not to be rude. But they do say the poor is uncouth. Maybe it applys
II traced the name of one of my (many great)grandmothers Charity Nicki from Ireland , who married a Welsh man Johns and came to America in around 1786. Why would a name of Nicki be Irish?
What about O'DOWD, one of the oldest names in Europe
Hello. O'Dowd was the very first family mentioned @ 01:27
I've tried in vain to find information on surname Meade if u would be able to help me
There's not a hope in he'll that the McCarthys got their name from a man who died in 1493. There's a famous Bishop from Cork called Tadhg McCarthy who was born in 1455. The McCarthys were a well established lineage by then. The actual Carthach was a contemporary and Rival of Brian Boru.
Mackay
considered to be of Highland Scottish origin
In Scotland it's pronounced Mac High, not Mac Hey.
Duthaich macaidh ann Alba or Sutherland the auld norse lands fior Albannach!
I had fitzpatrick come up in my dna
O'Sullivan, O'Leary, McCarthy, Coabach, Harrigan, Harrington, Hayes, Gaughran, O'Regan, McCrillis, Neally.
My family came from Munster. I'd like my kids to know where they're from and their history.
I believe Doe, also. It came with my Quaker Colonizers in 1630ish.
What all do you know about Harrigan? My brother is a Harrigan.
I’m a McMasters .
My family name is MacAndcheese. 😁
Toinleasc - I assume tóin leasc, translated to infected/mutated arse... 😅😅😅
I’m a descendant of Brian Boru. This is awkward.
What about Wynn, or O'Wynn ?
My mother's maiden name was Winn born Leeds Yorkshire
My ancestors were the first Barons of Navan and was also the founder of Navan, Jocelyn De Angulo being the founder after being granted lands for helping restore the king of ireland to his throne in the 12th Century. The name De Angulo was later turned into Oidealb then Oisdealbech and then Mac Oisdealbech and then was later turned into the name Mac Costello and were the leaders of The Barony of Costello, and then even later the name was anglocised into the name Costello which is now my name.
Costello is of Viking origin
@@Breas1014 It would also have Norman roots, since they were originally Vikings who invaded Normandy and eventually rules and governed it. Before the Norman victory against Saxon King Harold that William the Conqueror won, and became King of England in 1066. The surname Costello would probably be partially Norman.
Good grief, by the last permutation it had absolutely nothing remotely in common with the original name!
Amazingly complicated process.
Navan Co Meath
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you should look up irish wisdom Preserved in the bible & pyramids (macDari reading)
O' Manion?
10:07 7@@mikeyMacGiollapadraig323
My mom's last name is norris
I'm a McMahon
Soup drinker gang.
He's not reading it off of a script by any chance ....?
Read the description
Not to be arguementive but One would have to assume we did not exist as a nation before Malachy wore the collar of gold which he won from her proud invader Strongbow in other words you saying we did not exist before the English came the popular one we the Irish where not here when Patrick came the last Pagan Art RI was according to the history I was taught a long time ago was Cormick McNsha. I have not spelt that right almost 700 yrs. earlier as the poem and this not verbatim O bury me not in Fena burb where fore fathers lay but bury me at Rossmagree and set my face to the rising Sun Twas there I learnt of the one true god, there is a Church of Ireland built on top of earlier church on that spot where the Blackwater Flows into lough Neagh. We as nation of people didn't happen with the Normans or before the peoples who founded Black Pool/Dublin the Danes in the history books no of Vikings, Norse Men yes, I may forgotten my native through lack of use but my history I was by Irish teachers some has stuck the other part of that poem on Lough Neaghs banks where the fisherman strays he see's the round Towers of other days, When Malachy wore the collar of Gold which won from her proud invader. Thats all can remember of it I should have paid more attention. Dia dut cheers keep up the good work at least people are better in formed than not.✌👍
I used the toilet once
There are no Irish ,there is no tribe known as Irish.
Gaels yes,but NO Irish.
That's completely wrong about the O'Loughlins. We have no relation to the MacLaughlin's in the North. We along with the O'Connors (of Clare, whose origins are from two brothers) were from the lines of the Lords of Corcomroe in the North of Clare and the self styled Prince's of the Burren.