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Family Names in Louth Author(s): Laurence Murray and Lorcán P. Ua Muireadhaigh Source: Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Sep., 1906), pp. 64- 76 Published by: County Louth Archaeological and History Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27736860 . Accessed: 16/06/2014 03:01
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HE list is to a great extent from a MS. in the Roy^al following compiled, " " Irish Academy, known as the Louth Letters." These Letters," which were written in connection with the Ordnance Survey of 1840, contain accounts of the different Parishes in the County written down from the narration of the oldest inhabitants in each parish. The project of publishing these letters has often been discussed by some of the Members of our Society, but as I saw no hope of this being done in the immediate future, I thought it would be as well, in the meantime, to give our readers that part relating to the family names of the County Louth. In the account of each parish, the old family names of that parish are given, along with the Irish equivalents of the English names. I now set forth here the list of names arranged in alphabetical order, the parishes in which each of the names a were common, the Irish equivalents of each name, and finally, few remarks, taken we from different sources, which may prove interesting. When consider that the " " wrere were Letters written in 1840, that the Compilers selected for the work on account of their knowledge of Irish, that they worked under the supervision of the learned O'Donovan, that they consulted only the very old inhabitants in each parish, that Irish was at that time generally spoken through County Louth, that the peasantry, while they remained Irish-speaking, clung tenaciously to the old traditions, which during the last fifty y^ears have died out, and that only the families " " a new are who were rale ould residenters get mention, while the settlers ignored, us a we must come to the conclusion that the list gives fairly accurate account of the families who lived in each parish a few centuries ago. It should therefore be of interest to antiquarians and to Louth people generally. The list should also be of interest to Gaelic Leaguers of this locality, as it gives a new names. we large number of Irish equivalents for English True, have had lists published already in which most, if not all, of the names in the present list But are not suitable or accurate for all appeared. these lists localities, because our came to of the grandfathers, when they^ that stage Anglicization process, at wdiich it became necessary for them to procure an English equivalent for their
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Irish names, did not make the change according to any special rule, but very often on their a drew imaginations. Any list, therefore, to be accurate for special locality, must be based upon the tradition of that locality. My list has this recommendation.
:? The following are some of the methods they employed in making the change 1.?In cases many they adopted the phonetical English equivalent?e.g., O'Hagan for tu nAgain.
2.?In cases an some name many they adopted English form of other Irish in to similar sound their own?e.g., Murray for tTUcgioUA til tupe.
3.?In a great many cases the English is a translation of an Irish word similar in sound?e.g., Hand, Smyth, Rhyder, &c.
4.?Often, the English names are the result of the provision of the Statute of Kilkenny, which decreed that every Irishman of the Pale (in which Louth or Oriel was included) must change his surname to that of an English town, or of a colour, or a or In of trade profession?e.g., Stafford, Bermingham, Smyth, Green, &c. nearly all cases of this kind the Irish name is irretrievably lost.
* ' 5.?Often they adopted the name of some local landlord or squireen similar to their own?e.g., Townley, &c.
6.?As a result of these different methods being employed, we find that men who bore the same name in Irish, often even members of the same family have different names in Harmon and Gilmore and English?e.g., Rhyder and Markey ; Hardy, Murray.
same names had distinct names 7.?Vice versa, many have the in English who ? or for in Irish e.g., Thornton for Wa T)rvoi$itte?in X\a S^e^c^in ; Murray or X\a ?Tltiir\eA>?Ai$ 1TIac5ioILa mtnrve^t)^ig.
The first two columns in each page of the appended list are taken almost entirely " from the Louth Letters." In the third column the family-names are from the letters, while I myself have taken the liberty to supply the surnames,?either sup plying them myself or deriving them from the family name. The fourth column sources. reference is made means of is gathered from different Wherever by numbers, they refer to the different methods given above :?
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Parish in which the Surname. name was common Irish Forms of Name. Observations. in 1840.
The names Ba?an and Ban Ban an Mellifont V?a t)?imciri ; ?Ia tj?irnciniJ non though often interchanged Bannon Ardee V?a t)?nAin ; Ha t)?riAm had originally distinct Irish equivalents. Clogherhead Barton Port V?a tJeAfvcom ; ?Ia t)e^r\con Bellew Coll?n V?a ?eiLLeAgAiJ The Bellews were a Norman 11a family, and always one of the Louth t>eitteAgAig most powerful in Louth. Lord Bellew of Barmeath is the present head. Dunany No Irish The Bellinghams were Crom Bellingham wellian settkrs. Berril Termonfeckin V?a t>eij\rve
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Parish in which the Surname. name was common Irish Forms of Name. Observations. in 1840.
The O'Callaghans belong to Callaghan Creggaii ^ tlA CeAttACAm ; 11.a CeAttACAm an old Irish clan of Louth and be Callan Dromiskin\ Ua CACAtAm ; Ha CActAimg Armagh?to distinguished from the Munster O'Callag Mansfieldstown hans. Ardee own Maplest Louth Clonkeen The barony of Clogher, Co. Clonkeehan Tyrone, was the patrimonial inheritance of the Campbells Inniskeen or MacCawells. They were famous in Irish for \ m Ac CAtfiAit or IIIac CAitm ori history Camel Ceappog their learning and the many . the Mansfieldstown IT) Ac CAtrriAoit . ; dignitaries they supplied church. The name is angli Roche Clomn ith'CAiiiAit cized Campbell, Camel, Howell, MacCawell, and even Barmeath Campbell Caulfield ! (5) Dysart j The Carolans were an Carolan Termonfeckin V?a CeArv?All?m impor tant clan inMeath. Turlough . . O'Carolan the Clogherhead Ctoinn nue ?AfvtAm poet belonged to the family. Mellifont or ft a CeAr*AtritAin or Mansfieldstown ft a CeA]\V)AllA\n Coll?n Before the Norman invasion Carrol Mayne V?a CeAfvDAitt the O'Carrols were kings of in was in Drumshallon .. 11a Oriel, which Louth Ce-AfifcAittig cluded. The abbeys of Melli Dun any font and Louth are monu ments of their munificence. Gernonstown Kilsaran Mosstown Louth Iniskeen
Haggardstown Creggan Coll?n Ua ; 11^ . The O'Carberrys were a clan Carbry CAifvt>rvi$ CAi|\b|\i$ .j who dwelt near the Hill of Carr?n Port tlA CeArvfoin ; 11a CeAfirvom IUisnech. were Parsonstown .. tlA The O'Caseys chiefs of Casey C?CAfAlg the district north of the present of Dublin known to the Dundalk Ctoinn ttiic C?CAfAig, or 11a city Irish as Saithni. They were C?fAIT) dispossessed and driven north wards Sir de Clonkeehan Ua ; 11a by Hugh Lacy. Cassidy CAifit)i5 CAIflTHg. They are now very numerous Ceally Port ttA Ceiti'?e ; 11a Ceiti'?e. in Louth and Meath, and in Drogheda and Dublin city. Clarke Clonkeehan tlA Ct?if\ig ; 11a Cteifvig The Clarkes or Clerys were an Irish clan who were noted Killany for their learning and were numerous in many parts of Philipstown Ireland. Drumcar tlA 11a The were a Norman Clinton gteAnnconAig ; gteAnn-j Clintons conAig | family. Dromiskin tlA . . The Coffeys were a learned Coffey CobtAig | clan inWestmeath. . . ?TIac 11a CaIa- were Norman Coleman Ballybarrack CAtAtriAnAig ; [ The Colliers families who settled in Louth. triAnAig | The MacColmans were an .. old Louth clan. Collier Parsonstown ?11a Cottiers ! Concannon Dundalk or Conlan Port Ha ConnAttAm, The O'Condlons were a clan Dromiskin 11a Connx)eAtt3Ain. in Upper and Lower Navan. Louth 11a ConnAttAm. Philipstown Castletown
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Parish in which the Surname. name was common \ Irish Forms of Name. Observations. in 1840.
The Dromiskin V?a ; 11a O'Connollys belonged Connolly ConnAtlAig ConriAttAig chiefly to Co. Armagh. The Louth and Ulster Conors Conor Dromiskin I1a Cr\onitAirv ; 11a Cf\otfmijvig are to be distinguished from Gernonstown the Connaught and Munster families. In the North Kilsaran they are usually called Crohoore. Coonev Monasterboice Ua CturinA. The were a Nor 11a 11a Corballys Corbally Shanlis CofvbAttAig ; CofvDALlAlg man family. Corcoran Stabannon 11a CuAfvCAin ; T1a CtiAf\CAin Corran Ballymakenny V?a CofvrvAin ; T1a Cor^Ain Corrigan Termonfeckin Ua Co|vr\A5?in ; 11a Cor^A^?m Parsonstown Ardee Costello Bally bar rack 11a CoifceAtlAig ; 11a Coifce Crely Barmeath AltAlj. Dysart 11a CfvetAig ; 11a CrvetAig. \ or Crolv or Ceappog Ua CruiA'tAi?, 1T1ac Cr^otAi^. Richardstown 11a or Ctomn line Crolly j CfvUA'tAig, Haggardstown j CfvOtAIT). The MacCrossans were a Crossan Termonfeckin ITIac C|\ofAn; Ctomn t?i?'CfvofAn Wexford clan, anglicized Cullen Mellifont HIac Cuitlm; Ctomn ttii' Crosby. Ctnttm. or 11a Cunningham Haggestown Ua CtnnncACAUi, Ctnnn eAgAin, or Conn^Am. Dunbin Ctomn true ConAin. Curran Ardee Ua CoffvAin ; 11a CofrvAin. Stickillen Curtis Killencoole 11a CruuueAn ; 11a Cjunorng. ? Killany 11a T)?tAig ; ClAnn ni TJ?lAig | . . . Daly Parsonstown tlA T)At)Alg ; tlA T)AtJAlg. .j The family of O'Daly is of ?f of HIac eAbAic ClAnn ri?e Cadaic! ' Davy Shanlis ; &.enrac?1Niall of the ^.ainV0"Nine Hostages. Devit Dundalk Ua They belonged to Corcortl in DtnbeAnAig. Westmeath. Divens Monasterboice 11a THiioinig. Stickillen Mosstown The are a V?A ; 11A Dohertys Donegal Dogherty Mullery DOCAfvCAIj *00CA|ACAlg family. . . Dolaghan Salterstown 11a T3uileAC?in. Gernonstown . . Ua T)iuteACAin. Kilsaran Clonkeen The Dolans were the Dolan Marlestown Ua Dot?m ; Ha T)ot?in only family in Marlestown in 1840 Barmeath who were not new settlers.
Dysart Ardee 11a Doogan Barmeath Ua T)tiDA5Ain ; THiDAgAnAig Dysart Louth The Dromgoole family came to Ireland with the Danes. Dowd Mosstown 11a T)nrJt)A ; 11a THilmAig. They were always an import . . Dromgoole Gernonstown ant and respected family in Co. Louth. In 1641 the head Kilsaran of the family was hanged at Dromin his own door at Dromgooles town for professing the Catho Stabannon lic religion.
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Parish in which the Surname name was common Irish Forms of Name. Observations. in 1840.
The were an old Va or Va D?icce O'Duffys Duffy Clonkeehan T)udcai5, Irish Clan in County Louth. Iniskeen Ha They are one of the most THu?tig. numerous families in the Co. Castletown In County Monaghan Roche Ua *Ouiuce is the only Irish for Duffy while Ua Dunn Coll?n 11a T)umn ; ?Ia T)umni5 T)ur)tAi5 i* given as the Durnin Mansfieldstown Va ; T?a Dunnmig, or Irish for Black. T)oifvnin The O'Dunn clan had their Stabannon Ha Doifvnmij. territory near the Hill of Tara. Roche
Eastwood , Castletown No Irish The Eastwoods are a Crom wellian family.
Termonfeckin ti a pumm ; Ha ptnnmig The Fannings are a Norman Fanning and the Fants are a Va ?Ia family, Fant Tallanstown potnc ; pomc Williamite family. The O'Farrels were an im Farrell Rathdromin 11a PjMAttAiJ ; Ha pir\giAttAig.. portant clan in Longford. Faughey Clonkeen 11a pAgAi'? ; Ha pAgAIT). Dromiskin Fay Coll?n Va pei$ig ; Ha peigig. The to Louth Va petiT)A5?in O'Fedigans belonged Fedigan Co. 11a Fermanagh. Finigan Coll?n Va pionnA^?m ; pionnA^?m There was always a clan of Mosstown the Finegans in Co. Louth. The Fitzpatricks or Mac Giolla Patricks were chiefs of . Rathdrumin ?TlAC glOttA PA'OJU?IC Fitzpatrick Ossory or Kilkenny before the Clogher Ctomn riuc J10^A Pat)juuc Normans came. . Coll?n tlA The O'Flannagan clan Flanagan ptAnnA^?m belonged to Tuathratha or Co. Flinn Roche Va ptomn ; Ha ptommg. Magloraboy, Fermanagh. or Va Ford Ceappog 11a ^tiArvtAin, ?iiaijvo. Drumcar Ha puAfv'OAig. Freeman Rathdrumin ?Hac An-cf Aoif ; Ctomn riuc An C-fA01f. CtArnn truc 11a gAttcoDAirv ; The Garlans or Gernons Parsonstown were the early Norman lords Gallagher JAtt?A. Dun . of Castlebellingbamand 11a JeAjAtAm ; Ha geAfitAimg. mahon. There were clans of the ?TIac ;CtAnn truc Garlan Carlingford 5Ai|\r)it JAifv?e O'Garveys near Newry and ctomn rhic in north Termonfeckin HIac geAfvA^Am ; Armagh. Garvey The O'Gargans were an Irish in Meath. Garagan Mayne 5eAfvA5Ain clan
Ha Gaston Stabannon 11a geAfceAn ; geAfceAnAig A clan named See Hearty. Connaught Geharty Maplestown O'Morna migrated in early Gernon Tallanstown Same as Garland. times to Co. Down and settled in the of Ua Eroa Drumcar ?TIac Ct<\nn mi' territory Gilmer giottA ltltn|\e ; chein. They afterwards took name ot Tilvnrve the of MacGiolla Muire, and from them the Gilmers Dromiskin HIac JionnACAig. and some of the O'Murrays Ginnity were descended. Ctomn tine 51ormACA15 Ha Gorman Clogher Va gotttriAn ; gorvrriAnAi^. Ha Gorran Mayne HIac 5At>f\Ain ; gAbfvAin. The Ua Greine were a Meath Va Ha Green Stickillen greine ; 5f\eenAig and Louth clan. In County Patrick Green HI ac 5?Afv?c ; CtAnn r?u'J?ArvAC Monaghan Gregory Ceappog would be Irished as Mosstown Pajia Ua 5tAifm?. Ha Griffan Coll?n Va grviot^vro ; gfipmig. Drumcar Va "Na Grugan gl^A^?m 5 gr^g?m.
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Parish in which the Surname. name was common Irish Forms of Name. Observations. in 1840.
? 11a The O'Hagan clan the Hagan Faughart n?g?m standard bearers of the Hahee Mellifont HIAC Hi CACA1T). O'Neill ?li\ed at Tullyhog, Co. Tyrone. Halfpenny D romin HIac Atpumn ; 1Tltnnncir\ The Halpennys were origin ally Scotch. xXtptunn. Halligan Mosstown 11a nAtAg?m ; Ha h-AtAgAm. Hand Ceappog 1?1AC 111 lAitfie. Drumcar Hanlon Carlingford See O'Hanlon Inniskeen 11a Ha Hanratty nAnfvACAig ; hAnrvACAig. The Hanrattys belonged to Harlon Omeath. Clonmore 11a nxXrvtAin ; Ha hAi-pVmij. Hardy Clonmore Ill Ac T)eACAirv. Harmon Port Clomn rhi' T3eACAifv. Dunany B Harrigan allymascanlon 11a nxXifvifcm ; 11a nAififcm, Hatch Ardee No Irish The Hatches came over with William of Orange. Hayles Ardee Ha hGAtAig ; Ha hCAtAig. Healy Ballymakenny Ha hit ; CtAnn tri 1t. The Heartys evidently re Hearty Ballymakenny Ha hCAfCAig, or HIA5 OifveA present two Irish Clans (6)? Ua and tlA Heeny Port CCA15 ; Ha or Ha heAficAij nCArvCAig, Ceitte or fU C eitle CeA?Ai^. Heeney Mullery Representing the former they are the same as the Mellifont HIac 1nit), or HIac Hi AonAig. Gehartys and MacGarritys and repre Foghart senting the latter they are the same as theWisdoms. Hoey Ballymakenny Ha hOig ; 11a hOigeAnnA There were prosperous clans Darver of the Heeneys both in South Armagh and Fermanagh. Louth There was a clan of the Mansfieldstown Hoeys in East Meath. Holland Dunany Ha hOtlAm ; Hltuncifi Ott?m. Killincoole Howell Rathdrumin . . HIac CAttiAit See Campbell. Killany CtAnn tin' CAtfiAit. There was a clan Ha of the Ua Hughes Dunany nAo'?A Haodha inMeath and another Dunleer in Fermanagh.
Jones Ballymakenny HIac Se?m or An Se?nAc Parsonstown Ha Se?nAig Dunany Johnston Mansfieldstown
The are the de Kavanagh Gernonstown & Ha ; Ha Kavanaghs CAoniAnAiJ CAorhAnAig sendants of Murrough, sur Kilsaran named Maolnambo, who was the Kale or adopted by illegitimate son cf Dermot Mac Murrough. MacKale Drumshallon .. HIa' C At Alt The are a Kearney Mosstown Ua CeAfvnAiJ ; Ha O'Kearneys very CeAfmAig. old Louth clan. They trace Carlingford their descent from Conall (Jearnach who gave to Louth Drumcar one of its ancient names? Machaire Conaill. Philipstown There were clans of the Barmeath Kenny and V?a CeAnnAig O'Kennys in Louth, Tyrone, and Iveagh, and they were Dysart chiefs over the cantred of Clad ach or Trough, Co. Monaghan.
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Parish in which the Surname. name was common Irish Forms of "\ame. Observations. in 1840.
Keenan Ardee Ha C?on?m 11a or I ; Oon?nAig MosstownI 11a C?on?m. ' In liskeen . . Kellv MooStOwn! tlA CeAttAig ; 11a CeAllAi5 The O'Kellys were an im portant Irish clan, and were !Louth chiefs ov( r all Hy Maine. I think there was a clan of the ?Killany name in Louth. !Carlingford Haggardstown Parsonstown Drumshallon: !Clonmore Bar meath and
Dysart Kieran Ha 11a Richardstown CiAjv?m ; CiAf\?m The O'Kieran clan belonged D romin to the Counties of Louth and Monaghan. Dundalk Iniskeen Dunbin
Creggan Killen Carlingford tlA Cittin ; 11a Ciltimg. Drumshallon . . 1??AC A Some of the Kings are Irish King fvlg ?equivalent to Conroy. Others are Ceappog CtAnn riiic a' |\ig. descendants of families of the name planted Kirk ITIac ctoinn ifnc Ballymakenny giottA cifvce ; at Knockbridge and Louth by Elizabeth. Clogher jiottA cifvce. Iniskeen Barronstown Philipstown Kirwan Clogher 11a Oor^uttAm or 11a CeAfv?Am The O'Kirwans were a famous Co. Louth clan, and were for Drumshallon 11a CeAfv?AnAij. centuries erchinneachs and Mosstown eredachs of the abbeys of Louth and Dromiskin.
Lamb ttiAn or HIac An itiAm This name (Lamb) is another Ballymakenny form of O'Hanlon. Darver .. Lawless Drumshallon V?a to' fttAir or 11a tA' tAifig. Lawless is one of the most common names in Louth. Clonmore Ha 1a' tAifig. Drumcar Kildemock Port Salt erst owm Castletown
Haggardstowrn Lannen Louth See Leonard. Leech is a Cromwellian name Leech Termonfeckin. . No Irish Leonard Mellifont mac Hi tmeAn or The Leonards or MacGiolla TTlAcgiottA Finens were an Irish clan who ponAm ; Ha LeAn?m lived near the Belmore mount ains in Co. Livens Rathdrumin .. 11a libeAn ; Ha U?mig. Fermanagh. Port The Lynches were a famous Norman family who settled in til Galway. Some of them found Lyons Ballymakenny HIac LAog?m. . . their way to Louth in the Lynch Clogherhead V?a tionr*ig ; Ha tomfig seventeenth century.
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Parish? in which the Surname. iname was common Irish Forms of Name. Observations. I in 1840.
Lynns Ballymakenny HIac til ptomn ; Ctomn trite The like the th ptomn. MacAllisters, MacPhersons, MacNello, &c, MacAllister Foghart ?Uac AtAfo^Ain are the descendants of a Scotch settlement at CtAnn tine Faug Ballymascanlon AtAfX)]\Ain. hard in the reign of James I, MacArdle . Roche 1?1Ac ; Ctomn tine The MacArdles and the ?fWgAite MacCanns were Louth and A|VT)At Armagh clans. The MacAteers were a MacAteer . Mansfieldstown HIac An Aotrv Ctomn true Uf ; Tyrone clan. a et MacCann Ardee TTIac CAnA or ITIac CeAnnA. The MacCabes were a Louth MacCabe . Mosstown HIac C?bA Ctomn tine CAbA ; and Monaghan clan. Ivonth Iniskeen MacConin . Barmeath and TTIac Comnm ; Ctomn nu' I Dysart Comnm. MacCormick Mosstown TDac Ctomn tin' | CofvtriAic ; CofniAic are MacCullion ., B ally makenny HIac Cuttm The MacCullions prob ably the same as the M'Quil lans who were an Antrim clan Ceappog The are a Monasterboice m ac Cu tltAt) MacCulloughs MacCullough very old Co. Louth clan who Tallanstown trace their descent from Cuchullain. . . . MacCooe}^ Barronstown HIac C?t?iait) ; CtAnn tine Philipstown Cum Ait). MacDaniel . , Mansfieldstown HIac T)oiimAitt Ctomn true Some of the MacDonnells or ; MacDaniels are the descend Port T3otfmAitt ants of Scotch settlers of the name who settled about Faug Clonkeehan hart in the reign of James I. Mosstown I think the MacDaniels are Irish. Mullery Louth MacDonnell Charlestown Foghart The MacNeneys were an old clan. The name Ballymascanlon Monaghan " HIac' Ctomn true1 is often anglicized Bird." MacEnaney Louth lletmAig ; The MacEntee's are a Co. Iniskeen tleimAtg. Monaghan clan. The MacGees to . HIac a Ui. Ctomn tin' . . belonged MacEntee Stickillen Ui iCounty Westmeath. to MacGee Richardstown HIac Aot>a I The MacGoughs belonged Louth and Monaghan. MacGeaugh Mullery H1ac Ctomn truc The MacGuinness clan, geoj. SeoS iwhich had been at first an Haggardstown ' !unimportant clan in Down, MacGinn Drumshallon HIac became afterwards the most gmn. j powerful, and ruled over all MacGoogin H1ac ; Ctomn tine Iveagh and Uladh. This clan Killany 51115m juigm was descended from Conall Mosstown Cearnach, after whom Louth takes one of its names Carlingford Machaire Conaill. MacGuinness Dromiskin HIac ; Ctomn true The MacGuires and Mac Aongttfa Mahons were the noblest Clonkeehan Aongnfa families in Oirghialla. The chiefs to Fer Roche former supplied managh for centuries, while the latter ruled over the greater of Co. After . . part Monaghan. MacGuire Mayne HIac 5l11>01?v (tTlAc th>oif\) ; the downfall of the O'Carrolls MacMahons became the Ctomn trn' the Carrickbaggott jtu^irv most powerful family in Oirgh over MacKenna HIac CeAnA ; CtAnn CeAnA. ialla, and oiten ruled Ceappog Louth when the English Philipstown power was weak.
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Parish in which the Surname. name was common Irish Forms of Name. Observations. in 1840.
. ac MacKeown Port HI CogAm : Ctomn nuc Dunbin CogAm. The MacKittricks were an MacKittrick Ar lee 1?1ac Si urn tic ; Ctomn nuc old Louth family of Danish Sicnrnc origin. MacKeever Termonfeckin ITlAC The MacKeevers and Mac 1oDA1f\. Kevitts were old Louth clans, . , . . ID ac the former of MacKevitt Philipstown 6A?A1C. being great . . antiquity. MacMahon Killany ?TIac lllAtgAitinA a Iniskeen 11 ?rlAcgAr?nAig. Creggan MacMurphy Ballymascanlon ?I1ac 111 tufveAcAt)a ; Ha nituneA At)Alg. . . MacNally Termonfeckin Ill AC 11Ott Atll. MacNamee Dunleer ?TIac Ha 1111-?e or ?TIac 11a tlleite The MacNamee clan be longed toWestmeath. MacNeill Foghart 111ac tleitt ; Ctomn tine 11eitt The MacNeills and Mac Phersons were of MacNello . . Dromiskin HIac Ctomn tine Scotch origin n'thtte ; The MacNellos were a Co. n'thtte Louth clan. .. Iniskeen 111ac An Ctomn tin' The MacNultys came from MacNulty j HtcAig ; Co. Town. n11tcAig MacPherson Foghart Mellifont 111AC Cuitmn ; CtAnn The MacQuillans were an MacQuillin Antrim clan. rfu' Ciutinn MacShane . Roche The MacShanes belonged chiefly to South Armagh. Creggan Magrath Gernonstown 11lA5fvAC or 111AC CttAIC A Kilsaran II ItlA^fvAC. Cooley Maguire Monasterboice 111AC 11it)ir\ or lllA5tnt)ir\. Carlingford . . ac Malone Heynestown III 51 otta Com ; Ctomn n'11 B ally mascanlon it Com. Mandeville Roche 11a rTlAn-oi^nAX) 11a niAn-oi^nAt) The M a n d e v i 11e s and were tlA Ha Marmions both Norman Maragan Carrickbaggot t?ltnrveAg?m ; ITltnrve families. A^?m. Marmion Louth 11a 1Hei?nomAin ; 11a ?Heinio tnAin. The Markies are described Markey Mayne tlA IllAfCAlg in the Louth Lett&rs as being very and Parsonstown IlA wealthy independent 11lAr\C?lg The O'Markeys were an old Louth clan. Carrickbaggot County Clogherhead Marron . , au Clogherhead tlA tile Ann ; 11a ?TleAnnAnAig Marry Ballymakenny Martin Termonfeckin (TJa) niAincm ; 11a 1TlAit\cinig. Dromiskin Dundalk Castletown Matthews is an . Bar anglicized Matthews meath and Ill AC HlAtgAttinA equivalent for MacMahon (q.v.) Dysart Mansfieldstown Kildemock
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Parish in which the Surname. name was common Irish Forms of Name. Observations. in 1840.
Mathews Stickillen
(cont.) Maplestown Louth Meath Stickillen niAC ?Ia l?h'oe ; Ctomn nuc riA trit?e.
Meegan Iniskeen 11a H1io5Ain ; 11a IHio^Am. The O'Nellans and O'Millans Milieu Shanlis tlA rriAttAm ; t?a rriAttAm ., belonged to near Strabane. Ardee A branch of this family, situ ated in the parish of UA1T) or Donagh Molloy Dunleer HIa' V HlAoitniAo^?g. more, Co. Tyrone, were the Moonan Ha tTltmAm tlA 111unAin. keepers of the clog-an-edachta Ballymakenny ; or bell of St. Patrick. Mellifont Mullery Coll?n Miles Clogherhead .. 11a mitiT) ; CtAnn 1Thtix>. Carrickbaggot are Moore or The Louth Moores the Mellifont tlliin, 11a ?TItmAig (SevmiAf) descendants of Elizabethan Dunleer ; T1a settlers,and are to be distingui ITlnrv) t?l?fAig shed from the O'Moores of Mohan Dunleer Va rriocAm ; 11a TTIo?Ain. Wicklow. Monaghan Kildemock Ha HlmneAtAm ; 11a TrliiineA CAin. Mullen or Monasterboice 11a iriAotAin ; tlA HlAottAn. Mullan Mosstown Louth Roche Richardstown
Mulroy Gernonstown & TTlAc'ott |\tiAit) ; CtAnn tfn'ott Kilsaran fvUAIT). Mulligan Mansfieldstown 11a H1tnteA5^in ; 11a illtnteA 5Ain. Murphy Mellifont Va rritificA>?A ; tla t?ltifv' Dunany CAI^?. Castletown Foghart Haynestown Haggardstown Creggan Carlingford Some of the Louth Murray Mayne 11a HliuneA-?Aig, or IllAc'ott Murrays, Chiefly those in Stickillen and ttlnife Philipstown are the same as others are . . or Gilmore (q.v.) The Parsonstown 11a ITluf Atg, CtAnn riuc 'ott descendants of the Ua Muire Stickillen adhaigh of which there were liltu|\e. several families of different Philipstown races m Ireland.
Nery Drom"skin 11a Heilig. Mansfieldstown Nevel Iniskeen Va tliorjAit ; Ha HiotJAit The Nev?is were a late Newett Richardstown Norman family. The were a Norris Ardee 11a HorvAif ; Ha HofAifig. Nugents power ful Norman in Meath, .. family Nugent Mellifont Htunfionn ; Ha HtimfionAig Westmeath and Louth.
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are HIac tine These O'Briens different Mellifont t)jUAin; CtAnn ?)ruAin; from the Munster clan. Philipstown or tlA t)|\Aoi5mi5 Iniskeen Ua h?^?m ; Ha n A^?m The chief clan of the O'Hagans lived at Tullahog Castletown in Tyrone, but there were clans in Down and N. Louth. Ballymascanlon The O'Hanlonsand O'Hares B ally mascanlon Ha nAntuAm were both important clans in . . or Charlestown HIac tit AfVA, HIac Hi 1j\. S. Armagh and N. Louth, in Omeath. Ha he?cAtt) chiefly Carlingford The O'Haugheys were an \ important clan in Down. Creggan The O'Neills were hereditary Carlingford Ha H?ttt kings of Ulster. Sub-clans of the family were scattered Charlestown ) through Armagh and N. Louth The O'Rourkes were a very Dunany Ha HitAifvc ; Ha Ruaijac ? powerful Irish clan chiefs Dundalk of all Breffny. Carlingford Mellifont Ha ; Ha . . The Pentonys and Peppers penuitin pencitmi$ were both Norman families, Ardee Ha piobAife ; Ha piobA|AAig. as were also the Powderlys. tine Mayne HIac pitip ; CtAnn pitip. Rathdrumin The Plunketts came to Ire Stabannon Ha ; 11a ptnmgceAT) ptumg land with the Danes. They the Tallanstown CeAT)A15 became very powerful in Pale in Norman times. Mosstown Ha pitT)ArvtAig ; 11a ptmA^tAij;.
Iniskeen Ha ; Ha The Quigleys were a Monag C015U5 C015I15 han and Louth clan. Barrons town There were small clans of the in Meath, Rathdrumin .. Ha Cumn ; Ha O'Quinns Ctnntnj Tyrone and Down. They are Coll?n of a different race from the Thomond O'Quinns. Kildemock Ha HonAtAm ; Ha HonAC?m . . The Randels and Raths were .. Norman families. Clogherhead Haca ; Ha H.ACA15. Port Ballymakenny Heit), or Ha Hett) ; 11a HetmAiJ;. Drumcar Barronstown . . Ha HAgAttAtg ; 11a H?ittig The Reillys were a powerful Cavan clan. A large number Ceappog of them settled in Louth in Mansfieldstown the seventeenth century. Mullery Louth ! Roche ! Dromiskin HIac Roibm The Robinsons are, at the Cromwellian settlers. . . earliest, Clonmore |HIac HitAifti'?e ; CtAnn rm' The MacRory or Rogers clan 5HtiAirvi>?e belonged to Ballynascreen, Drumcar Co. Derry. Mosstown
Creggan .. Charlestown Ha Hut)Ai5 ; 11a Ru*?Aig. Carrickbaggot Ha tltiA^Am ; Ha H?^Atn. . . Charlestown Ha H?nAf? or Ha HlAoit|ttiAnA ; The Rooneys came from Co. Hlumuir* HtmAt? Fermanagh. Ardee Ha HticfconAtg; Ha RucfuonAig B ally mascanlon Ha Hn-OAig ; Ha Ru-OAig.
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Places in which the Surname. name was common Irish Forms of Name. Observations. in 1840.
Russel Dundalk 1ltnreAtt or Va RtnfeAtt ; 11a ftlUfeAttAlg. Ryder Mansfieldstown tlA ITlAttCAlg Ryder is an equivalent for Ha SeAnr?t Markey. Sarsfield Carrickbaggot SeAff?t ; The Sarsfields and Segraves Monasterboice were both late Norman settlers. 11a Segrave Dunany Sio$;rv?iD. . . . Sharkey 11a SeAfvCAtg ; 11a SeAfCAig The Sharkeys were a Done Clogherhead must . gal clan, but there also Shekleton Charlestown 1lA ?ACAUAtg ; HA ?ACAUAlg. have been a clan of the name in Louth. Shevelin Killany 11a Set?te?m ; 11a Set?te?nAig Skelly Monasterboice 11a ScAttAtg ; Ha ScAttAtg. . Smith Clogherhead ITIac gADAnn ; Ha gAUAnAtg. Mansfieldstown Ballybarrack or 11a 11a Ac?m or Sorraghan Mellifont SuAfvAcAm ; StiAf The Soraghans were origin Dundalk 11a SonAC?n ally a Cavan clan, but for a Soraghan few centuries back there have Haynestown been a number of them in Haynestown parish. Stokes Ardee Va ScocAig ; Ha ScocAig. Stafford Mellifont SCAfOfAT) ; An S?ApOfT)AC The Staffords are of Crom Mellifont 11a StnteAc?m 11a SmteACAm wellian origin. Sullevan ; The Sullevans are distinct Swinburne Ardee from the Kerry clan. The Swinburnes came, at the Parsonstown . . or 11a 11a Taafe 11a ?At)Aig ?A'Aig ; earliest, in the reign of James I were Dromin The Taafes of Danish ?A*Alg origin. Under the Normans Louth they became one of the most powerful families in the Pale. Philipstown Talion Dundalk Va ?Att?m ; Ha ?AttAUAig. Terny Iniskeen Va ?A|\AnAig ; 11a ?AttAnAtg. Tierney Barmeath and Va UigeAfinAn ; Ha UigeAnnAig. Dysart Richardstown
Tisdall Stabannon 11a Sifciot ; Ha SioruiotAig. The Tisdalls were Crom wellian settlers. Thornton Louth 11a T)f oigmeAin or 11a SgeACAin t)aX)?, or ua S? The Toals were a . Tyrone Toal Carlingford Va UuAtgAit ; Ha UuACAtAtg. clan. . The are a relic Dunleer 11a ; Ha . Townleys Townley Uumntig Utunntig left tous of the plantations of Trainor Drumshallon HIac 'rvettnAin or James I. and Charles I. The name became infamous in the HIac ?^etmpAin. County owing to the whole sale massacres Dunleer atrocious of CtAnn tin' ?fempifi. the mere Irish committed in one of name who Ballymascanlon 1641 by the commanded the garrisons of Ussher Mullery Va nCifeif ; Ha n6ireif\ige. Dundalk and Drogheda. The Verdons came among Verd?n Drumcar Va ?eAfv^on ; Ha "beAjvoonAig first Norman arrivals and be came Whithead Clogherhead . . Va CeAnnAbAm ;Ha CeAnnA?Am very powerful in the Co. .. The Wards belonged princi Ward Clogherhead ?YlAC AU ?)A1fvT) pally to Donegal. au or Mansfieldstown HIac X)am^x? ; Ha t)?fvoAig Dromin CtAnn a X)am(\X). Rathdrumin .. Walsh t)|\eAtnAc. Parsonstown .. Ha bneAcnAig or Ha t)?Attgifg. Killany Wisdom .. Va Ceitte Ha Cettte Maplestown ; This name is also anglicized Woods ITIac CoitteAt) or HIac ott' Hearty. (q.v.J Ceappog The Yores were a Crom Yore Shanlis CoitteA'?. wellian introduction.
toficAn p. 11a muineA>?Aig, HlAgnnA-?AC.
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