BOOK FOUR CHAPTER ELEVEN THE HARTNETT NAME In some of the previous information that has been prepared, there have been references made to the Hartnett name, and its origin. In the following, an attempt will be made to clarify the research that was made to attempt to determine the source of the name in a more detailed account of the information that has been brought forward. It will probably always be an incomplete story, but the source of the name has been determined in my mind as being from O'Neide oftheCiarraidhe Luachra. This is some of what I found. ... _., . About one sixth of the clan names of the Irish are Norman (or Sean Ghaill) ,n origin. The Normans invaded Ireland with the English in the Twelfth Century A.D. The "Butler" name of my great grandmother m*e Hartnett family line is a Norman one. That does not necessarily mean that we have Norman ancestor When *e Insh wl to know where you are from in Ireland, the first thing they will ask you ,s "What name have you? Did you know that the Celtic "briga" is about the same as the German "burg", and that it infers a state of war ? In 2007 AD and 2008 A. D., a better definition of our family name of Hartnett has been established. It required a review of all of the tribal names of Ireland, and there are quite a few. It also involved a comprehensive TttiTof me history of Ireland, and that was accomplished. As of January of 2009 the history of the most recent tod years of Ireland has now been completed, but it is available to some Insh society is an ora soc etyand not a merate one so that Irish history is based on oral memory. One of Ireland's philosophers was Arland Ussher n°taMy re^htfTnsh history b^gan when the Irish Cu.tura. Centt,, of New England, Inj, whicus ,tspresent name) asked a group of us to make a presentation for display in an Insh Festival that was held a Stoneh.11 Co lege_ I ledto an extension of a family history that my brother, Donald E. Hartnett had comp.led. It has led to a lot of "^llert^fbooks about Ireland and history has resulted from about thirty or more years of research into a variew ofXctt, some of which you will find in my writings. I do not intend them for publication, as there are ZrTquoSs that are directly taken from the writings of others, and they are set forth herein only for purposes of clarification of the facts of Irish history and family history. Originally when using the information gathered by Irish historians who were not deeply concerned about the Hanmett name the preliminary information that I received was misleading. Some sources placed our family name as^mlaTfte Limerick and Cork border, and another misleading source sent me to Dromcolliher in County Limerick In eacTof those locations, there are Hartnetts to be found, and their roots go back a long way S i I found a colony of them in Ga.way, and one who went from Dublin to the Caroling, witii hisshgh name revision They are to be found in England, and now, throughout the world. But, they began in KERRY ! Do not discount their importance in other places. Our family history has a very d.rect connection to County Limerick and we are now a part of County Offaly, with new ties to Kilkenny and T.pperary. Here, ,n America, ou^vvrfamilyTs ™Z in southeastern Massachusetts, with ties to a lot of other places. However, we may have some of our closest recent ties to Abbeyfeale in County Limerick. Abbevfeale is located in the southwestern comer of County Limerick, on the border of County Kerry I he townts Sned fo the abbey that sustained its grow* on the River Feale, which runs through it. It is ."the barony of Glenquin. I have never been there, but I have been close to it. While we are a Kerry family, some of the earher HaZetts must have taken a boat ride along the River Feale, and go. off on the wrong side of the; rivet That has made us a Limerick family for many centuries. We may be from a portion of Abbeyfeale which is called, Werestgly enou^ DROMTRASNA HARTNETT, which is a territoiy that is located next to Dromtrasna Collins I will get into this reasoning later. The Hartnett name can be found in a lot of places in the Limerick, Cork and Kerry area. In my trip to Dromcolliher in County Limerick, I found that two Hartnett families (at least) still live there and that, in the past ^Toth s are recorded as land owners. In the City of Limerick, in addition to our fam,ly'»; mterest in my father and my grandfather's statements about our connections to the place, there was a prominent Hartnett sign displayed on a Hardware Store, and discussions with locals about the name assured me that it was a ocal one A Cork man teld me that there was a colony of Hartnetts at Iniskeen in County Cork, near the County Limerick border, and my friend in Listowel, who was an O'Connor Kerry in origin, which meant that she was a part of the same Ciarra.dhe Luachra tribe of which we Hartnetts are from, had Hartnett neighbors living just down the street from her family farm. Even with all of that, it has not been possible for me to establish our specific origin in County Limerick, although I do believe it was at Dromtrasna Hartnett in County Kerry. The Limerick - Cork - Kerry area, all of which is a part of the Province of Munster, was settled by several groups who followed the hunter - gatherers that occupied Ireland after the Ice Age ended. One of the groups of interest will be the DAL gCAS (known as The Dalcassians), who came from further to the north of Ireland, and who settled near to the City of Limerick. However, there are many earlier and older settlers to discuss before we get to ^The Milesians came from Scythia through Iberia (or Spain) to Ireland. Scythia people of that time are the Iranians of today, or at least that is their source. They had settled into parts of Munster, and mto other parts of Ireland after wresting control of the country from another Celtic group called the Tuatha de Dananns who had wrested control of Ireland from an earlier group of Celts, called the Firbolg, who had wrested control of the country from whoever was in it. Some of those who were in it when the Firbolg arrived were called Fomorians. That is all explained in Book One of Dirty Birre, and is referred to in other parts of my diatribes. Some of the Milesians who were of the progeny of Eber (or Heber), who was a son of Milesius had settled into portions of Munster, and also into other parts of Ireland about 1900 B. C. The kingship of all of Ireland was held by the Ard Righ (or High King), and it remained in the family line of the Milesians for more than three thousand years. The rule was held for that period by the descendants of two sons of Milesius, who were Eber (or Heber) and Eremon (or Heremon), who often fought to attain it and to hold it. Their story is told in Book One of Diitv Birre The Hartnett family line are direct descendants of one of those two sons of Milesius, named Eber (or Heber) The Hartnett name comes from O'Neide who was Chief of the Sept (or clan) of O^Neide who were a part of the tribe of the Ciarraidhe Luachra, who came to be classed as a part of the Eoghanachta The Eoghanachta name comes from the great grandson of O'Neide, and the Eoghanachta tribe extended throughout the southeastern portion of Ireland, and into a few other places.. The extent of the Eoghanachta tribe is set forth in previous chanters of previous books, and is only superficially dealt with in this one. O'Neide had a son who was fostered out, in the Irish family tradition, to another royal family, to be raised and trained His name was Eoghan Mor, and he acquired the name of Mogh Nuadhat, because a part of that name related'to the people who were his foster parents. He is known by both names in Irish history. Because of his royal status, as a direct descendant of Milesius, in the line of Eber, he became a leader of his people in he Province of Munster, which is one of the four provinces of Ireland. The Ard Righ (or High King) of Ireland at the time of Eoghan Mor was Conn of the Hundred Battles. „^.aA More than a century before the time of Eoghan Mor, a tribe called The Degades (or the Erainn) had migrated from the Connacht (or Connaught) area into Munster, and they had wrested control (or rule) of the area from .the local tribes. Over time, they had become overbearing, and they wanted to expand upon the tribute that they demanded as a part of their rule. Eoghan Mor became the leader of the local tribes that opposed them, and he fried to drive them out of Munster. They sought the assistance of the High King of Ireland, who was Conn of the Hundred Battles, and since they were originally people of Connaught, he sided with them against the people of MimMany battles were fought, involving differing sized groups of opponent armies, until Eoghan Mor was defeated in battle, and he had to leave Ireland.