The Clan Cian Ciannachta


The Clan Cian were, as already stated, located in Ormond or the present county of Tipperary; and the heads of the Clan were O'Carroll, princes of Ely. The other families--
  • MacKeogh (or Kehoe)
  • O'Corcoran
  • O'Dulhunty (anglicised O'Delahunty)
  • O'Meagher
  • O'Connor, Chiefs of Cianaght (now Keenaght) in the county Londonderry
  • O'Gara and O'Hara, Lords of Lieny and Coolavin in the county Sligo, were also branches of the Clan Cian of Munster.