- O'Harts [O'h-Airt]: The Cenél
Cormaic were also noted in Maenmaigh
(descended from Cormac, son of Eoghan, son of Niall?).O'Hart cites O'Donchadha,
or O'Donoghoe, were chiefs of Clan Cormaic, a district in Maenmoy in Galway. Maenmagh
- aka Maonmag or Moenmoy, a territory round Loch Reagh, co. Galway. Maonmuighe
or Maenmoy is described as an extensive plain comprising a great part of the present
baronies of Loughrea (Baile Locha Riach)
and Cavan and Leitrim
in the county Galway. Other branches of the Conmhaicne
located in what is now County Galway include the Conmaicne Toland, the Conmaicne
Dun Mor. The parish of Kilconickny, which means "church of the Conmaicne" is located
west of the town of Loughrea, nearby Clonfert.
Uí Toirdealbhaigh
- a family of the Dalcassian race; the sixth in descent from Cormac
Cas, son of Oilioll Olum, King of
Munster in the 3rd century, and a sept of descendants of Toirdealbach (Father
of St. Flannan), King of Thomand. The
Úí Cheinnselaig 'invaded',
no earlier than the 5th century, through the pass of Gowran from Ossory.
O'Cearbhaill, or O'Carroll, and O'Donchadha or O'Donoghoe of Ossory:
Chiefs of the Barony of Gowran and Sliogh Liag, which is probably the Barony of
"Shillelogher," both in Kilkenny,
Thomond. These O'Carrolls, it is thought, were a branch of the O'Carrolls,
princes of Ely; and the O'Donoghoes, a branch of the O'Donoghoes, princes
of Cashel.
- O'Regans
[O'Riagain] Chiefs of Hy-Riagain,
now the Barony of Tinnehinch in the Queen's
County, which is still retained in the name of the parish of "Oregon" or Rosenallis,
in the Barony of Tinehinch. The ancient territory of Uí Failghe of Meath
now divided between the modern counties of Offaly, Laois and Kildare was originally
made up of a number of divisions. The Lia Fail is believed to be the stone on
which Jacob rested: and sitting on which the ancient Irish Kings, the de-Danans
and the Milesians were crowned at Tara. Some of the O'Dunns have changed the name
to Doyne. Of the ancient clan of the O'Regans was Maurice Regan, secretary to
Dermod MacMorrough, king
of Leinster; and who wrote an account of the Anglo-Norman invasion under Strongbow.
Ó Reagáin or Ó Riagain, Ó Riagáin
were important because they were of the Four Tribes of Tara. Dublin, Leix, Meath.
A family name with its origins in Clare, Cork and Laois, the latter in earlier
times were one of the ‘Tribes of Tara’. The Clare family were connected to Brian
Boru and those in Cork to the McCarthys A family name with its origins in Clare,
Cork and Laois.
- Connollys [O'Conghaile] Scottish and Irish clans
historically descended from Colla Uais
include: Connolly (chiefs in Fermanagh).
Ó Conghaile, the original Gaelic Conghaile means "valorous". An
ancient sept of Connacht, which separated and dispersed as three distinct families.
Connely, Connolley. Connacht, Cork, Monaghan, Ulster. Two strong assemblies of
Connollys. In Galway where it is often spelt Connelly in Monaghan.
- O'Kellys [O'Ceallaigh] of Breagh
or Bregia and of The Seven Septs
of Leix Chiefs of Tuath Leighe, parts of the baronies of West Narragh and
Kilkea, in the county Kildare; they had also the district about Naas,
and had their Chief residence and castle at Rathascul or the Moat of Ascul, near
Athy: the territory comprising these districts in Meath
was known as "O'Kelly's Country."
These O'Kellys are distinct from the O'Kellys of Clan
Colla, who were princes of Hy-Maine, a territory in Galway
and Roscommon. O'Hart mentions the sept of O'Connaill or O'Connell, chiefs
of the territory from the river Grian (or Graney), on the borders of Clare (barony
of Upper Tulla), to the plain of Maenmoy: comprising parts of the barony of Leitrim
in Galway, and of Tullagh in Clare. These O'Connells and the MacEgans were marshals
of the forces to the O'Kellys,
princes of Hy-Maine; and of the same descent as the O'Kellys, namely that of the
Clan Colla.
M1475,
The castle of Caladh was taken by Mac William of Clanrickard, and delivered up
to the son of Melaghlin O'Kelly, who was the son of his Mac William's own daughter.
The sept of Cosgrave, or Cosgrove, were cited as Lords of Úí Briúin
Cuallan, with their power center at Powerscourt
in County Wicklow prior to the Anglo-Norman invasion. The Uí Ceallaig Cualand
(O'Kelly), descended from Maine Mail, were noted either between Tallaght and Britas
in the Dublin hills (Hogan and Mills), or in co. Wicklow
( Henessy and O'Donovan) Cork,
Tyrone, Desmond.
The O'Tooles and O'Byrnes became dominant in this area after the arrival
of the Anglo-Normans. Lord of Hy-Drona, a territory, which comprised the
present baronies of "Idrone," in the county Carlow. The O'Ryans were
styled princes of Hy-Drona and were the stock of the O'Ryans who had extensive
possessions in Tipperay. |