| Clan | From
the Gaelic clann which means literally 'children'. |
| Mac- | From
the Gaelic mac, meaning 'son' |
| O' | From
the Gaelic Ó, meaning 'grandson', 'grandchild' or 'descendant'; Ní
is the femine form of Ó, meaning 'daughter' or 'descendant' |
| Plantation (Ulster) | The
redistribution of escheated lands after the defeat of the Ulster Gaelic lords
and the 'Flight of the Earls' in 1607. Only counties Donegal, Derry, Tyrone,
Armagh, Fermanagh and Cavan were actually 'planted', portions of land there being
distributed to English and Scottish families on their lands and for the building
of bawns. |
| Sept | A
family group of shared ancestry living in the same locality |
| Undertakers | Powerful
English or Scottish landowners who undertook the plantation of British settlers
on the lands they were granted. |
| Gaelic | This
word in Ireland has no relation to Scotland. As a noun it is used to denote
the Irish language, as an adjective to denote native Irish as opposed to Norman
or English origin. |
| Erenagh | From
the Irish Gaelic airchinneach, meaning 'hereditary steward of church lands'.
A family would hold the ecclesiastical office and the right to the church or monastery
lands, the incumbent at any one time being the erenagh. |