![]() ![]() In Irish, this surname appeared as Cearbhaill, derived from the name of Cearbhal, the lord of Ely who helped Brian Boru lead the Irish to victory in the Battle of Clontarf. It has undergone many variations since its genesis. The name Carroll was first found in counties Tipperary, Offaly, Monaghan and Louth. The name O'Caloran was first found in Co. The Irish surname O'Carolan claims descent from the O'Connors, Kings of Connaught, in Donegal, where Carlan (from the Irish "carla" and "an", meaning "one who combs wool"). Kildare) until dispersed by the invasion of the Anglo-Normans. O'Kearys belonged to the southern Ui Niell and were lords of Carbury ( Co. CareyĬarey is the anglicized form of O'Keary (Irish: Ó Ciardha). The original Gaelic form of the name is Ó Canain, from the word "cano", which means "wolf cub". It is also the anglicized form of the name of two quite distinct Irish septs, one stemming from Galway and the other from Donegal. O'CannonĬannon is a common English surname derived from the ecclesiastical word "canon". Armagh which was originally run by the O'Graveys. The Irish Mac Anna (son of Annadh), by the attraction of the 'C' of Mac, has become Mac Canna in Irish and MacCann (also Canny and Canney) in English. The chief family was transplanted under the Cromwellian regime to east Clare, where the village of O'Callaghan's Mills is called after them. Cork until the seventeenth century and the name is still very numerous there. The sept was important in the present Co. The eponymous ancestor, in this case, was Ceallacháin, King of Munster (d. The head of which was Chief of Kinelea, but by the middle of the thirteenth century, their former position as the leading family in Kilmacduagh had been taken by the O'Shaughnessys. In early medieval times the most important sept of O'Cahill was that located in County Galway near the Clare border. The great majority of people with this name today belong to families in Fermanagh and Tyrone. The townland of Ballymacaffrey near Fivemiletown on the Tyrone border marks their homeland. The MacCaffreys are a branch of the MacGuires of Fermanagh. ![]() In regards to their origin, it is more likely to be from a non-Gaelic personal name. They are believed to have worn distinctive hats. Many of these gallowglass men (from Irish: "gall óglaigh" means foreign warriors) were MacCabes from Inis Gall in the Hebrides ( west coast of mainland Scotland). In the Middle Ages, the Irish O'Reilly and O'Rourke families of Leitrim and Cavan brought fighters from Scotland to build their forces. The Mac Braoins (Irish form of the name) were an Ossory sept seated near Knock-topher in County Kilkenny after the Anglo-Norman invasion they were dispersed by the Walshes and sank in importance.Īn anglicized form of the Irish Mac Cába, which comes from "cába", meaning "cape" or "hat". They are usually called simply Breen, though originally there were both MacBreens and O'Breens. Presently the Breens are widely distributed around Ireland. Though in a few places, notably County Derry, it is quite rationally still O' Brallaghan. For some extraordinary reason, it was generally given as its anglicized form, the common English name Bradley. O'Brallaghanįew Irish surnames have been more barbarously maltreated by the introduction of the English language into Ireland than Ó Brollachain. The MacBradys were once a powerful sept belonging to Breffny. The prefix 'Mac', however, is seldom used in Irish last names in modern times the modern use of the prefix 'O' instead of 'Mac' with this name is erroneous. In Irish, the name is Mac Brádaigh, so it should correctly be MacBrady in the anglicized form. ![]() It is thus, of course, a true Irish surname. Modern scholars reject the derivation "baoith-geall". ![]() Boyle is Ó Baoighill in modern Irish, the derivation of which is possibly from the Old Irish word "baigell", i.e. ![]()
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