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McGovern (name)
The surname McGovern ( ga, Mág Samhradháin), is of Irish origin and is found predominantly in the counties of Cavan (among the fifteen most common names), Fermanagh and Leitrim. The Irish name is Mag Samhradháin, meaning ''the Son of Samhradhán'', and the clan or sept takes its name from one Samhradhán who lived c. 1100 AD descended from 7th-century Eochaidh, a descendant of Brión mac Echach Muigmedóin. Eochaidh gave his name to Teallach Eochaid, modern day Tullyhaw in Cavan. This was long the territory of the McGoverns. Their strongholds were at Ballymagauran, Bawnboy, Coologe and Lissanover in Cavan. There are many variations found in the spelling of the name, all of which are attempts at a phonetic spelling of the Gaelic ''Mag Samhradháin''. The Mag part can be found as Mag, Meg, Mac, Mau, Mec, Mc, Ma or M'. The Samhradháin part (which may be attached to or detached from the ''Mag'' part and all its variations) can be found (the ''G'' being capitalised or not) as Sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Name
A formal Irish name consists of a given name and a surname. In the Irish language, surnames are generally patronymic in etymology but are no longer literal patronyms as, for example, most Icelandic names still are. The form of a surname varies according to whether its bearer is male or female, and in the case of a married woman, whether she chooses to adopt her husband's surname. An alternative traditional naming convention consists of the first name followed by a double patronym, usually with the father and grandfather's names. This convention is not used for official purposes but is generalized in ''Gaeltachtaí'' (Irish-speaking areas) and also survives in some rural non-''Gaeltacht'' areas. Sometimes the name of the mother or grandmother may be used instead of the father or grandfather. Epithets A first name may be modified by an adjective to distinguish its bearer from other people with the same name. ''Mór'' ("big") and ''Óg'' ("young") are used to distinguish father and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bawnboy
Bawnboy () is a small village and townland in a valley at the foot of Slieve Rushen, between Ballyconnell and Swanlinbar, in County Cavan, Ireland. A synod of the Roman Catholic Provincial Council of Armagh was held in Owengallees, Baunbuidhe (Bawnboy) on 25 May 1669 where the Bishop of Kilmore, Eugene MacSweeney tried to depose Thomas Fitzsimons, the vicar general of the diocese. Bawnboy is part of the ancient parish of Templeport, birthplace of St Mogue. Its most famous building is a Victorian workhouse, built in 1853, long disused and now derelict. Early history In medieval times the McGovern barony of Tullyhaw was divided into economic taxation areas called ballibetoes, from the Irish ''Baile Biataigh'' (Anglicized as "Ballybetagh"), meaning 'A Provisioner's Town or Settlement'. The original purpose was to enable the farmer, who controlled the baile, to provide hospitality for those who needed it, such as poor people and travellers. The ballybetagh was further divided in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Mág Samhradháin
Tomás mac Aodh Mág Samhradháin, head of the McGovern lineage and Baron or Lord of Tullyhaw barony, County Cavan from 1269 to 1272. Ancestry His father was Aedh Mág Samhradháin and his half-brother or step-brother was Donnchadh ‘Cime’ Mág Samhradháin who was chief from 1258-1269. Chieftainship In 1269 he murdered his half-brother or step-brother, Donnchadh ‘Cime’ Mág Samhradháin, in an internecine struggle for the chieftaincy. He was then elected chief. The Annals of Ulster for 1269 state- ''Donnchadh Mag Shamhrudhain rested in Christ.'' The Annals of Connacht 1272 state- ''Donnchad son of Gilla na Naem Mag Samradain was killed by Tomas mac Aeda Mag Samradain, his own brother.'' The Annals of the Four Masters 1272 state- ''Donough, son of Gilla-na-naev Magauran, was slain by his brother Thomas.'' The Annals of Loch Cé 1272 state- ''Donnchadh, son of Gilla-na-naemh Mac Shamhradhain, was killed by Thomas Mac Shamhradhain, i.e. his own brother''. Death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnchadh ‘Cime’ Mág Samhradháin
Donnchadh () is a masculine given name common to the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages. It is composed of the elements ''donn'', meaning "brown" or "dark" from Donn a Gaelic God; and ''chadh'', meaning "chief" or "noble". The name is also written as Donnchad, Donncha, Donnchadha and Dúnchad. Modern versions include (in Ireland) Donnacha, Donagh, Donough, Donogh and (in Scotland) Duncan. The Irish surnames Donough, McDonagh, McDonough, O'Donoghue and Dunphy among others are derived from the given name (In Gaelic: Mac - son of, Ó - of the family of). Another derivation is the name of the Scottish Clan Donnachaidh. Variations People * In modern times people with the name include; ** Donogh O'Malley (1921–1968) Irish Government minister ** Donncha O'Callaghan (born 1979) current international rugby player (Munster, Ireland and 2005 British and Irish lions) ** Donnchadh Ó Corráin (1942–2017) Irish historian **Donnchadh Walsh (born 1984), Irish Gaelic footballer **Donn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Mág Samhradháin
Brian Mág Samhradháin, the First, (anglicised McGovern) was chief of the McGovern Clan and Baron or Lord of Tullyhaw barony, County Cavan from c.1240-1258. Chieftainship On the death of the McGovern chief Giolla na Naomh Mág Samhradháin c.1240, Brian took the chieftaincy. He came under attack from Felim Ua Conchobair who was King of Connacht from 1233 - 1265. The Annals of Connacht for the year 1256 state- ''After the battle of Magh Slécht, Fedlim O Conchobair and his son Aed na nGall, with the men of Connacht, and Tigernan O Ruairc, with the men of Brefne, made an expedition to Loch in Trein; and the two armies fell upon the churches of Brefne, all except Fenagh, and returned to their homes with hostages of the Fir Brefne, that is, of Mac Fiachrach and Mac Tigernain and Mag Samradain and of the son of Art O Ruairc; and Fedlim gave the hostages of the chieftains into the custody of O Ruairc and handed over Mag Samradain to his own son, Aed na nGall.'' ''Conchobar son o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giolla Íosa Mág Samhradháin
Giolla Íosa Mág Samhradháin, (died 1231) was chief of the McGovern Clan and Baron or Lord of Tullyhaw barony, County Cavan from about 1181 to 1231. Ancestry His ancestry was Giolla Íosa Mág Samhradháin son of Giolla na Naomh Mág Samhradháin, the First, son of Muireadhach Mág Samhradhán who was the son of Samhradhán mac Conchobhar mac Fearghal mac Flann mac Aonghus mac Conchobhar mac Tadhg Tir mac Ruarc mac Íomhaor mac Cosgrach mac Dúnghal mac Oireachtach mac Eochaidh (Teallach n-Eachach or Tullyhaw is named after the latter). Description Poem 2, stanza 7, by Giolla Pádraig mac Naimhin, written c.1290-1298, in the Book of Magauran describes Giolla Íosa as ''white-chested Giolla Íosa''. Death His death is noted in the Irish Annals for 1231 and this is the first time there is a specific mention of a McGovern chief in the Annals, which implies that the clan first became of regional importance under the rule of Giolla Íosa. The Annals of the Four Masters 1231 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muireadhach Mág Samhradhán
Muiredach (Old Irish), Muireadhach or Muireach, anglicized variously to Murdoch, Murtagh, Murray, Murdac, Mordacq and other forms, is a Goidelic name (meaning "chieftain") popular in Scotland and Ireland in the Middle Ages: * Muiredach Bolgrach, mythological Irish king * Muiredach Tirech, legendary high-king of Ireland * Muiredach mac Eógain (died 489), legendary early king of Ailech * Muiredach Muinderg (died 489), legendary king of the Ulaid * Muiredach of Killala, reputed early Irish saint * Muiredach Muillethan (died 702), king of Connaught * Muiredach mac Ainbcellaig (died c. 770), king of Dál Riata * Muiredach mac Murchado (died 760), king of Leinster * Muiredach mac Brain (died 818) (8th-century–818), king of Leinster * Muiredach mac Ruadrach (8th-century–829), king of Leinster * Muiredach mac Eochada (died 839), king of the Ulaid * Muiredach mac Brain (died 885), king of Munster * Muiredach mac Eochocáin (died 895), king of the Ulaid * Muireadhach Ua Carthaigh (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moneensauran
Moneensauran () is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies within the Roman Catholic parish of Glangevlin and barony of Tullyhaw. Geography Moneensauran is bounded on the north by Tullynacross (Glangevlin) and Curraghglass townlands, on the east by Derrynananta Upper and Derrynananta Lower townlands, on the south by Doon (Drumreilly) townland and on the west by Slievenakilla and Legatraghta townlands. Its chief geographical features are Benbrack Mountain reaching to an altitude of 1,600 feet above sea-level, the Owenmore River (County Cavan), Munter Eolus Lough (Gaelic meaning 'The Descendants of Eolus'), forestry plantations, waterfalls and gravel pits. The townland is traversed by minor public roads and lanes. The townland covers an area of 1,739 statute acres and is the third largest in County Cavan. History Samhradhán, who lived about 1100 A.D., was lord of Tullyhaw and the son of Conchob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glangevlin
Glangevlin () is a village in the northwest of County Cavan, Ireland. It is in the townlands of Gub (Glangevlin) and Tullytiernan, at the junction of the R200 and R207 regional roads. It is surrounded by the Cuilcagh Mountains and borders the counties of Leitrim and Fermanagh. A large stone known as 'Maguire's chair' is deposited on the right hand side of the road, roughly 4 miles from Glangevlin village, so-called because it was supposedly the inauguration site of the Maguire clan in medieval times. Glangevlin has a strong traditional Irish background and Irish was spoken up until the 1930s, one of the last places in Cavan where this was commonplace. Glangevlin is also well known to have been the last place in Ireland to have a glacier lasting from the Ice age. The Cuilcagh mountains were the last affected part of the island of Ireland as well as the most western part of Europe bar Iceland. Etymology Some sources, including ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland'', p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunmakeever
Dunmakeever is a townland in the Civil Parish of Kinawley, Roman Catholic Parish of Glangevlin, Barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename "Dún Mhic Íomhair" which means 'The Fort of Íomhair’s Son'. Íomhair, who lived about 850 A.D., was Lord of Tullyhaw and the son of Cosgrach mac Dúnghal. Íomhair’s son was Ruarc, after whom the townland is named, who lived about 880 A.D and was also Lord of Tullyhaw and an ancestor of the McGovern clan. Ruarc’s name is also preserved in the adjoining townland of Aghatirourke which is an anglicisation of 'Achadh-tigh-Ruairc' which means "The Field of Ruarc’s House". These townland names, along with Moneensauran, supply important evidence that the McGovern clan originally came from Glangevlin and only later spread out to other parts of Tullyhaw such as Ballymagauran and Blacklion. The earliest surviving mention of the townland name is 'Dunnemakevir', from a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
