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The Houlihan dynasty is a noble
King Giolla Finn Mac Uallacháin,
house
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and clan
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descending from Uí Mháine
Uí Mhaine, often Anglicised as Hy Many, was one of the oldest and largest kingdoms located in Connacht, Ireland. Its territory of approximately encompassed all of what is now north, east and south County Galway, south and central County Rosco ...
in modern-day County Galway
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and County Offaly
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in Ireland. This is reflected in the patronymic naming system: "Uallachán, son of Flann, son of Flannchadh, son of Innrachtach, son of Maelduin, son of Donngal, son of Anmchadh, son of Eoghan Buac."
The source of the name "hUallacháin" (Houlihan Houlihan or O'Houlihan ( ga, Ó hUallacháin; feminine ') is a surname of Irish Gaelic origin, from the Irish ' meaning "proud". Notable people with the surname include:
*Adam Houlihan (born 1978), former Australian rules footballer
*Christopher Ho ...
) is from the progenitor of the family Prince Uallachan Mac Flann: "A rough-fettering lord of distinguished valour, venomous- weaponed, h-Uallachan." An Irish warrior and Prince of Siol Anmchadha. His name means "Proud", or "Arrogant".
There are likely more than 3 different main lines of the Houlihan name, which stem from different places. The name found in this article is the main line whom were "Chiefs of Siol Anmchadha in Hy-Maine" as listed in John O'Hart's Pedigree of the Irish Nation.
At times, The Ó hUallacháin was the King and or Chief
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of Siol Anmchadha, as addressed in the "Annals of Ireland," and, "Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many." But The O'Houlihan specifically ruled over Lusmagh, a parish East of the Shannon River, within the Barony of Garrycastle but not ruled by the Delbhna bEthra.
History
Notable persons of the name
Uallachán Mac Flann, Chief of the Name, Chief of the Munter Cinaith, Prince of Siol Anmchadha.
King Giolla Finn Mac Uallacháin, Chief of the Name
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Ó hUallacháin, Chief of the Munter Cinaith, Chief of Siol Anmchadha, King of Siol Anmchadha (reigned 1096-1101)
Archbishop of Cashel, Archbishop of Munster
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, Donal Ua hUallacháin (in office 1171-1182)
Henry Cuolahan, of Cogran Esq., Last head of the ''Mac Cuolahan'' line. (b. 1817- d. 1848). "Cuolahan died in 1902 and nine years later Rebecca, as head of the house, was the sole Cuolahan resident at Cogran. By the late twentieth century the house was in a ruinous state."
James Woulahan, an Independent politician who ran in the 1985, and 1989, Braid Valley District elections for the Ballymena Borough Council
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See also
*Pre-Norman invasion Irish Celtic kinship groups
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, from whom many of the modern Irish surnames came from
*Houlihan Houlihan or O'Houlihan ( ga, Ó hUallacháin; feminine ') is a surname of Irish Gaelic origin, from the Irish ' meaning "proud". Notable people with the surname include:
*Adam Houlihan (born 1978), former Australian rules footballer
*Christopher Ho ...
, surname list.
*Gaelic nobility of Ireland
This article concerns the Gaelic nobility of Ireland from ancient to modern times. It only partly overlaps with Chiefs of the Name because it excludes Scotland and other discussion. It is one of three groups of Irish nobility, the others being ...
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