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Ó CillÃn
Ó CillÃn is the name of a family now rendered as Killeen (also Killian and Killion), found mainly in County Roscommon, County Mayo and County Galway. It is derived from the saint's name Cillian. Annalistic references * ''966: Cormac ua CillÃn, of the Ui Fhiachrach of Aidne, successor of Ciarán and Comán and comarba of Tuaim Gréne — and by him was built the great church of Tuaim Gréne, and its bell-tower — a sage and an old man and a bishop, rested in Christ.'' * ''1026: Conall ua CillÃn, successor of Crónán of Tuaim Gréine, rested.'' * ''1087: The battle of Conacla i.e. in Corann, won by Ruaidrà ua Conchobuir and Cormac ua CillÃn, chief vice-abbot of SÃl Muiredaigh, with the staff of Ciarán in his hand before the battle when it was being fought between the Connachta and the Conmaicne The Conmaicne (; ) were a people of early Ireland, perhaps related to the Laigin, who dispersed to various parts of Ireland. They settled in Connacht and Longford, givi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killeen (surname)
Killeen is a surname of Irish origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Brian Killeen (1911–1993), New Zealand rugby union player * Caroline Killeen (1926–2014), American activist * Danny Killeen (1933–2017), American sailor * Donald Killeen (1923–1972), Irish-American criminal * Evans Killeen (born 1936), American baseball player * George Killeen (1884–1933), Irish rugby union player * Gerry Killeen (born 1961), Irish Gaelic footballer * Graham Killeen (born 1980), American filmmaker and critic * Gretel Killeen (born 1963), Australian television personality * Henry Killeen (1872–1916), American baseball player * J. J. Killeen (born 1981), American golfer * James Jerome Killeen (1917–1978), American Roman Catholic bishop * Jason Killeen (born 1980), Irish basketball player * Johanne Killeen, American chef, restaurant owner and cookbook author * John Killeen (1920–2005), Irish hurler * Len Killeen (1938–2011), South African rugby league footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuamgraney
Tuamgraney (; archaically spelled ''Tomgraney, Tomgrenei''; ) is a village in eastern County Clare in the west of Ireland and a civil parish by the same name. Situated about a kilometre from the River Graney which flows into Lough Derg, it is an ancient settlement, noted for St Cronán's Church, said to be the oldest church in constant use in Ireland. For census purposes, Tuamgraney and neighbouring Scarriff form the census settlement of Scarriff-Tuamgraney, which had a population of 854 at the 2022 census. Location The parish is in the barony of Tulla Upper and contains the villages of Scarriff and Tomgraney. It is and covers . The parish is rugged, with heights ranging from above sea level. It contains the Scariff river from its headstreams through Lough O'Grady to its mouth in Scarriff bay, Lough Derg. The village of Tuamgraney lies in such close proximity to the town of Scarriff that today the two are often considered to be one single settlement. There is a holy wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Families
Irish commonly refers to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the island and the sovereign state *** Erse (other), Scots language name for the Irish language or Irish people ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish English, set of dialects of the English language native to Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity Irish may also refer to: Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, ps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surnames
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. Compound sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clonmacnoise
Clonmacnoise or Clonmacnois (Irish language, Irish: ''Cluain Mhic Nóis'') is a ruined monastery in County Offaly in Republic of Ireland, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone, founded in 544 by Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Ciarán, from Rathcroghan, County Roscommon. Until the 9th century it had close associations with the kings of Connacht. Saint Ciarán founded the monastery in the ancient territory of Uà Maine at a point where the major east–west land route (five great roads of Ireland, Slighe Mhor) meets the River Shannon after crossing the bogs of Central Ireland known as the Esker Riada. The strategic location of the monastery helped it become a major center of religion, learning, craftsmanship and trade by the 9th century;Moss (2014), p. 126 and together with Clonard Abbey, Clonard it was one of the most famous places in Ireland, visited by scholars from all over Europe. From the ninth until the eleventh century it was allied with the List of Kings of Mide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conmaicne
The Conmaicne (; ) were a people of early Ireland, perhaps related to the Laigin, who dispersed to various parts of Ireland. They settled in Connacht and Longford, giving their name to several Conmaicne territories. T. F. O'Rahilly's assertion the Conmaicne were non-Goidelic languages, Goidelic is not widely accepted. Etymology Their name originates from a mythical ancestor known as ''Conmac(c)'' (), meaning "hound-son" (, prefix form of n-stem hound; , son). Conmac(c) descended from Fergus mac Róich and Queen Medb of Connacht. However, Paul Walsh (priest), Walsh stated "Conmac son of Fergus is a genealogical fiction". The word ''Conmaicne'' means "progeny of Conmac" (''-ne'', a progeny). The name in Old Irish spelling contains ''m'' (without a following ''h'') and ''c'' (or more etymologically, ''cc''), thus Old Irish Conmac(c) and Conmaic(c)ne, but in Modern Irish language, Irish spelling contains ''mh'' (with unetymological ''h'' as a sign of lenition) and single ''c'', thu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connachta
The Connachta are a group of medieval Irish dynasty, dynasties who claimed descent from the legendary High King of Ireland, High King Conn of the Hundred Battles, Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles). The modern western Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht (Irish language, Irish ''Cúige Chonnacht'', province, literally "fifth", of the Connachta) takes its name from them, although the territories of the Connachta also included at various times parts of southern and western Ulster and northern Leinster. Their traditional capital was Cruachan, Ireland, Cruachan (modern Rathcroghan, County Roscommon). Origins The use of the word ''cúige'', earlier ''cóiced'', literally "fifth", to denote a province indicates the existence of a pentarchy in prehistory, whose members are believed to have been population groups the Connachta, the Ulaid (Ulster) and the Laigin (Leinster), the region of Mumu (Munster), and the central kingdom of Mide. This pentarchy appears to have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruaidrà Na Saide Buide
Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the /''RuaidhrÃ'' and /''Ruaraidh'' and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. for the given name "Rory". The meaning of the name is "red king", composed of ''ruadh'' ("red") and ''rÃgh'' ("king"). In Ireland and Scotland, it is generally seen as a masculine name and therefore rarely given to females. History An early use of the name in antiquity is in reference to Rudraige mac Sithrigi, a High King of Ireland who eventually spawned the Ulaid (indeed, this tribe are sometimes known as ''Clanna Rudhraighe''). Ruadrà mac Domnall was the grandfather of famous Scottish king Macbeth and the eponymous founder of ''Clann RuaidrÃ'' ( House of Moray). Throughout the Middle Ages, the name was in use by various kings, such as Ruaidrà mac Fáeláin, Ruaidrà na Saide Buide and Ruaidrà Ua Conchobair, the last High King of Ireland. As well as this, Ruairà Óg Ó Mórdha, the famous King of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corann
Corann was an ancient Irish túath in northwest Connacht represented now by the present barony of Corran in County Sligo. The name is derived in legend from Corann, the harper of Dian Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Organisation Ballymote became the centre of the túath after construction of Ballymote Castle in the 13th century. History The well of Corann that alternated between sweet water and salt in time with the ebb and flow of the tide. It was first shired as part of the new County Sligo by the English Lord Deputy Sir Henry Sidney in 1564. References Medieval history of Ireland Historic Gaelic territories {{Sligo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciarán
Ciarán (Irish language, Irish spelling) or Ciaran (Scottish Gaelic spelling) is a traditionally male given name of Irish origin. It means "little dark one" or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ''ciar'' ("black", "dark"). It is the masculine version of the name Ciara (given name), Ciara. The name became common in reference to Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich, who gave his name to the Ciarraige and County Kerry, and two early Irish saints both counted among the Twelve Apostles of Ireland: Ciarán the Elder and Ciarán the Younger. It is anglicised in various ways: Ciaran, Kieran, Keiran, Keiron, Keiren, Keerun, Kiran, etc. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Kierans were the chiefly family of the CÃarraige tribe who in turn were from the Dumnonii or Laigin who were the third wave of Celts to settle in Ireland during the first century Anno Domini, BC. The name can also be found in the Irish surname of O'Keiran, meaning "descenda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killian
Killian or Kilian, as a given name, is an Anglicized version of the Irish name . The name was borne by several early Irish saints including missionaries to Artois (France) and Franconia (Germany) and the author of the life of St Brigid. The name is said to derive from Saint Kilian, an Irish missionary to Germany in the 7th century, who, according to the Acta Sanctorum, was born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland c. 640. He departed for his mission to the continent with 12 apostles from Kilmacologue in the parish of Tuosist, County Kerry, Ireland. In 689, he was martyred in Würzburg, now in Bavaria, and subsequently became the city's patron saint. The most likely meaning of the name is 'little church', a reference to someone prayerful or spiritual, meaning 'church' in the Irish language, while the suffix is used affectionately to indicate a "pet" or diminutive status. Patrick Woulfe wrote that is a diminutive of which means 'war', 'strife', or 'bright-headed'. Notable peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidhne
Aidhne ( ), also known as Uà Fhiachrach Aidhni, Mag nAidni, later Maigh Aidhne ("Plain (of) Aidhne"), was the territory of the Uà Fhiachrach Aidhni, a túath (tribal kingdom) located in the south of what is now County Galway in the south of Connacht, Ireland. (Aidhne is nominative case, Aidhni genitive). Aidhne is coextensive with the present diocese of Kilmacduagh. Borders The territory of Aidhne is bounded on the west by Loch Lurgan (Galway Bay) and the barony of Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster. County Clare also bounds Aidhne on its south and south-east side. Aidhne is bounded on the east by the low mountains of Sliabh Echtghe / Slieve Aughty (modern Sliabh EachtaÃ), which separate Uà Fhiachrach Aidhni from the territory of Uà Maine (modern Uà Mhaine) in eastern County Galway. On the north-east Aidhne is bounded by the plains of Uà Mhaine and on the north by Mag Mucruime (modern Má Mucraimhe, the area around Athenry). On the north-west Aidhne is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
