Ó Brolaigh is a Gaelic-Irish surname.
Background
The sept of O Brolaigh were a tributary clan of the Clan hAonghusa federation, originally from the Bredach in
Inishowen
Inishowen () is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. Inishowen is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland.
The Inishowen peninsula includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head. The Grianan of Aileach, a ringfor ...
, descended of Angus mac Eoghan mac Niall of the Nine Hostages. One branch of this sept were apparently erenaghs of Tech na Coimairce near Castlefinn, Donegal and Clonleigh, Donegal and Ulster. There were O Brolaighs in Leinster at the time of St. Brigit, who mentions the kindness shown her by a "gentleman of the O Brolaigh."
According to the
Annals of the Four Masters
The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' () or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' () are chronicles of Middle Ages, medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Genesis flood narrative, Deluge, dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi, years after crea ...
, in 1188 "Martain Ua Brolaigh aird-eccnaidh Gaoidheal & fer leighinn Arda Macha do écc/chief sage of all the Gaels, and chief lector of Ard-Macha, died."
People
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Joe Brolly (born 1969), Gaelic player analyst and former player
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Shane Brolly (born 1970), Northern Ireland actor
External links
Ó Brolaigh Brolly surname page
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Irish clans
Surnames of Irish origin
Gaelic-Irish nations and dynasties
Irish-language masculine surnames