O'Flanagan is an Irish surname.
According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Flanagans were one of the chiefly families of the
Éile
Éile (; , ), commonly anglicised as Ely, was a medieval petty kingdom in the southern part of the modern county of Offaly and parts of North Tipperary in Ireland. The historic barony of Eliogarty was once a significant portion of the kingdom.
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tribe who in turn came from the
Dumnonii or
Laigin
The Laigin, modern spelling Laighin (), were a Gaelic population group of early Ireland. They gave their name to the Kingdom of Leinster, which in the medieval era was known in Irish as ''Cóiced Laigen'', meaning "Fifth/province of the Leinste ...
who were the third wave of
Celts
The Celts ( , see Names of the Celts#Pronunciation, pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European languages, Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apoge ...
to settle in
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
during the first century
BC.
Notable people with the name include:
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Kevin O'Flanagan
Kevin Patrick O'Flanagan (10 June 1919 – 26 May 2006) was an Irish sportsman, physician and sports administrator. An outstanding all-rounder, he represented his country at both soccer and rugby union. He was also a noted Sprint (running), spri ...
(1919–2006), Irish former sportsman, physician and sports administrator
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Michael O'Flanagan (1876–1942), Irish Republican and Roman Catholic priest
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Mick O'Flanagan (1922–2015), Irish former soccer and rugby union international
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Patrick O'Flanagan (born 1947), Irish geographer and academic
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Robert Dermot O'Flanagan (1901–1972), U.S. Catholic bishop
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Sheila O'Flanagan (born 1958), Irish fiction writer and journalist who currently writes for the Irish Times
See also
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With v O'Flanagan'', an English contract law case concerning misrepresentation
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Irish clans
Irish clans are traditional kinship groups sharing a common surname and heritage and existing in a lineage-based society, originating prior to the 17th century. A clan (or in Irish, plural ) included the chief and his Patrilineality, patrilineal ...
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