Topic summary
Kennedys
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Kennedy family.
History
According to genealogist Brian Kennedy in his work JFK's Irish O'Kennedy Ancestors, the Kennedys who would go on to play a significant role in the United States of America originated from an Irish clan called Ó Cinnéide Fionn (the Grey Kennedys), which, along with the Ó Cinnéide Donn (Brown Kennedys) and Ó Cinnéide Ruadh (Red Kennedys), were the three Irish Gaelic O'Kennedy clans who ruled the Kingdom of Ormond. In 1546, their progenitor Diarmaid Ó Cinnéide Fionn became the owner of Knigh Castle, located close to what is today Puckane, County Tipperary. In 1740, having lost out to the new Anglo-Irish order in the Kingdom of Ireland, they moved to Dunganstown, New Ross, County Wexford. Patrick Kennedy was born there.