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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. [1] A clan (or fine in Irish, plural finte) included the chief and his patrilineal relatives; [2] however, Irish clans also included unrelated clients of the chief.
Mac Hale of Co. Mayo – Mac hÉil Condae Mhuigheo. Mac Kenna of Truath – Mac Cionaoith. Mac Laughlin of Donegal – Mac Lochlainn Dún na nGall. Mac Mullen Leinster - Maoláin agus Mac Maoláin. Mac Shane – Mac Seáin. McCarty - Mac Carthaigh. McGillycuddy of the Reeks. McKernan - Mac Thighearnain. Mannion of Soghan – Ó Mainnín Soghain.
In addition to kingdoms or túatha, Gaelic Ireland was also divided into five prime overkingdoms (Old Irish cóiceda, Modern Irish cúige). These were Ulaid (in the north), Connacht (in the west), Laighin (in the southeast), Mumhan (in the south) and Mide (in the centre). After the Norman invasion, much of the island came under the control of ...
Type. Irish clans. Irish genealogy. Gaelic culture. Website. www .clansofireland .ie. Clans of Ireland ( Irish: Finte na hÉireann) is an independent organisation established in 1989 with the purpose of creating and maintaining a register of Irish clans. The patron of the organisation is Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland.
Origins. Genealogy was cultivated since at least the start of the early Irish historic era. Upon inauguration, Bards and poets are believed to have recited the ancestry of an inaugurated king to emphasize his hereditary right to rule. With the transition to written culture, oral history was preserved in the monastic settlements.
The O'Doherty (Irish: Ó Dochartaigh) family of County Donegal is an Irish clan who were a prominent sept of the Northern Uí Néill's Cenél Conaill, and one of the most powerful clans of Tír Connaill. [1] [2] Originally chiefs of Cenél Eanna, the O'Dohertys became rulers of Inishowen, a large peninsula in what is now County Donegal.
This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of clans, peers and landed gentry families in Ireland. Most of the houses belonged to the Old English and Anglo-Irish aristocracy, and many of those located in the present Republic of Ireland were abandoned, sold or destroyed following the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War of the early 1920s.
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