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Map showing principal Irish surnames at the commencement of the 17th century. Clans of Ireland is a modern organization that was started in 1989 and has eligibility criteria for surnames to be included on their register of Irish clans. This includes that the family or clan can trace their ancestry back to before 1691 which is generally ...
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. [3]
A display of the 14 tribal flags in Eyre Square, Galway. The Tribes of Galway (Irish: Treibheanna na Gaillimhe) were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, commercial and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late 19th centuries.
Pages in category "Shaikh clans" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Banu Israil; Behlim;
The Finte na hÉireann (Clans of Ireland) was founded in 1989 to gather together clan associations; [44] individual clan associations operate throughout the world and produce journals for their septs. [45] The Highland clans held out until the 18th century Jacobite risings. During the Victorian-era, symbolic tartans, crests and badges were ...
Pages in category "Tribes of ancient Ireland" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Attacotti; B.
Irish royal families were the dynasties that once ruled large "overkingdoms" and smaller petty kingdoms on the island of Ireland. Members of some of these families still own land and live in the same broad locations.
The Scottish Gaelic word toisiche means leader and can also be translated as chief. [1] The seanachies of the Clan Mackintosh claim that the first chief of the clan was Shaw, second son of Duncan MacDuff, Earl of Fife of the royal house of Dál Riata. [1]