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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 ...
John Ray Grisham Jr. (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ ʃ ə m /; born February 8, 1955) [1] [2] is an American novelist, lawyer, and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his best-selling legal thrillers.
Comiskey (Cumascach [2]) is a surname found especially in County Monaghan (Muineachán), Ulster, Ireland, where a branch held a family seat.The name was first recorded as being descended from Fiacha Suidhe, a younger brother of Conn of the Hundred Battles. [1]
The census provides returns of the inhabitants of most of the country, arranged in counties, baronies, parishes and townlands. The counties of Cavan, Galway, Wicklow, Mayo, Tyrone and most of Meath are not included. [2]
Dempsey is an anglicised form of Ó Díomasaigh, 'descendant of Díomasach'; this personal name is the Irish adjective díomasach 'proud'. [2] [3] The family originated in the Kingdom of Uí Failghe.
According to Samuel Lewis in his Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), . KILLEENADEEMA, or KILNADEEMA, a parish, in the barony of LOUGHREA, county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT, 3 miles (S. by W.) from Loughrea ; containing 3554 inhabitants, This parish comprises a considerable portion of the Derrybrian mountains, and contains 1854 statute acres applotted under the tithe act.
Walsh (Irish: Breathnach) is a common Irish surname, meaning "Briton" or "foreigner" (literally "Welshman" or "Wales"), taken to Ireland by soldiers from Britain, namely Welsh, Cambro-Norman, Cornish and Cumbrian soldiers during and after the Norman invasion of Ireland.
John Grenham says of them "They are first noted as coming to prominence in the fifteenth century and are recorded as having "Chiefs of the Name" up to the 17th century. They were instrumental in organising the native Irish Rebellion of 1641 and, following its failure, lost their power and possessions."