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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 ]
The influence of the Gaelic League (formed in 1893 as Conradh na Gaeilge) "rekindled" an interest in Irish clans in the early 20th century. [2] In the 1940s, Edward MacLysaght, the Chief Herald of Ireland, wrote a list of Irish clans and published several works on the history and background of Irish families.
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For example, the Irish name Ó Flaithbheartaigh is Anglicised as Flaherty, Flaffery and Flaverty in Connacht, however due to the aspiration of the 'F' in Ulster Irish, it is Anglicised and recorded as Laverty and Lafferty in Ulster thus the F variants have been excluded. The same for Flynn outside of Ulster, which is Lynn in Ulster.
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