Darren McGettigan
Darren is an established Author and Genealogist from County Wicklow, Ireland. He provides genealogy services to help you discover your family history in Ireland.
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The Forging of some late medieval Irish genealogies ~ McSweeney, McDonnell and McLoughlin
Weekly Genealogy Blog by Dr Darren McGettigan
After a short break it is good to be back with my weekly Genealogy Blog.
- McSweeney family
- Forged medieval Irish genealogies
- O'Neill family
- mcLoughlin family
- Niall Glúndub
- McDonnell family
- The Hebrides
- late medieval Irish genealgy
- Artúr Dall Mac Gurcaigh
- Dál Chabhlaigh ar Chaistéal Suibhne
- Scottish Wars of Independence
- Aodh Athlomhan O'Neill
- Domhnall O'Neill
- Anradhán O'Neill
- Suibhne
- Sumarlidi
- Somhairle
- McDonnell family of Clankelly
- Domnall Dabaill
- Domhnall McLoughlin
- Muirchertach McLoughlin
- Kingdom of Tyrone
- Fermanagh
Maolmhuire an Bhata Bhuí ~ Sir Mulmurry McSweeney Doe
As someone who has tried to access the earliest volumes of the Donegal Annual and often been told, even in our largest national libraries, that many of the earliest volumes are missing, the publication by the County Donegal Historical Society this year, of the first seven volumes of their journal, the Donegal Annual, covering the years 1947 - 1953, is very welcome indeed.
- Donegal Genealogy
- O'Donnell family
- Sir Mulmurry McSweeney Doe
- Early Modern Donegal history
- Early Modern Tír Chonaill
- The McSweeneys of Doe
- Maolmhuire Mac Suibhne
- Maolmhuire an Bhata Bhuí
- The O'Ferry Clan
- Jack Ketch
- Donegal Annual
- Donegal Annual Volume 1 The First Seven Years 19471953
- Doe Castle
- The Devil as a beetle
- Donegal history
- O'Hegarty family
The McShane Surname of Co.s Armagh and Tyrone
Hello Everybody. As a piece of market research I recently sent an e mail to all the subscribers to my newsletter, asking for ideas on my website and genealogical research in general.
- The O'Neills of Tyrone
- Turlough Luineach O'Neill
- matthew kelly
- ferdoragh o'neill
- shane o'neill
- Red Hugh O'Donnell
- Hugh O'Neill
- McShane surname
- McBaron surname
- The O'Donnelly family
- Dublin Castle
- Katherine Maclean
- Maclean clan
- Island of Mull
- The Hebrides
- Cormac McBaron O'Neill
- Sixteenth century Ireland
The Anglicisation of some Gaelic Irish Surnames - translation and change
Most people interested in Irish genealogy or the history of Irish surnames are probably aware of the process, that appears to have been strongest during the late 1700s whereby many families, all over the island of Ireland, changed their fine Gaelic Irish surnames, for whatever reason, into English surnames or even literal English translations of the Irish meaning of their names.
- McGettigan family
- O'Gormley family
- irish surnames
- O'Byrne family
- Gaelic Irish surnames
- Gettins surname
- Bishop Patrick McGettigan of Raphoe
- McCawell family
- Campbell surname
- Grimes surname
- Ó Duibhdhíorma family of Inishowen
- McDonnell family
- Donaldson surname
- O'Beirne family
- Burns surname
- McGowan
- Smith surname
- Ó Gabhláin
- Forkin
- Forkan
- Ó Maoltuile
- Flood surname
- Ó Géarain surname Sharpe
- Ó Maoildeirg surname Ried/ Reddington
- Ó Claimhín surname
- Swords surname
The First Irish Surnames
As promised, if a little late, my next blog on the adoption of the first surnames by the Irish. For this blog I have used the wonderful genealogies drawn up by my old history tutor, Professor Francis John Byrne, that appear at the end of his book, Irish Kings and High-Kings.
- Brian Boru
- Dál Cais
- O'Laverty family
- O'Gormley family
- irish surnames
- the o'connors of connacht
- connacht 'the best province in ireland'
- the O'Rourke family
- The O'Flaherty family
- O'Neill family
- mcLoughlin family
- O'Haughey family
- McDunlevy family
- McNulty family
- O'Kennedy family
- McNamara family
- O'Dea family
- O'Hogan family
- Aherne family
- Ulster
- Ulaid
- Uí Briúin Dynasties
- The origin of Irish surnames
- Muirchertach Ua Briain
- Domnall Ua Néill
- Niall Glúndub
- Professor Francis John Byrne
