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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From Castle Sween to Fanad
Families were constantly on the move in medieval and early modern Ireland. Successful and expanding clans conquered new areas and the ruling family might move to establish themselves in a fertile or strategic area.
- O'Donnell family
- McSweeney family
- Eoin McSweeney
- Castle Sween
- Knapdale
- Scotland
- Robert Bruce
- King Edward II
- The Scottish Wars of Independence
- Scottish bardic poetry
- Fand peninsula
- O'Breslin family
- O'Breslin Lord of Fanad
- O'Donnell chieftain
- Craobhsgaoileadh Clainne Suibhne
- The rout of Crann Cuillmin
- O'Taircheirt family
- migration of galloglass families to Ireland
- Fanad Peninsula
The Strain (Ó Sruitheáin) family of north Donegal
The surname Strain, which is quite numerous in north County Donegal, has a distinguished family history which stretches way back to early medieval times.
The Ferry (Ó Fearadhaigh) family of Donegal and Sir Mulmurry McSweeney Doe
Close to my granduncle's farm near Kilmacrennan in Co. Donegal is a ruined farmhouse in the townland of Skreen.
- Derry
- Tyrone
- O'Donnelly family
- Turlough Luineach O'Neill
- shane o'neill
- Ferry family
- O'Ferry family
- Ó Fearadhaigh
- Sir Mulmurry McSweeney Doe
- McSweeney Doe chieftains
- Walter McSweeney of Fanad
- Falcarragh
- Co. Donegal
- Red Hugh O'Donnell
- The Nine Years War
- Sir Henry Docwra
- Skreen Townland Co. Donegal
- Fosterage in Gaelic Ireland
- O'Looney family
- O'Hagan family
- Hugh O'Neill
- Donegal folklore
- Lough Foyle
- McSweeney galloglasses
- Derryreel townland
The Attachment of some Irish surnames to particular localities on the Island
A notable feature of the distribution of Irish surnames throughout the Island of Ireland, is often the attachment of certain surnames to particular areas, often for many centuries. This can be seen in the distribution of Irish families even today in the early twentyfirst century.
- glendalough
- wicklow mountains
- earls of kildare
- County Wicklow
- Plains of Kildare
- Dublin
- Saggart and Rathcoole
- Naas
- Mullaghmast
- Arklow
- Wicklow Town
- Rathdrum
- Greystones
- Bray
- Castlekevin
- Powerscourt
- Glenmalure
- Glen of Imaal
- Newrath
- Ashford
- Newtown (Mountkennedy)
- Rathnew
- Stillorgan
- O'Toole family
- Lawless family
- Doyle family
- Archbold family
- Harold family
- O'Farrell family of Wicklow
- O'Feary
- Turlough O'Toole
- Feagh McHugh O'Byrne
- Luke O'Toole
- Shillelagh
- Bollarney
- St Laurence O'Toole
- Brian O'Byrne of Glenmalure
- Dr Emmett O'Byrne
- 1270 rebellion of the Wicklow Irish
- AngloNorman invasion of Ireland
- King Henry VIII
Mac an Iolair ~ the Son of the Eagle - famous horses in sixteenth century Gaelic Ireland
With the wonderful horse racing in recent weeks I hope readers of my genealogy blog won't mind if this week my Friday blog does not have much to do with Irish genealogy but with the great love of the Irish for their race horses, which apparently stretches way back in time to early modern and probably even medieval times.
- Tyrone
- Tír Chonaill
- shane o'neill
- Mac an Iolair
- Conn O'Donnell
- Hugh McHugh Dubh O'Donnell
- O'Boyle family
- McSweeney Fanad family
- O'Moain family
- Termonomongan
- Errigal Keeroge
- O'Byrnes of Wicklow
- Race meetings in Gaelic Ireland
- Horseriding accidents in Gaelic Ireland
- Ramelton
- River Leannan
- Murvagh
- Tirhugh
- Lady Ineen Dubh
