and Terence O’Neill, Baron of the Maine, who was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in the 1960’s.Spain and France. The Flight of the Earls in 1607, with Hugh O’Neill the Earl of Tyrone, may be said to have started Irish emigration. Other O’Neills followed him.Hugh...
—- Henry Norreys (1525-1601), married Margery Williams (trusted by Queen Elizabeth; created Baron Norreys of Rycote) —– Sir John Norreys (1547-1597), unmarried (distinguished English soldier, culminating in Ireland) —– William Norreys (1550-1579), married Elizabeth Morison (soldier who died...
Continuing in northern Europe, we have that in Anglo-Normans the patronymic of filiation is usually made with the prefix Fitz. In Ireland it is common to use the O' (Os for male descendant and Au for grandson), as in O'Sullivan, son of Sullivan. ...
Using data on Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, jurisdictions with party systems that differ significantly, one of which poses significant challenges to the universality of many political science theories, we show how using surnames as markers can confirm the obvious explanation for the ...
Aodán’s contribution looked first at the five most common surnames in Northern Ireland i.e. Wilson, Johnson/Johnston, Campbell, Thomson/Thompson and Kelly.“Two of these are definitely Gaelic,” he wrote. Campbell is an old Scottish Gaelic surname (cam-béal - crooked mouth...
Many of the Norman armies came via Wales, where they had been settled for some time, and brought Welsh mercenaries with them. As was the way with many invaders of Ireland, a large number of them stayed, intermarried and became, eventually, Irish. ...
Below you can find a list of the surnames ranked from 81st to 100 in terms of numbers of households in Cornwall in 1861. While most of those in the list still have their origin in first names (patronyms), a number of names from places (toponyms) and occupations are beginning to make ...
Iobling, William 1841 Northern, Newcastle Upon Tyne Irving, Francis 1868 Aunb, Carlisle Jackson, Alfred 1853 Middleton, Lancashire Jackson, Joseph 1846 Manchester, Lancashire Jackson, Walter 1863 Islington, London James, Nathan 1855 Chipping Campden,...
Patrick Collins, born in Ireland, became a Massachusetts politician and mayor of Boston in 1902. Michael Collinswas the Irish revolutionary leader who took part in the Anglo-Irish treaty negotiations and was then assassinated by the IRA in 1922. ...
Ireland. Peacocks in Ireland are likely to be of either Scottish or English ancestry, the former being mainly found in Antrim.America. The Peacocks in America may have English, Scottish or Irish origins. Perhaps the first to arrive was William Peacock from England who came on the Hopewell in...