My understanding is that the records were destroyed in the Battle of Four Courts in July 1922. Far be it from me to query the words of an cailin deas so let's blame it on the Brits for giving the 2 18-pounders to the Provisional Government to use against the anti-treaty forces in occupation of Four Courts.
Pinned this because you’re correct and I got my British burnings mixed up. Also you didn’t attack other folks in the comments about it. Anyone who wants to know more can check this for further deets. www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/irish-records-burned.html
The reality of it is that the British Government did at the time pressurize the new Free State gov to remove the IRA from openly occupying the Four Courts in the wake of the assassination of Henry Wilson in 1922 in London, and they did provide the means to do so. Up to that point Collins was trying to avoid conflict.
I am from New Zealand and have Irish ancestory from both parents. One time I lived with an elderly Polish couple and my family came to visit me. I never told them of my family origins but the lady's first response on seeing my family with me said "oh what a lovely Irish family!" She could tell we were of Irish roots just by looking at our faces. Took me by surprise.
@rna8arnold Same but Australia. Ireland is full of Australians. Whenever I go to Ireland, I see old schoolmates, unkles, aunts, inlaws, people from my parishes, people I've worked with.
@@BookishDark “lol that’s my husband…”. One of my grandfathers grew up in a tiny bush settlement of mostly Polish speakers in South Australia. His parents’ first language was Irish. English was his 3rd language when he started school. He had the weirdest accent, we still have a recording. On an old cassette taoe
My grandmother was Rachel Duff, her sister was Chloe. My uncles name was Hargis. On the other hand, my grandfather was Chester Moseley, Cherokee. I was born in Kentucky, the Daniel Boone National Forest.
My Irish buddy ( Purcell) loves to remind me that I am originally a Scot (Murray). Try that with my Aunts and Uncles in County Mayo and you could have a fight on your hands. 300 years in Ireland isn't long enough to be Irish evidently. Such long memories.....and a wee bit touchy.
Hello Diane. This Scot had an Irish mother, whose surname was MORGAN. When I told her MORGAN was a Welsh name, I was lucky to get out of the way or my heid would have come off it's fixture. The Mither was extremely upset, but when I told her that MORGAN was also associated with the Ancient Clan MacKAY from the north of Scotland, it was like taking the "weight" off a Pressure Cooker; the steam just went everywhere. The Mither and her ancestors were from County Cork and mightily proud of that she was. She then screamed at me and said: "You are half Irish yourself", and i made things worse when I said: "That's it Ma, I'll have a blood transfusion this afternoon" and I thought the Irish had a good sense of humour. God Rest her darling soul.
I grew up in an Irish Catholic neighborhood and went to a parochial school. Our mascot at St. Mary's was the Fighting Shillelaghs! This video took me back to my early days, with all the Irish surnames, thanks, Diane! :)
So my Father was a Murphy of Wexford but my Mother was A Roche from Ballyhack on the River Suir. The Roche name came over with the Normans in about 1165 and was, along with Whitty and some other names associated with the Yola, a slave or serf class comprising Flemish, Norman french and Danish peoples. The Yola were a deeply Christian group whose own peculiar dialect gave some words to the spoken tongue and can still be heard at Christmas in some carols they left behind. The last large group was wiped out by a storm that swamped their dwellings in or around the Dublin harbour area.
We learned in our family (Doyle), despite speaking Gaelic, but not knowing the etymology…that we traced lineage back to the Vikings when my grandfather the eldest in his family came down with Dupuytren’s contracture…a genetic hand and arm condition mainly prevalent amongst Nordic peoples.
I found this very interesting. Thank you so much! I will have to share this to some of my friends that are of Irish ancestry. I think they will get a kick out of it.
Diane wants to help us learn about our surname She's a really good teacher, so she's not to blame When my eyes glaze over and my brain overheats Like Chewie, I'm more focused on cheese, chicken and treats
Great vid, Diane, I've researched my Irish heritage & found out it had an O in front of Hart. Just like my great, great, great, grandmother's maiden name O'Reilly.
Happy Monday to you Diane. I'm Filipino on my Mom's side and Irish/Italian on my Dad's side. My last name of "Keaton" is supposed to be Irish. I found your segment to be very interesting as always. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Have a fantastic week and stay safe out there. ❤️😁🌹
@@mickeencrua Meaning of the name Keaton: English: shed town, hawk's town Keats Surname Meaning Keats is an old English surname found mainly in the west country. Its origins are uncertain. There have been two suggestions: that it was derived from the Old English cyte meaning a hut, shed or outhouse for cattle or sheep. Thus the name might describe someone who worked as a cattleman or sheep-herder. that it was derived from the Old English cyta meaning kite or bird. Here the surname would have developed as a nickname for someone who is greedy.
I'm a Keaton as well, though my branch spells it with two e's. There's a town in Ireland called Askeaton, which means "waterfall of the Keatons". I traveled there in 2008. The best I could piece together, the Keatons were a migrant group, possibly one family, who lived for a while by that waterfall circa 500 AD, but they soon moved on and have no real presence around Askeaton now. I did encounter several Keatons and Cettins in other parts of Ireland, but I lost the trail of that original band by the waterfall. And I ran out of vacation days. I do know they split up eventually, with some staying in Ireland, but most ending up in England or eventually America. Askeaton is a neat little town to visit. Remnants of what must have been that original waterfall remain nearby, though it's not all that impressive to look at, frankly. And there's ruins of a castle built long after the Keatons departed the area.
My husband’s name is McConnell, which can be written as MacDhonaill. The name is traced to the Clan McDonnell. My husband’s paternal family is from Laois and his maternal side is from Claire. I’m Scot: Clan Armstrong, and Welsh, Thomas. I love names!
I read a book, “Ireland,” by Frank Delaney, some years ago, where he said of the English lords and barons, “They became more Irish than the Irish.” Rather than truly being conquered, Ireland has a way of absorbing those who invade.
Love this video. I've tried tracing my ancestry back. Great great grandparents immigrated to the US from county cork. Sadly that's common family knowledge and haven't been able to go any further back than when they got on their boat. Great grandma was conceived in Ireland but born in the states. Truly sad that so many records were destroyed over the years. Love the content, keep it coming. Slán.
My grandmother was a 22 year old war bride from Belfast,arrived in NY 1947 with my three year old father in her arms,grandpa met her at the dock then straight to Grand Central Station. she must have been nervous and excited it's a long train ride to California..her maiden name is Fulkerson.
Before formal surnames, to differentiate between people with the same given name, sometimes other people added whatever trait about a person that was most obvious: hair color, height, etc. At some point, that trait name began to be passed down as a formal second name.
My last name actually is Doyle, and I came across the information you mentioned about the origins of my surname by accident while looking up ancient Coats of Arms, etc. I also found the oldest known “heraldry” for the Clan duhb Ghaill and by damn if it doesn’t have the prow of a Viking Longship right in the middle of it. LOL Thanks for making this video, and I look forward to looking up more of them.
As a young Civil Air Patrol cadet in the early 90's I actually had 4 guys in my squadron named Sean, Shaun, Shawn, and Sheôn. And oddly it was less confusing than you would think because we pronounced each name slightly different and everybody just somehow knew which boy was being addressed or referred to. Though admittedly it did sound a bit funny when you heard something like "hey Sean, have you seen Shawn around? Shaun was looking for him" and didn't get any better when the response was something like "he went to the store with Sheôn to get a coke" it mad sense to us but to outside observers... well, you probably get the idea.
@@benjiravanovov4393 "we did that too, but it was..." Way back when, not in Ireland but firmly in the diaspora, I seriously didn't know the Christian names of some of my classmates, we were all called, by the Brothers (crickey, I hope you aren't American !) and each other, by our surnames. My son joined the Air Cadets, modeled on the Air Force, possibly an equivalent to your Civil Air Patrol, come to think about it, not much later than your early '90s. It did the lad the world of good.
When I worked at a facility in the mid '80s, it seemed like half the staff were Bobs. We used a combination of middle names, parts of last names, and other prefixes to identify individuals. So, there was Earl Bob, Doctor Bob, Hutt Bob, Merle Bob, Rey Bob, Young Bob, etc.
I actually was able to trace my family to the Irishman that came over around 1772. He was indentured and fought in the Revolution. From what I’ve gathered my family came from the Cork area. His name was Dunegan (spelled multiple ways since he couldn’t read or write. It’s spelled so many ways.
@@sheilaghk6350 that was one of his versions. He didn’t read or write so it was spelled multiple ways. He was captured apparently by the British, during the revolution. It was documented on his pay draw. It went on to eventually be spelled Dunegan. The only records we could get were here in the US. He said at one point he came from County Cork. But that’s where any trail ends.
My paternal grandmother’s maiden name was Eagle and she was from Belfast. Is Eagle a common or uncommon surname in Ireland and how could I find out more like if it’s a clan name?
@@WendyRoyEagle definitely isn't an Irish name. I have never heard of any Irish person named Eagle. It could be a corruption of an Irish name like 'Eagan' or something. That or it's an English surname.
It's always difficult to revisit the history of our ancestors and for some, the wounds are much fresher. Though this is true, I enjoyed your brief history. Thank you
My last name is definitely German. I even found the township that I think my family came from. I'll post it in the community section of Patreon. But this video makes me want dig deeper into the meaning of my last name. Great job Diane, and looking good!
@@katiebwheeler I used to know a family with that last name, spelled the second way, when I was a kid here in Texas. it kind of makes sense since a large number of Germans settled Texas.
Didn't know I had to be so specific lol Swiss German then if you like ;) But my family tree puts us in Germany for long enough that we mostly just call ourselves German :)
I do love that she is boldly declaring Ireland as the origin of having surnames. I am just going to believe her. Also Ireland 🇮🇪 won all the wars they lost through assimilation.. aka being too darn charming like Diane here 🇮🇪💜🇺🇸
Kimberly S I think we were one of the first countries in europe to do it anyway if not the first.In iceland they still haven't got the memo,if your fathers name is magnus your surname is magnusson or magnusdotir.
@@AtarahDerek The irish are not celts we are gaelic.We began speaking celtic languages through trade with the celtic world.Several genetic studies have been done and they have found a miniscule link to the celts of central europe.
@@galoglaich3281 Celts = Gaels = Picts. They are all the same. The Celts were basically their own race, originating in western Europe and spreading as far east as present day Turkey. To say there's little genetic link between different groups of Celts is essentially the same as saying there's little genetic link between different groups of sub-Saharan Africans. Maybe the links between individual groups have diminished over the generations, but they are still far more closely related to one another than they are to anyone else in the world. And the Celts, unlike the Africans, have languages that are all as closely related to one another as Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese are to one another. "Celt" is probably an exonym, and "Pict" absolutely is. "Gael" may or may not be (but most likely is). Galicia is Gaelic. Galatia is Gaelic. Gaul is Gaelic. They're everywhere in European history. When people talk about the fruit of the Spirit, they're talking about a list of virtues the apostle Paul wrote about to a Gaelic people. Today, the nations that still call themselves Celtic/Gaelic are limited to the British Isles and northern Spain. But they are proud to be known as Celtic, and those who speak a Gaelic language, such as Welsh, are proud of that.
@@AtarahDerek Though if we're going down that road, Welsh is not in the Gaelic language subgroup. Irish, Scots Gaelic (more often called just Gaelic and said GAH--lick), and Manx Gaelic are. Welsh is connected more with Breton and Cornish. Gaelic comes from Goidelic, which marks the Celtic languages that use a hard C sound. The others are Brythonic, and they use a soft C sound (among others). So it can be said there are six nations (seven is where you really start arguments) but only half of them are Gaelic. They are indeed all Celtic, though. As for Galician Spain, I don't know if we know enough of their Celtic-family language to pinpoint which group they belong to. It may be known; I haven't checked in a while. Also, it must be said 1000x1000 times over. **Celtic is not a genetic grouping of people.** The word Celtic was first coined to group the related languages together. It expanded to cover related cultures in the Bronze Age. But it was never about genetics until certain parties decided the Irish were a safer group to call their master race. Sure, the Irish are really damn awesome. But genetically, they're as pure as your proverbial cribhouse whore, just like the rest of Europe. This is why they haven't died out from inbreeding, which is the only known way to keep a bloodline from being mixed with outsiders.
@@lysanamcmillan7972 I'm 100% Irish - and a lot of Irish have high scores like that - eg Conan O'Brien. And the Irish are the most Aryan people in Europe (along with the Icelanders)! - See: Son of Manu.
At 0:35... The public records were destroyed at the start of the Irish Civil War, fought between the Irish Free State (Michael Collins and co) and the anti-treaty IRA (Eamon de Valera and co), by a fire, not intentionally and not by the British. Accidents like this can happen when you store munitions right next door to national archives.
My names egan to and my ancestors went to Melbourne to..and then to a mining town west of Sydney.. called sunny corner...then moved to Byron Bay.. my grandfather lived in Byron ad a postman..he's sister aunty Josephine became a nun in sydney
My dad was always wanting to look up our roots, but he died suddenly in 2015. This video is incredibly helpful in continuing the search. Looking forward to the next, have a great day or night or both!
My surname is Kane. A fairly common name in Ireland. Like many others, my people came to this country and vanished into it. I would love to know about them. Barry Kane.
Hi Diane, unfortunately the 2 largest destructions of Irish records the customs house and PRO incidents were caused by ourselves in the course of the war of independence and the opening shots of the Civil War. There surely is a case to say that the Brits played a part but we ourselves basically set fire to centuries of recorded history-even if those records were the product of imperialism
@@HarborLockRoadboth were destroyed by two very different fires! Attack on the Customs House in 1921 was during the War of Independence. It consisted of a costly propaganda victory for the IRA showing its strength whilst a majority of its combatants were captured. Bales of cotton and tins of petrol were used to set the building alight and gathered local government documents from across the country were annihilated in a 5 day fire. 1922 saw the Irish Civil War begin with the siege on the Four Courts. Towards the end of the battle, explosion and fire annihilated 700 years of Irish history back to the Norman conquest.
@@beaglaoich4418 It was paraffin, not petrol, that was used as an accelerant in the Custom House fire on the advice of IRA volunteers in the Dublin Fire Brigade.
@@beaglaoich4418 "both were destroyed by two very different fires!..." Civil wars are more bitter than international wars, accounts I've read of the civil war astound me, how could that happen following a successful war against the historical oppressor ? The American civil war, just the same. Why shouldn't you know and forgive the presumption but compliments on your knowledge of those times.
@@angusmckenzie9622 ours happened specifically because of the limited success of our war of independence leading to an unpopular partition of the island with one side unable to accept and the other seeing it as a short term split that could be reversed but would allow us to move away from Britain
I'm not Irish, but I find name origins and history fascinating. I know it's a lot of work to research this topic further, as getting the facts right can at some times be hit or miss. However I thoroughly enjoyed this video, and hope to see more like it sometime.
Check out books by Manchán Magan and John Creedon on this topic. I can't remember the titles, but the books show how place names in Ireland often give a description of the use of the land or the history of the area, often with one or two words
I have family from Banbridge and County Cork. So county Down and Cork. My Bryson family originally came from Scotland, and my Guest side was originally Guess.
The Morrissey’s have been a family name in Abbeyleix since the 1700s (The Journal. ie) In fact, he says that journalists from national newspapers and radio stations will often call the pub if anything happens in Abbeyleix to get a sense of what’s going on. Earlier this year, Morrissey’s was named Pub of the Year at the Irish Restaurant Awards. Since purchasing the pub, Lennon has opened two other pubs named Morrissey’s in Portlaoise and Carlow, helping ensure that the pub’s legacy is carried on elsewhere. But nothing can beat the original in Abbeyleix.
I spent several weeks in Ireland for the first time there (last name O'Brien). It amazed me how most Irish girls looked so similar, quite like you in fact, but tended to be dyed orange, with matching lipstick and dark painted eyebrows, including all the flight attendants on my Aer Lingus flights. Even the Irish guy next to me said they looked like different aged clones. All orange. Good on you for not being orange.
@zenbeard4149 Would you ever bother to criticize the appearance of ANY group of men? I doubt it was all fake anyway, but even if it was, we are NOT here solely to please the likes of you. No doubt your appearance is entirely offensive. I'd love to hear what they thought of YOU. So please keep your misogyny to yourself.
Super informational! Most of my ancestors are German and are named Pfaffenberger or Alexander. I just love the Irish culture and your content! Be well my internet friend.
My last name would be White also. My father's grandparents were French Canadian we actually are Acadian. My Mom's side is close to 100% Irish Connor,Sullivan, Buckley all from Munster
My maiden name is Gilley, apparently this is from County Waterford on the South coast of Ireland. Gilley in gaelic form is O Cadhla. Someone said their family left Ireland during the great famine, to settle around Newcastle. That would make sense as my grandfather was a Glass Blower and my father was a proud Geordie. On my mother's side, her maiden name was Patrick. She was told of a tall red haired great grandmother, from Carrick Fergus, who would knit my mother baby clothes from rabbits wool to protect her and keep her warm. I feel proud and somewhat comforted to know my ancestry goes back to such a beautiful and magical Isle. Thank you for a great video.
My mother’s grandmother’s maiden name was Nestor, which always seemed an odd Irish surname until I found out it’s a shortening of the original: Mac Girr an Adhastair, which means son of the short man of the bridle. It’s no wonder it was shortened to Nestor. A Galway name.
Yeah, thanks for helping, lol. I’ve been trying to track down much of my ancestry for years and this video helped quite a lot. I looked into my name and not only did I find that my clan is located roughly northwest of Belfast, it’s of Anglo Norman origin and after breaking it down means “fire”. That said, on one hand, it looks like we had a lot of blacksmiths back in the day, while on the other hand, we also had some that had a fetish for burning entire villages to the ground. Great. I guess it at least explains our tempers anyway 🤷♂️. Really though, thank you. This video helped quite a lot 🙂👍.
I just found out my great grandfather lived in Brosna, County Kerry. Our last name is Driscoll, which had a large presence in Munster. I’m trying to find out as much as I can about the Driscoll clan! Your videos are very fun to watch.
@@kathyabeautyI'm from Cork City. My mother's maiden name is O'Driscoll and her grandfather came from a part of West Cork called Baltimore. Apparently, when her father visited there once a local immediately guessed he was an O'Driscoll just by looking at him. There's a lot of them there.
@@GhastlyCretin Oh that is cool! Maybe we are related! I went to Ireland armed with actual family names and dates of birth, death, etc and stopped into Dublin library where they have a research center, mostly on microfilm at the time (1986). My family was confirmed and I went to the address the family owned. The great great grandson was still living there with wife and 3 children, but he was concerned I was coming back to try to get some of the land. I was happy to meet him and he looked exactly like one of my other cousins. Ireland in 1986 was a different place, more backward than the current modern country. I had to use the local priest to assist me in contacting the family because they would not come to the door for me.
@@kathyabeauty Wow. I'm glad you experienced Ireland in 1986. The country now (at least in the cities) might as well be anywhere else in Europe. We have lost a lot of our identity. I was born in 85 and grew up in the 90s and the place is unrecognisable even to then. It's hilarious that they thought you were coming back to claim land 😅. Nice talking to you "cousin" lol ✌️
We were told my family name Daugherty came from o’Doherty from NW Ireland. Some maps I’ve seen in Irish bars validated that :). There are many many spellings and pronunciations of it in the US
My family changed the spelling from Dougherty to Daugherty. after two brothers married into the Cherokee Nation. Burned out of Derry around 1690. Innishowen is our turf.
Sir Cahir o Doherty, Lord of Inishowen burnt Derry in his rebellion of 1608. His Grandfather Sir Sean o Doherty was one of the first Irish Lords to submit to Henry the 8th King of England ,under the O Donnell King of Tirconnell, sparing their lands and monasteries from the Reformation and dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530's. After the flight of the Earls Sir Cahir was promised the O Neill and O'Donnell land wanting to be named King of Tirconnell and Aliech. But when Rory O Donnell was chosen as king he rebelled. Now ironically the Prince of Wales had decreed to restore sir cahirs lands and titles but before word could reach Derry, sir cahirs rebelled, burning Derry, recapturing forts and killing the Governor George Paulette. He was beheaded at the Battle of Kilmacrennan and his head put on a spike in Dublin. All his land forfeited to the English Crown and many o dohertys changed the spelling of their names and converted to Protestantism or left for Spain and France. This rebellion changed England's view on Ireland causing a more aggressive plantation of Scots and English looking to further limit the control of Ireland from the Gaelic lords. Every day's a school day.
I have several Irish last names of my Irish ancestors. Several as meaning like 20+ if I keep going backwards. Most recently is Daly, Corcoran, Grady (O'Grady) O'Keefe, Finn, McGillycuddy.
O'Rhea or O'Rea from County Limerick, recorded as having migrated to America ~1600's. Name was Anglicized to O'Rear and ended up in and around Kentucky up til the 20th Century. Closest I could find on the map was O'Regan just north of Limerick.
My great grandfather was born in Swords. Our last name is Black.. after looking into it apparently its tough to find info on the last name Black in Ireland because a long time ago many people who left their clans or were kicked out changed their name to Black as an act of defiance. So the name Black is sprinkled all over. Fun video! Love your content!
My last name is also Black and we’ve been able to trace back to William Black born in 1696 in Belfast. That’s as far back as we’ve been able to get because we don’t know who his parents were.
The Irish side of my Family arrived in New York in 1847, back past that it gets really difficult to research. The Scottish side arrived in Charleston in 1920, same thing. What I have been able to find is that they were mostly farmers and soldiers, with a healthy dose of musicians and some clergy.
@jacktribble 1847 ? That's in the middle of the Famine. How did they (?) get out ? The country was paralysed except for Trevelyan's grain ships sailing away.
On my Mother's side of the family we stem from the O' Malley's, Kilgallon's, Concannon's, and the Whyte's. I love exploring my family tree and learning about my ancestors. They emigrated from Co. Mayo in 1849 besause of the famine. My fathers side of the family is also from Ireland but are from Co.Kerry and Co. Clare. Still digging up info on them. Great video by the by!
Here is one for you. Family moved from Germany to Ireland and changed the last name from von Rhine to Ryan the same as some relatives already in Ireland.
My mom’s name is Ardrey. Grandparents always said “we’re Irish!” But never heard Ardrey as being an Irish surname. About 10 years ago, I started studying the Irish language. Ard = high, Rí = king so… I’m Irish royalty. 😂😂😂
So far I have been able to trace my surname and lineage to Corca Laidhe (More commonly known today as the province of Munster) Corca Laidhe was a first millennium kingdom in the southern part of Ireland. I was able to find that due to Anglicization the names drastically changed in Ireland, to be expect, from the 1100's onward a lot of people fled the area also, so following the steps I found the name O'Duinin which ultimately stopped the use of the 'O'Duinin and just left Duinin which was morphed and turned according to a persons location, occupation etc. The reason I believe it is the same name as my own is because of the location of the 'Cliffs of Doonen' which the name Duinin or Dinnen, Dinneen Danan and the locations of the ancestors some of whom still live in the areas of the old kingdom and some who scattered further up the west coast to Galway, and modern era onward's to Belfast. The Corca Laidhe had many origins for modern surnames in Ireland, vassals to the Mcarthy's and O'Sullivans'. Some of these names include O'Leary Twomey O'Driscoll O'Donovan O'Duinin. Of course it will take much more documentation and historical records to pin the name down completely but so far it's seeming to me to be pointing towards the SW of Ireland :). Great video btw. If anyone has any information or interests in this area let me know I am very much on a road to discovery myself!
Great work Diane! Also DNA test are helpful in seeing what parts of Ireland your ancestors might come from. Anyways, one of my favorite videos of yours. …speaking of which…. Can you do a DNA video? Or did you do that already?
I know that the Irish have the longest memories ever. My sister and I were having a wonderful time in a pub in Westport, County May. One of the singers asked where our family came from. I said Donegal. He asked the family name and I said O'Donnell. He looked at us in horror and said, "They left us! Left us all!" After that he turned his back to us and never spoke to us again. I've experienced grudges before but never one ongoing for 500 years. We still laugh when we talk about it. Such a dear man.
Could be worse at least ye weren't planters like the Irish politician last year whose family campaigned with Cromwell ...she caught a lot of grief the hoor!
I know a guy who's last name is Murphy, I'll try to kept that in mind for next time I see him. He's quite proud of his Irish roots, so he'd probably be impressed.
In the 1970's, at any rate, there were lots of rip-off in the USA where they tried to sell you a wooden plaque with your family coat of arms on it. Most Americans are so ignorant that they don't realize most European families don't have a coat of arms. That's reserved to the nobility--and the likelihood that most Americans are descended from nobility is pretty slim.
@@bigscarysteve Actually, the probability that someone of European ancestry is descended from royalty, much less nobility or gentry, is virtually 100%. Statistically speaking, someone who live a few centuries ago either has no descendants, or has everyone as a descendant. Everyone in Europe is probably descended from Charlemagne, for example. The difficulty is proving one's lineage, since the farther back you go, the fewer records there are. Regarding coats of arms, in England, and presumably also in Ireland, arms are awarded to specific individuals and their descendants, not to everyone with a particular surname.
@@michaelsommers2356 You are absolutely right, but the royalty and nobility that most of us are descended from lived a long time ago. The bulk of us are descended from younger sons of the nobility who didn't inherit the titles and the priveleges. What counts is if your ancestors were nobles in the recent past, and most of us don't fit that bill. And if you don't fit the bill, guess what? No coat of arms for you! I strongly suspect that I'm descended from William the Conqueror (although I haven't proven it yet), but so what? So are lots of other people. I have no claim to anything even if I am the Bastard's descendant.
@@bigscarysteve _"The bulk of us are descended from younger sons ..."_ And the younger sons were descended from their fathers. _"What counts is if your ancestors were nobles in the recent past, ..."_ Counts for what?
VERY interesting video, thank you! A bit out of topic: Welsh is also a regional language that almost "died", but it's still in use, in Wales, of course. 😀
My friend Sean moved to Gwynedd from Birmingham and has learnt Welsh, is raising his kids learning Welsh and has joined Plaid Cymru (the party campaigning for Welsh independence)
The fighting Irish name was a result of the faction fights from the the late 1600s to the late 1800s....some of these involved thousands of people and some were led by clan chieftains such as the O'Donoghue of the glens.
My father’s family immigrated to northern New England in the mid 1840s I think, but I don’t know if it had anything to do w/the famine, probably but I just don’t know. Anyway, when they hit New York the immigration officer who took names dropped the O’ &changed the spelling so much you could only see the root name if you squinted, lol. Crazy! In the mid 1970s Mom, Dad & I took a trip to Cork, Ireland & found records in the local church parish that we hadn’t been able to find ourselves elsewhere. The priest figured out we had relatives in the area & w/out checking with the people, invited us over to their house to meet them, lol. Everyone was very nice, of course & the oldest “uncle” look very much like an old portrait we had of Dad’s great-?-grandfather. Kind of cool!
That's fascinating. I have the story similar but the male was adopted. Genetics say I correlate with south, or middle Cork. I only have record of that it was a name starting with the "C" sound. It doesn't narrow things down enough in Ireland, clearly. For now I'll imagine it would be like your story with a nice visit and an anecdote.
My great grandfather was from Galway. I barely remember him as I was about three when he passed away. He came to America around 1902 at the age of 20. According to my grandfather, his son, my great grandfather learned English around the age of 12. My great grandmother came from Offaly. Turns out they were born and grew up within about two miles of each other, my great grandfather in the extreme east of Galway and my great grandmother about a mile from Galway. I personally think they knew each other in Ireland before they both came here. She lied to officials when she came here. She said she was 18 but she was really 16. She came here about six months after my great grandfather did on the same ship. I mean what are the chances two people born two miles apart in Ireland would come to America six months apart and settle in the same town a mile from each other just outside Boston? Oh and she learned to speak English around the age of seven, at almost the exact same time he did. I think they met in school in English class and probably her family said no she could not date a boy five years older and so he came here then she ran away from home and came here and they married a year after she arrived when she was really 17 but she was telling everyone she was 19. I have their parent's names. But nothing earlier. So there may have been a great loss of records in 1922 but there is a huge amount of Irish family tree material on the internet. Here is an interesting thing. If you have Irish ancestors who came to American, know that most had a relative already here. Also know that their marriage and death records in the US will have their parent's names. Obituaries will often list names of the relatives from back home if known. So if your great grandfather came to live with an aunt, it would most likely have been the sister of one of the parents. Get her marriage and death records from the town she lived in and you have her maiden name and the name of her parents. Then the one that matches with your great grandfather is also his ancestor and this way you can often, like I did, learn a great, great grandparent's name or which ever generation is appropriate for your situation. Then if she came to live with a relative you might be able to extend it yet another generation. Also lots of parish records and other records survived in Ireland that were not destroyed in that fire.
@nunyabiznez "My great grandfather was ....." Thankyou for that comment, its' enlightening. So many went to America and Canada, so few to Australia and New Zealand but the experiences has similarities, the families did support later arriving relatives and current cultures of both continents show clear and strong Irish influence.. You are right about church records but, in my experience, anyway, they don't go back all that far, the earliest I could find was the baptism record of one of my great great grandfathers, in 1782 in Kildare.
Hi , I agree that your grandparents would have known each other , even to this day in Ireland, country people know most people within a 30 mile radius and most are related through marriage , East Galway is a stones throw into Banagher, Co Offaly which would have been a meeting place , School/Church/Shops/ Fair Days and Funerals . Banagher is built on the Shannon from which Boats come and go. Best wishes from an Offaly Lady .
My Irish ancestors were the Irish relatives of the English lord who founded Wolstenholme Towne, an English settlement in Virginia were a lot of people died. I’m not sure how we’re related, but it’s through the male line, sense my mom had the same maiden name
McGuire, my parents were in Ireland a few years ago and said everyone spells it Maguire. McKee, my material grandmothers last name, Scotch-Irish. Morrison, my great great grandfather born in Canada to immigrants from Sligo.
My ancestors came from County Cork. The surname Kelleher is an Irish dalcaissian surname which are all relate to Irish high king Brian Boru. The first Kelleher was a nephew of king Brian Boru.
[Didn't she win gold in Ice Skating?] My long lost 2nd cousin Dana, twice removed, that I have never met, LOL.😁 [How are you at figure skating?] I'm terrible, I didn't get any of Dana's skills. [I think Diane was just giving an example. Clan membership wasn't determined matrilineally.] Diane specifically said go back as far as you can on your mother's side [Ah, yes! Of the Kilkenny Yamaguchis! 🙂] That must be it, we had a falling out with the Kilkenny branch. 😜 I was just having fun with her. I didn't mean anything seriously. I've commented in the past, I'm one of the rare few, in the world, with absolutely no Irish blood in me. 😉😁🤪
This is an absolutely excellent video. Please post more like this. You are way more than just a darlin young Irish girl, you are obviously of remarkable intelligence and Extremely talented. Why Irish TV has not nabbed you for a sticom is beyond me. Thank You SO Much!
Part of me would love to take one of those DNA tests to see if there is anything surprising in there. But then the paranoid part of me says, “I’ve given companies enough of my private information. I’m not about to give them my DNA!”
You're right to be paranoid. The genetics part of it is just a by-product of medical research. What those companies want is your medical data--to be used for what nefarious purposes, who knows? Besides, they always say something to the effect that the ancestry info is for entertainment purposes only--that is, it's not that accurate.
Well, my sister did one, so I've seen that, but I have my doubts it's very precise, at least enough for my curiosities. Most of my Irish ancestors pretty much stayed put in certain areas, so they seem to have gotten that right, but a lot of the rest of the results sort of imply they didn't look for enoiugh markers. (I think they missed a bunch of people I know from records weren't in the same couple places over the generations.)
If by assimilated you mean enslaved, then you're on point. The vikings used Dublin as a slave trading center for 400 years. Iceland is 30 percent Irish genes because of it.
Thank you for the explanation. My family in America is Jenkins, paternal and Keenan (O'Cianan) from Antrim and (? Wales) and Fermanagh or Cavan. My pup looks a lot like yours. My white malti-poo is Casey and he's a smart character who loves to be doing something almost ALL the time. ERIN go BRAGH and God bless you!
Greetings to all the Shanley's out there. The Shanley clan has origins in and around Dromod in Co Leitrim, the birthplace of my grandfather Patrick and my father John, Jack to his family and friends. The irish language translation of Shanley is Mac Seanlioch, which means the son of the old warrior. How very romantic! My birth place is Mullingar Co Westmeath. My family originated from Lynn Cross on the Tullamore road. My mother maiden name was Ethel Purcell and my grandmother name was Katie Murray, who was the matriarch of our household. What a selection of family names! Best Regards Valentine Shanley
"Kelly" seems like an awfully short name to have a meaning like "thrown out of Scotland for stealing horses" packed into it. I'd check the etymology if I were you--it sounds like bunk to me.
@@bigscarysteve Yeah, its more of an explanation about how we got to America than a meaning. My parents didn't know how to answer that question at the time.
@@kerrykelly3699 My surname is a single-syllable German name. Somebody in my family started the rumor that it is German for "little devil." Ridiculous. If it meant that, it would have to have at least two syllables. I'm amazed at the crap disinformation that circulates about the German language in America--after all, German is one of English's closest relatives--it's not like it's some great mystery. As for the term "little devil," that bit of nonsense arose because the people in my family all have bad tempers. That didn't come from the German side of the family, but from the Scots-Irish side!
Here’s a little nephew thing a lot of people don’t realize. Growing up I thought MC meant Irish and MAC met Scottish. I eventually learned that all MC is, is an abbreviation of MAC. They are actually both correct. Now there are more MC surnames in Ireland than in Scotland, but Ireland does have some MAC surnames that are not of Scottish or Ulster Scott heritage. Just like in Scotland there are quite a few MC surnames That actually have nothing to do with Ireland. So if you think your ancestry is Irish because your last name begins with an MC and not an MAC, you could be wrong on that. It just may be abbreviated.
@kayceol Embarrassing that a young Irish woman telling us all about the ancient history of Irish surnames. Hasn’t got the foggiest idea of the IRA’s responsibility of deliberately destroying public records in a bid to make Ireland ungovernable. Seemed like a noble tactic at the time. However, today many can only trace their family trees back until 1922. Without going into the parish records that do survive..
Many of my ancestors came from Country Tyrone, Ireland. Of course I have Stewart and McMullen ancestors on my Dad's side. My Mom's maiden name is Skipper, which translates to Captain of a small boat which washed ashore on a deserted island. 😊
My understanding is that the records were destroyed in the Battle of Four Courts in July 1922. Far be it from me to query the words of an cailin deas so let's blame it on the Brits for giving the 2 18-pounders to the Provisional Government to use against the anti-treaty forces in occupation of Four Courts.
Pinned this because you’re correct and I got my British burnings mixed up. Also you didn’t attack other folks in the comments about it. Anyone who wants to know more can check this for further deets. www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/irish-records-burned.html
@@DianeJennings Thankyou, Diane. This is a learning experience for all of us.
@@DianeJennings”Pinned f this because…”. Are you related to legendary ‘Spurs & NI goalkeeper, Pat Jennings ?
The reality of it is that the British Government did at the time pressurize the new Free State gov to remove the IRA from openly occupying the Four Courts in the wake of the assassination of Henry Wilson in 1922 in London, and they did provide the means to do so. Up to that point Collins was trying to avoid conflict.
@@angusmckenzie9622 .... and Arsenal, where he did far more than he did at Tottingham :-)
I have a feeling that I know a bit about my ancestors from my surname. Our crest is probably an air fryer and a slab of lard.
Ahahaha!
Maybe it's a granny with her hair in a bun and wielding a rolling pin.
There is a village in Ireland called Brinkley. That is my surname.
My family name is Glacken, supposedly from Mayo
I am from New Zealand and have Irish ancestory from both parents. One time I lived with an elderly Polish couple and my family came to visit me. I never told them of my family origins but the lady's first response on seeing my family with me said "oh what a lovely Irish family!" She could tell we were of Irish roots just by looking at our faces. Took me by surprise.
maybe becoz u probably have an irish surname ?
@rna8arnold Same but Australia. Ireland is full of Australians. Whenever I go to Ireland, I see old schoolmates, unkles, aunts, inlaws, people from my parishes, people I've worked with.
Face watcher for decades.
Never seen faces more stunning the Children of Eire
Lol that’s my husband 100% - he has some vague Polish characteristics, but at first glance there’s no mistaking his Irish heritage
@@BookishDark “lol that’s my husband…”. One of my grandfathers grew up in a tiny bush settlement of mostly Polish speakers in South Australia. His parents’ first language was Irish. English was his 3rd language when he started school. He had the weirdest accent, we still have a recording. On an old cassette taoe
My grandmother was Rachel Duff, her sister was Chloe. My uncles name was Hargis. On the other hand, my grandfather was Chester Moseley, Cherokee. I was born in Kentucky, the Daniel Boone National Forest.
My Irish buddy ( Purcell) loves to remind me that I am originally a Scot (Murray). Try that with my Aunts and Uncles in County Mayo and you could have a fight on your hands. 300 years in Ireland isn't long enough to be Irish evidently. Such long memories.....and a wee bit touchy.
I happened to open TH-cam just now and a brand new video from Diane popped up!
This is my lucky day!
The luck of the Irish!
Yay sure is! 🍀
Hello Diane. This Scot had an Irish mother, whose surname was MORGAN. When I told her MORGAN was a Welsh name, I was lucky to get out of the way or my heid would have come off it's fixture. The Mither was extremely upset, but when I told her that MORGAN was also associated with the Ancient Clan MacKAY from the north of Scotland, it was like taking the "weight" off a Pressure Cooker; the steam just went everywhere. The Mither and her ancestors were from County Cork and mightily proud of that she was. She then screamed at me and said: "You are half Irish yourself", and i made things worse when I said: "That's it Ma, I'll have a blood transfusion this afternoon" and I thought the Irish had a good sense of humour. God Rest her darling soul.
I'm from Cork and know a few Morgan's.
Never fail to learn something new from this channel. And before I forget, you’re awesome Diane…that is all.
Aww yay!! Thanks edumacation!!
Plowed the women?
Spreading their seed?
@@DianeJennings what about the surname begley? Or flahive?
I am from Alabama USA and my name is Jennings also. I am so glad to know the name is Irish.
@@laurasmith14 Lots of Begleys near Creggan and Carrickmore in County Tyrone, up here in the north of Ireland
I grew up in an Irish Catholic neighborhood and went to a parochial school. Our mascot at St. Mary's was the Fighting Shillelaghs! This video took me back to my early days, with all the Irish surnames, thanks, Diane! :)
So my Father was a Murphy of Wexford but my Mother was A Roche from Ballyhack on the River Suir. The Roche name came over with the Normans in about 1165 and was, along with Whitty and some other names associated with the Yola, a slave or serf class comprising Flemish, Norman french and Danish peoples. The Yola were a deeply Christian group whose own peculiar dialect gave some words to the spoken tongue and can still be heard at Christmas in some carols they left behind. The last large group was wiped out by a storm that swamped their dwellings in or around the Dublin harbour area.
We learned in our family (Doyle), despite speaking Gaelic, but not knowing the etymology…that we traced lineage back to the Vikings when my grandfather the eldest in his family came down with Dupuytren’s contracture…a genetic hand and arm condition mainly prevalent amongst Nordic peoples.
Vikings established Dublin, Moscow, etc.
they raided, settled, etc. all over Europe.
no doubt due to all that rowing the long boats from Norway
I found this very interesting. Thank you so much! I will have to share this to some of my friends that are of Irish ancestry. I think they will get a kick out of it.
Oh I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 🥰
Really cool. I love learning about where words and names come from. Keep up the good work and happy Monday!
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Diane wants to help us learn about our surname
She's a really good teacher, so she's not to blame
When my eyes glaze over and my brain overheats
Like Chewie, I'm more focused on cheese, chicken and treats
-- BURMA SHAVE --
a bloody thomas moore
Great vid, Diane, I've researched my Irish heritage & found out it had an O in front of Hart. Just like my great, great, great, grandmother's maiden name O'Reilly.
This is awesome. I would love to learn more about Irish history and culture. It would also be fun to learn some Irish with you.
Happy Monday to you Diane. I'm Filipino on my Mom's side and Irish/Italian on my Dad's side. My last name of "Keaton" is supposed to be Irish. I found your segment to be very interesting as always. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Have a fantastic week and stay safe out there. ❤️😁🌹
keaton probably comes from keats
@@mickeencrua i said probably
@@mickeencrua Meaning of the name Keaton:
English: shed town, hawk's town
Keats Surname Meaning
Keats is an old English surname found mainly in the west country. Its origins are uncertain. There have been two suggestions:
that it was derived from the Old English cyte meaning a hut, shed or outhouse for cattle or sheep. Thus the name might describe someone who worked as a cattleman or sheep-herder.
that it was derived from the Old English cyta meaning kite or bird. Here the surname would have developed as a nickname for someone who is greedy.
I'm a Keaton as well, though my branch spells it with two e's. There's a town in Ireland called Askeaton, which means "waterfall of the Keatons". I traveled there in 2008. The best I could piece together, the Keatons were a migrant group, possibly one family, who lived for a while by that waterfall circa 500 AD, but they soon moved on and have no real presence around Askeaton now. I did encounter several Keatons and Cettins in other parts of Ireland, but I lost the trail of that original band by the waterfall. And I ran out of vacation days. I do know they split up eventually, with some staying in Ireland, but most ending up in England or eventually America.
Askeaton is a neat little town to visit. Remnants of what must have been that original waterfall remain nearby, though it's not all that impressive to look at, frankly. And there's ruins of a castle built long after the Keatons departed the area.
My husband’s name is McConnell, which can be written as MacDhonaill. The name is traced to the Clan McDonnell. My husband’s paternal family is from Laois and his maternal side is from Claire. I’m Scot: Clan Armstrong, and Welsh, Thomas. I love names!
@Baybnjoe "My husband’s name is McConnell, which can be written as Ma..." Clare or An Chlair
You can kinda think of all the invasions as "Hey, that's Ireland. They have awesome people and stuff. We want that. Let's get some!"
😂 I luv your positivity!
I read a book, “Ireland,” by Frank Delaney, some years ago, where he said of the English lords and barons, “They became more Irish than the Irish.”
Rather than truly being conquered, Ireland has a way of absorbing those who invade.
@@Llyrin That is an amazing book!
@@spiffokeen I agree. It mesmerized me, and angered me when the English took everything of value.
Yeah, those peat bogs were enviable
Wonderful video with interesting history, finishing it off with Chewy was perfect.
My great grannie was a Sullivan. You didn't really answer my internal question, but I was very entertained, so thanks.
Love this video. I've tried tracing my ancestry back. Great great grandparents immigrated to the US from county cork. Sadly that's common family knowledge and haven't been able to go any further back than when they got on their boat. Great grandma was conceived in Ireland but born in the states. Truly sad that so many records were destroyed over the years. Love the content, keep it coming. Slán.
My family came from north ireland but were first from scotland. Mckinney. William mckinney was my ancestor who arived in va in 1720
The Scots were originally from Ireland.
Hey Irish Girl! Great job very informative. I’m with Chewy, chicken and treats are good things to be interested in. Keep up the great work. Later
I forgot how informative your videos are and how much I enjoy them. I must admit you're pretty easy on the eyes as well😊
My Ancestor Catherine Owen-Cayhill came from County Cork came to the US around 1850 to get something to eat.
My grandmother was a 22 year old war bride from Belfast,arrived in NY 1947 with my three year old father in her arms,grandpa met her at the dock then straight to Grand Central Station. she must have been nervous and excited it's a long train ride to California..her maiden name is Fulkerson.
I'm betting that has Norman roots, as Fulk was a common Norman name.
@wolfmanjack Ah, Scots-Irish, off to the Appalachians
This is a real cool linguistic history video. Could you make another one like this? Perhaps about Irish grammar rules?
Before formal surnames, to differentiate between people with the same given name, sometimes other people added whatever trait about a person that was most obvious: hair color, height, etc. At some point, that trait name began to be passed down as a formal second name.
Mag Dun (dark) Finn (Fine featur4s)
Great job ms. Jennings, I appreciate your work.
My last name actually is Doyle, and I came across the information you mentioned about the origins of my surname by accident while looking up ancient Coats of Arms, etc. I also found the oldest known “heraldry” for the Clan duhb Ghaill and by damn if it doesn’t have the prow of a Viking Longship right in the middle of it. LOL
Thanks for making this video, and I look forward to looking up more of them.
As a young Civil Air Patrol cadet in the early 90's I actually had 4 guys in my squadron named Sean, Shaun, Shawn, and Sheôn.
And oddly it was less confusing than you would think because we pronounced each name slightly different and everybody just somehow knew which boy was being addressed or referred to.
Though admittedly it did sound a bit funny when you heard something like "hey Sean, have you seen Shawn around? Shaun was looking for him" and didn't get any better when the response was something like "he went to the store with Sheôn to get a coke" it mad sense to us but to outside observers... well, you probably get the idea.
@benjiravanovoy "As a young Civil Air Patrol cadet in the early 90's I actua...Why didn't they just call them by their surnames ?
@@angusmckenzie9622 we did that too, but it was sometimes way more fun the other way. (Especially because it drove the grownups nuts. lol)
@@benjiravanovov4393 "we did that too, but it was..." Way back when, not in Ireland but firmly in the diaspora, I seriously didn't know the Christian names of some of my classmates, we were all called, by the Brothers (crickey, I hope you aren't American !) and each other, by our surnames. My son joined the Air Cadets, modeled on the Air Force, possibly an equivalent to your Civil Air Patrol, come to think about it, not much later than your early '90s. It did the lad the world of good.
Insane. I once met a girl at camp who was from Scranton PA who knew people with my surname who also had a Sheila, Terence & Sean! 😵💫
When I worked at a facility in the mid '80s, it seemed like half the staff were Bobs. We used a combination of middle names, parts of last names, and other prefixes to identify individuals. So, there was Earl Bob, Doctor Bob, Hutt Bob, Merle Bob, Rey Bob, Young Bob, etc.
I actually was able to trace my family to the Irishman that came over around 1772. He was indentured and fought in the Revolution. From what I’ve gathered my family came from the Cork area. His name was Dunegan (spelled multiple ways since he couldn’t read or write. It’s spelled so many ways.
It's lovely to find all that out. Well done👍☘️🇮🇪
Donegan maybe?
@@sheilaghk6350 that was one of his versions. He didn’t read or write so it was spelled multiple ways. He was captured apparently by the British, during the revolution. It was documented on his pay draw. It went on to eventually be spelled Dunegan.
The only records we could get were here in the US. He said at one point he came from County Cork. But that’s where any trail ends.
My paternal grandmother’s maiden name was Eagle and she was from Belfast. Is Eagle a common or uncommon surname in Ireland and how could I find out more like if it’s a clan name?
@@WendyRoyEagle definitely isn't an Irish name. I have never heard of any Irish person named Eagle. It could be a corruption of an Irish name like 'Eagan' or something. That or it's an English surname.
It's always difficult to revisit the history of our ancestors and for some, the wounds are much fresher. Though this is true, I enjoyed your brief history.
Thank you
County Down is where my father’s side comes from, Forgie. I’d love to come visit someday. Stay well.
Brilliant very informative. Thank you 😊❤
My last name is definitely German. I even found the township that I think my family came from. I'll post it in the community section of Patreon. But this video makes me want dig deeper into the meaning of my last name. Great job Diane, and looking good!
Thanks!!
@@DianeJennings any time! 😁
Same.... Maiden name is Burkholder (Burkhalter) my uncle has done a ton of research on our family history and origin. Definitely German :)
@@katiebwheeler I used to know a family with that last name, spelled the second way, when I was a kid here in Texas. it kind of makes sense since a large number of Germans settled Texas.
Didn't know I had to be so specific lol Swiss German then if you like ;) But my family tree puts us in Germany for long enough that we mostly just call ourselves German :)
I do love that she is boldly declaring Ireland as the origin of having surnames. I am just going to believe her. Also Ireland 🇮🇪 won all the wars they lost through assimilation.. aka being too darn charming like Diane here 🇮🇪💜🇺🇸
Kimberly S I think we were one of the first countries in europe to do it anyway if not the first.In iceland they still haven't got the memo,if your fathers name is magnus your surname is magnusson or magnusdotir.
@@AtarahDerek The irish are not celts we are gaelic.We began speaking celtic languages through trade with the celtic world.Several genetic studies have been done and they have found a miniscule link to the celts of central europe.
@@galoglaich3281 Celts = Gaels = Picts. They are all the same. The Celts were basically their own race, originating in western Europe and spreading as far east as present day Turkey. To say there's little genetic link between different groups of Celts is essentially the same as saying there's little genetic link between different groups of sub-Saharan Africans. Maybe the links between individual groups have diminished over the generations, but they are still far more closely related to one another than they are to anyone else in the world. And the Celts, unlike the Africans, have languages that are all as closely related to one another as Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese are to one another. "Celt" is probably an exonym, and "Pict" absolutely is. "Gael" may or may not be (but most likely is). Galicia is Gaelic. Galatia is Gaelic. Gaul is Gaelic. They're everywhere in European history. When people talk about the fruit of the Spirit, they're talking about a list of virtues the apostle Paul wrote about to a Gaelic people.
Today, the nations that still call themselves Celtic/Gaelic are limited to the British Isles and northern Spain. But they are proud to be known as Celtic, and those who speak a Gaelic language, such as Welsh, are proud of that.
@@AtarahDerek Though if we're going down that road, Welsh is not in the Gaelic language subgroup. Irish, Scots Gaelic (more often called just Gaelic and said GAH--lick), and Manx Gaelic are. Welsh is connected more with Breton and Cornish. Gaelic comes from Goidelic, which marks the Celtic languages that use a hard C sound. The others are Brythonic, and they use a soft C sound (among others). So it can be said there are six nations (seven is where you really start arguments) but only half of them are Gaelic. They are indeed all Celtic, though. As for Galician Spain, I don't know if we know enough of their Celtic-family language to pinpoint which group they belong to. It may be known; I haven't checked in a while.
Also, it must be said 1000x1000 times over. **Celtic is not a genetic grouping of people.** The word Celtic was first coined to group the related languages together. It expanded to cover related cultures in the Bronze Age. But it was never about genetics until certain parties decided the Irish were a safer group to call their master race. Sure, the Irish are really damn awesome. But genetically, they're as pure as your proverbial cribhouse whore, just like the rest of Europe. This is why they haven't died out from inbreeding, which is the only known way to keep a bloodline from being mixed with outsiders.
@@lysanamcmillan7972
I'm 100% Irish - and a lot of Irish have high scores like that - eg Conan O'Brien.
And the Irish are the most Aryan people in Europe (along with the Icelanders)! - See: Son of Manu.
At 0:35... The public records were destroyed at the start of the Irish Civil War, fought between the Irish Free State (Michael Collins and co) and the anti-treaty IRA (Eamon de Valera and co), by a fire, not intentionally and not by the British. Accidents like this can happen when you store munitions right next door to national archives.
Indeed. There’s a lot to blame the British for with regard to Ireland, but the fire isn’t one of them.
The opposite in fact. The British had meticulously kept the records for hundreds of years.
Collins is on my Ancestry DNA
Collins opposed the free state smh not de Valera
@@nillzero He was pro treaty and made the deal with Britain, which he was murdered for by the ira.
Thank you, young lady. Very informative video.
My ancestors came from south of Dublin somewhere..they immigrated to Melbourne in search of gold..Egan...means little firey one
My names egan to and my ancestors went to Melbourne to..and then to a mining town west of Sydney.. called sunny corner...then moved to Byron Bay.. my grandfather lived in Byron ad a postman..he's sister aunty Josephine became a nun in sydney
My dad was always wanting to look up our roots, but he died suddenly in 2015. This video is incredibly helpful in continuing the search. Looking forward to the next, have a great day or night or both!
My surname is Kane. A fairly common name in Ireland. Like many others, my people came to this country and vanished into it. I would love to know about them. Barry Kane.
Hi Diane, unfortunately the 2 largest destructions of Irish records the customs house and PRO incidents were caused by ourselves in the course of the war of independence and the opening shots of the Civil War.
There surely is a case to say that the Brits played a part but we ourselves basically set fire to centuries of recorded history-even if those records were the product of imperialism
Ah, my grandpa had said the records were lost in a fire, but i never knew the details!!!
@@HarborLockRoadboth were destroyed by two very different fires!
Attack on the Customs House in 1921 was during the War of Independence. It consisted of a costly propaganda victory for the IRA showing its strength whilst a majority of its combatants were captured. Bales of cotton and tins of petrol were used to set the building alight and gathered local government documents from across the country were annihilated in a 5 day fire.
1922 saw the Irish Civil War begin with the siege on the Four Courts. Towards the end of the battle, explosion and fire annihilated 700 years of Irish history back to the Norman conquest.
@@beaglaoich4418 It was paraffin, not petrol, that was used as an accelerant in the Custom House fire on the advice of IRA volunteers in the Dublin Fire Brigade.
@@beaglaoich4418 "both were destroyed by two very different fires!..." Civil wars are more bitter than international wars, accounts I've read of the civil war astound me, how could that happen following a successful war against the historical oppressor ? The American civil war, just the same. Why shouldn't you know and forgive the presumption but compliments on your knowledge of those times.
@@angusmckenzie9622 ours happened specifically because of the limited success of our war of independence leading to an unpopular partition of the island with one side unable to accept and the other seeing it as a short term split that could be reversed but would allow us to move away from Britain
I'm not Irish, but I find name origins and history fascinating. I know it's a lot of work to research this topic further, as getting the facts right can at some times be hit or miss. However I thoroughly enjoyed this video, and hope to see more like it sometime.
Check out books by Manchán Magan and John Creedon on this topic. I can't remember the titles, but the books show how place names in Ireland often give a description of the use of the land or the history of the area, often with one or two words
I have family from Banbridge and County Cork. So county Down and Cork.
My Bryson family originally came from Scotland, and my Guest side was originally Guess.
The Morrissey’s have been a family name in Abbeyleix since the 1700s (The Journal. ie)
In fact, he says that journalists from national newspapers and radio stations will often call the pub if anything happens in Abbeyleix to get a sense of what’s going on.
Earlier this year, Morrissey’s was named Pub of the Year at the Irish Restaurant Awards. Since purchasing the pub, Lennon has opened two other pubs named Morrissey’s in Portlaoise and Carlow, helping ensure that the pub’s legacy is carried on elsewhere.
But nothing can beat the original in Abbeyleix.
I spent several weeks in Ireland for the first time there (last name O'Brien). It amazed me how most Irish girls looked so similar, quite like you in fact, but tended to be dyed orange, with matching lipstick and dark painted eyebrows, including all the flight attendants on my Aer Lingus flights. Even the Irish guy next to me said they looked like different aged clones. All orange. Good on you for not being orange.
@zenbeard4149 Would you ever bother to criticize the appearance of ANY group of men? I doubt it was all fake anyway, but even if it was, we are NOT here solely to please the likes of you. No doubt your appearance is entirely offensive. I'd love to hear what they thought of YOU. So please keep your misogyny to yourself.
O Brien is my family
@@zenbear4149 My Mother on her Paternal side is descended from the O'Brien's and Curtin's from County Clare Miltown Malby.
Super informational! Most of my ancestors are German and are named Pfaffenberger or Alexander. I just love the Irish culture and your content! Be well my internet friend.
Thanks!!
I'm sure your family tree must have more than just two surnames on it.
@@bigscarysteve well White would be a third, but yes you're probably correct.
My last name would be White also. My father's grandparents were French Canadian we actually are Acadian. My Mom's side is close to 100% Irish Connor,Sullivan, Buckley all from Munster
As a fellow Jennings, I absolutely loved this video!!! Thank you for posting it!!
My maiden name is Gilley, apparently this is from County Waterford on the South coast of Ireland. Gilley in gaelic form is O Cadhla. Someone said their family left Ireland during the great famine, to settle around Newcastle. That would make sense as my grandfather was a Glass Blower and my father was a proud Geordie. On my mother's side, her maiden name was Patrick. She was told of a tall red haired great grandmother, from Carrick Fergus, who would knit my mother baby clothes from rabbits wool to protect her and keep her warm. I feel proud and somewhat comforted to know my ancestry goes back to such a beautiful and magical Isle. Thank you for a great video.
My mother’s grandmother’s maiden name was Nestor, which always seemed an odd Irish surname until I found out it’s a shortening of the original: Mac Girr an Adhastair, which means son of the short man of the bridle. It’s no wonder it was shortened to Nestor.
A Galway name.
Yeah, thanks for helping, lol. I’ve been trying to track down much of my ancestry for years and this video helped quite a lot. I looked into my name and not only did I find that my clan is located roughly northwest of Belfast, it’s of Anglo Norman origin and after breaking it down means “fire”. That said, on one hand, it looks like we had a lot of blacksmiths back in the day, while on the other hand, we also had some that had a fetish for burning entire villages to the ground. Great. I guess it at least explains our tempers anyway 🤷♂️. Really though, thank you. This video helped quite a lot 🙂👍.
I just found out my great grandfather lived in Brosna, County Kerry. Our last name is Driscoll, which had a large presence in Munster. I’m trying to find out as much as I can about the Driscoll clan! Your videos are very fun to watch.
My Driscoll family was centered in Cork County in the town of Skibberreen. Maybe you will find family there cousin. ; )
@@kathyabeautyI'm from Cork City. My mother's maiden name is O'Driscoll and her grandfather came from a part of West Cork called Baltimore. Apparently, when her father visited there once a local immediately guessed he was an O'Driscoll just by looking at him. There's a lot of them there.
@@GhastlyCretin Oh that is cool! Maybe we are related! I went to Ireland armed with actual family names and dates of birth, death, etc and stopped into Dublin library where they have a research center, mostly on microfilm at the time (1986). My family was confirmed and I went to the address the family owned. The great great grandson was still living there with wife and 3 children, but he was concerned I was coming back to try to get some of the land. I was happy to meet him and he looked exactly like one of my other cousins. Ireland in 1986 was a different place, more backward than the current modern country. I had to use the local priest to assist me in contacting the family because they would not come to the door for me.
@@kathyabeauty Wow. I'm glad you experienced Ireland in 1986. The country now (at least in the cities) might as well be anywhere else in Europe. We have lost a lot of our identity. I was born in 85 and grew up in the 90s and the place is unrecognisable even to then. It's hilarious that they thought you were coming back to claim land 😅. Nice talking to you "cousin" lol ✌️
We were told my family name Daugherty came from o’Doherty from NW Ireland. Some maps I’ve seen in Irish bars validated that :). There are many many spellings and pronunciations of it in the US
My brother is over in Ireland this past weekend to marry a Daugherty. They’re getting married there because of all he extended family.
My family changed the spelling from Dougherty to Daugherty. after two brothers married into the Cherokee Nation.
Burned out of Derry around 1690. Innishowen is our turf.
Sir Cahir o Doherty, Lord of Inishowen burnt Derry in his rebellion of 1608. His Grandfather Sir Sean o Doherty was one of the first Irish Lords to submit to Henry the 8th King of England ,under the O Donnell King of Tirconnell, sparing their lands and monasteries from the Reformation and dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530's. After the flight of the Earls Sir Cahir was promised the O Neill and O'Donnell land wanting to be named King of Tirconnell and Aliech. But when Rory O Donnell was chosen as king he rebelled. Now ironically the Prince of Wales had decreed to restore sir cahirs lands and titles but before word could reach Derry, sir cahirs rebelled, burning Derry, recapturing forts and killing the Governor George Paulette. He was beheaded at the Battle of Kilmacrennan and his head put on a spike in Dublin. All his land forfeited to the English Crown and many o dohertys changed the spelling of their names and converted to Protestantism or left for Spain and France. This rebellion changed England's view on Ireland causing a more aggressive plantation of Scots and English looking to further limit the control of Ireland from the Gaelic lords. Every day's a school day.
I have several Irish last names of my Irish ancestors. Several as meaning like 20+ if I keep going backwards. Most recently is Daly, Corcoran, Grady (O'Grady) O'Keefe, Finn, McGillycuddy.
O'Rhea or O'Rea from County Limerick, recorded as having migrated to America ~1600's. Name was Anglicized to O'Rear and ended up in and around Kentucky up til the 20th Century.
Closest I could find on the map was O'Regan just north of Limerick.
My great grandfather was born in Swords. Our last name is Black.. after looking into it apparently its tough to find info on the last name Black in Ireland because a long time ago many people who left their clans or were kicked out changed their name to Black as an act of defiance. So the name Black is sprinkled all over. Fun video! Love your content!
How about M(a)cDuff? From the Gaelic Maga Dubh--"son of the Black". Uh-oh....
My last name is also Black and we’ve been able to trace back to William Black born in 1696 in Belfast. That’s as far back as we’ve been able to get because we don’t know who his parents were.
Look for family name “Duff”, it’s Gaelic for Black. People named Black may not be Irish but rather English in origin.
The Irish side of my Family arrived in New York in 1847, back past that it gets really difficult to research. The Scottish side arrived in Charleston in 1920, same thing. What I have been able to find is that they were mostly farmers and soldiers, with a healthy dose of musicians and some clergy.
@jacktribble 1847 ? That's in the middle of the Famine. How did they (?) get out ? The country was paralysed except for Trevelyan's grain ships sailing away.
Very interesting. My grandmother was full of it so it will be interesting to find out if her claim of Irish ancestry was true or not.
In my experience, that she was full of it is strong indication of Irish ancesty.
On my Mother's side of the family we stem from the O' Malley's, Kilgallon's, Concannon's, and the Whyte's. I love exploring my family tree and learning about my ancestors. They emigrated from Co. Mayo in 1849 besause of the famine. My fathers side of the family is also from Ireland but are from Co.Kerry and Co. Clare. Still digging up info on them. Great video by the by!
Here is one for you. Family moved from Germany to Ireland and changed the last name from von Rhine to Ryan the same as some relatives already in Ireland.
My mom’s name is Ardrey. Grandparents always said “we’re Irish!” But never heard Ardrey as being an Irish surname. About 10 years ago, I started studying the Irish language. Ard = high, Rí = king so… I’m Irish royalty. 😂😂😂
I was married in the Ard Ri (pronounced Ardree) hotel in Waterford City.
❤McCarthy
So far I have been able to trace my surname and lineage to Corca Laidhe (More commonly known today as the province of Munster) Corca Laidhe was a first millennium kingdom in the southern part of Ireland. I was able to find that due to Anglicization the names drastically changed in Ireland, to be expect, from the 1100's onward a lot of people fled the area also, so following the steps I found the name O'Duinin which ultimately stopped the use of the 'O'Duinin and just left Duinin which was morphed and turned according to a persons location, occupation etc. The reason I believe it is the same name as my own is because of the location of the 'Cliffs of Doonen' which the name Duinin or Dinnen, Dinneen Danan and the locations of the ancestors some of whom still live in the areas of the old kingdom and some who scattered further up the west coast to Galway, and modern era onward's to Belfast.
The Corca Laidhe had many origins for modern surnames in Ireland, vassals to the Mcarthy's and O'Sullivans'. Some of these names include O'Leary Twomey O'Driscoll O'Donovan O'Duinin. Of course it will take much more documentation and historical records to pin the name down completely but so far it's seeming to me to be pointing towards the SW of Ireland :). Great video btw. If anyone has any information or interests in this area let me know I am very much on a road to discovery myself!
Great work Diane! Also DNA test are helpful in seeing what parts of Ireland your ancestors might come from. Anyways, one of my favorite videos of yours. …speaking of which…. Can you do a DNA video? Or did you do that already?
I know that the Irish have the longest memories ever. My sister and I were having a wonderful time in a pub in Westport, County May. One of the singers asked where our family came from. I said Donegal. He asked the family name and I said O'Donnell. He looked at us in horror and said, "They left us! Left us all!" After that he turned his back to us and never spoke to us again. I've experienced grudges before but never one ongoing for 500 years. We still laugh when we talk about it. Such a dear man.
Could be worse at least ye weren't planters like the Irish politician last year whose family campaigned with Cromwell ...she caught a lot of grief the hoor!
This was fascinating- I learnt a lot. Keep up the good work from Clan O'Faolain❤
“We’ll be having a a couple of those green fields ourselves.” 🤣 Too soon, but I’m laughing.
I know a guy who's last name is Murphy, I'll try to kept that in mind for next time I see him. He's quite proud of his Irish roots, so he'd probably be impressed.
one of my neighbors is a Murphey. He Supplied arms to the IRA or some other Rebel Irish Group.
@@SirFrederick not true learn our recent history
There's a lot of us about, but not as many as in the USA.. 😂
There's more of us in the states than Ireland from what I understand.
One of my relatives that works in family histories traced our family back to an O'Neil. He even found a family crest.
Very cool
In the 1970's, at any rate, there were lots of rip-off in the USA where they tried to sell you a wooden plaque with your family coat of arms on it. Most Americans are so ignorant that they don't realize most European families don't have a coat of arms. That's reserved to the nobility--and the likelihood that most Americans are descended from nobility is pretty slim.
@@bigscarysteve Actually, the probability that someone of European ancestry is descended from royalty, much less nobility or gentry, is virtually 100%. Statistically speaking, someone who live a few centuries ago either has no descendants, or has everyone as a descendant. Everyone in Europe is probably descended from Charlemagne, for example. The difficulty is proving one's lineage, since the farther back you go, the fewer records there are.
Regarding coats of arms, in England, and presumably also in Ireland, arms are awarded to specific individuals and their descendants, not to everyone with a particular surname.
@@michaelsommers2356 You are absolutely right, but the royalty and nobility that most of us are descended from lived a long time ago. The bulk of us are descended from younger sons of the nobility who didn't inherit the titles and the priveleges. What counts is if your ancestors were nobles in the recent past, and most of us don't fit that bill. And if you don't fit the bill, guess what? No coat of arms for you! I strongly suspect that I'm descended from William the Conqueror (although I haven't proven it yet), but so what? So are lots of other people. I have no claim to anything even if I am the Bastard's descendant.
@@bigscarysteve _"The bulk of us are descended from younger sons ..."_
And the younger sons were descended from their fathers.
_"What counts is if your ancestors were nobles in the recent past, ..."_
Counts for what?
VERY interesting video, thank you! A bit out of topic: Welsh is also a regional language that almost "died", but it's still in use, in Wales, of course. 😀
My friend Sean moved to Gwynedd from Birmingham and has learnt Welsh, is raising his kids learning Welsh and has joined Plaid Cymru (the party campaigning for Welsh independence)
Welsh were darker skinned.
The fighting Irish name was a result of the faction fights from the the late 1600s to the late 1800s....some of these involved thousands of people and some were led by clan chieftains such as the O'Donoghue of the glens.
My father’s family immigrated to northern New England in the mid 1840s I think, but I don’t know if it had anything to do w/the famine, probably but I just don’t know. Anyway, when they hit New York the immigration officer who took names dropped the O’ &changed the spelling so much you could only see the root name if you squinted, lol. Crazy! In the mid 1970s Mom, Dad & I took a trip to Cork, Ireland & found records in the local church parish that we hadn’t been able to find ourselves elsewhere. The priest figured out we had relatives in the area & w/out checking with the people, invited us over to their house to meet them, lol. Everyone was very nice, of course & the oldest “uncle” look very much like an old portrait we had of Dad’s great-?-grandfather. Kind of cool!
That's fascinating. I have the story similar but the male was adopted. Genetics say I correlate with south, or middle Cork. I only have record of that it was a name starting with the "C" sound.
It doesn't narrow things down enough in Ireland, clearly.
For now I'll imagine it would be like your story with a nice visit and an anecdote.
My great grandfather was from Galway. I barely remember him as I was about three when he passed away. He came to America around 1902 at the age of 20. According to my grandfather, his son, my great grandfather learned English around the age of 12. My great grandmother came from Offaly. Turns out they were born and grew up within about two miles of each other, my great grandfather in the extreme east of Galway and my great grandmother about a mile from Galway. I personally think they knew each other in Ireland before they both came here. She lied to officials when she came here. She said she was 18 but she was really 16. She came here about six months after my great grandfather did on the same ship. I mean what are the chances two people born two miles apart in Ireland would come to America six months apart and settle in the same town a mile from each other just outside Boston? Oh and she learned to speak English around the age of seven, at almost the exact same time he did. I think they met in school in English class and probably her family said no she could not date a boy five years older and so he came here then she ran away from home and came here and they married a year after she arrived when she was really 17 but she was telling everyone she was 19. I have their parent's names. But nothing earlier.
So there may have been a great loss of records in 1922 but there is a huge amount of Irish family tree material on the internet.
Here is an interesting thing. If you have Irish ancestors who came to American, know that most had a relative already here. Also know that their marriage and death records in the US will have their parent's names. Obituaries will often list names of the relatives from back home if known. So if your great grandfather came to live with an aunt, it would most likely have been the sister of one of the parents. Get her marriage and death records from the town she lived in and you have her maiden name and the name of her parents. Then the one that matches with your great grandfather is also his ancestor and this way you can often, like I did, learn a great, great grandparent's name or which ever generation is appropriate for your situation. Then if she came to live with a relative you might be able to extend it yet another generation.
Also lots of parish records and other records survived in Ireland that were not destroyed in that fire.
@nunyabiznez "My great grandfather was ....." Thankyou for that comment, its' enlightening. So many went to America and Canada, so few to Australia and New Zealand but the experiences has similarities, the families did support later arriving relatives and current cultures of both continents show clear and strong Irish influence.. You are right about church records but, in my experience, anyway, they don't go back all that far, the earliest I could find was the baptism record of one of my great great grandfathers, in 1782 in Kildare.
@@angusmckenzie9622 how did you find the church they were baptized in?
Hi , I agree that your grandparents would have known each other , even to this day in Ireland, country people know most people within a 30 mile radius and most are related through marriage , East Galway is a stones throw into Banagher, Co Offaly which would have been a meeting place , School/Church/Shops/ Fair Days and Funerals . Banagher is built on the Shannon from which Boats come and go. Best wishes from an Offaly Lady .
Ireland has influenced much of the world without ever trying. 👍
Hello Miss Jennings's, sorry for informing you but your pure Viking heritage.
My Irish ancestors were the Irish relatives of the English lord who founded Wolstenholme Towne, an English settlement in Virginia were a lot of people died. I’m not sure how we’re related, but it’s through the male line, sense my mom had the same maiden name
McGuire, my parents were in Ireland a few years ago and said everyone spells it Maguire. McKee, my material grandmothers last name, Scotch-Irish. Morrison, my great great grandfather born in Canada to immigrants from Sligo.
Your Ancestor killed my 2 ancestors !
Have friends whose mom was from Sligo. They bought a house over there.
You're so freaking cute you could talk about paint drying and I'd still have to give you at least five minutes of my attention,what a Beauty!
O'Driscoll changed to Driscoll for my family from Skibbereen co. Cork.
My ancestors came from County Cork. The surname Kelleher is an Irish dalcaissian surname which are all relate to Irish high king Brian Boru. The first Kelleher was a nephew of king Brian Boru.
I'm from Cork. I know Kellehers. Could well be distant relatives of yours 🤷
Going back as far as I can on my mothers side, the surname would be Yamaguchi, I may not have belonged to any Irish Clans. 😁
Didn't she win gold in Ice Skating?
How are you at figure skating?
I think Diane was just giving an example. Clan membership wasn't determined matrilineally.
Ah, yes! Of the Kilkenny Yamaguchis! 🙂
[Didn't she win gold in Ice Skating?]
My long lost 2nd cousin Dana, twice removed, that I have never met, LOL.😁
[How are you at figure skating?]
I'm terrible, I didn't get any of Dana's skills.
[I think Diane was just giving an example. Clan membership wasn't determined matrilineally.]
Diane specifically said go back as far as you can on your mother's side
[Ah, yes! Of the Kilkenny Yamaguchis! 🙂]
That must be it, we had a falling out with the Kilkenny branch. 😜
I was just having fun with her. I didn't mean anything seriously. I've commented in the past, I'm one of the rare few, in the world, with absolutely no Irish blood in me. 😉😁🤪
This is an absolutely excellent video. Please post more like this. You are way more than just a darlin young Irish girl, you are obviously of remarkable intelligence and Extremely talented. Why Irish TV has not nabbed you for a sticom is beyond me. Thank You SO Much!
Awww thanks! Unfortunately I’m not cool enough apparently
No it is not. It is full of mistakes.
Part of me would love to take one of those DNA tests to see if there is anything surprising in there. But then the paranoid part of me says, “I’ve given companies enough of my private information. I’m not about to give them my DNA!”
Same 😂
Don't worry, _they already have it._
Muhahahahaha
You're right to be paranoid. The genetics part of it is just a by-product of medical research. What those companies want is your medical data--to be used for what nefarious purposes, who knows? Besides, they always say something to the effect that the ancestry info is for entertainment purposes only--that is, it's not that accurate.
Same!
Well, my sister did one, so I've seen that, but I have my doubts it's very precise, at least enough for my curiosities. Most of my Irish ancestors pretty much stayed put in certain areas, so they seem to have gotten that right, but a lot of the rest of the results sort of imply they didn't look for enoiugh markers. (I think they missed a bunch of people I know from records weren't in the same couple places over the generations.)
I love hearing "Sean" said with Irish accent rather than mispronounced as seen , which happened most of my life.
So silly. Unlike Shelagh 😆
I'm lucky my name O'Neill has remained unchanged since my great great Grandfather immigrated from near Cork, Ireland during the Potato Famine.
always so pretty Diana
Wait, did you say 1916 AD?
Meant 916. I had some pep in my talk!
@@DianeJennings lol
1916 is still ad, so it wasn't wrong.
@@amehak1922 true, but 1916AD was 105 years ago and 916 AD was 1105 years ago.
@@MrMwmussel1 I know, just being pedantic.
The Vikings came in and said hey these people are cool. They like to drink a fight too. And they assimilated.
If by assimilated you mean enslaved, then you're on point. The vikings used Dublin as a slave trading center for 400 years. Iceland is 30 percent Irish genes because of it.
Thank you for the explanation. My family in America is Jenkins, paternal and Keenan (O'Cianan) from Antrim and (? Wales) and Fermanagh or Cavan. My pup looks a lot like yours. My white malti-poo is Casey and he's a smart character who loves to be doing something almost ALL the time. ERIN go BRAGH and God bless you!
Greetings to all the Shanley's out there. The Shanley clan has origins in and around Dromod in Co Leitrim, the birthplace of my grandfather Patrick and my father John, Jack to his family and friends.
The irish language translation of Shanley is Mac Seanlioch, which means the son of the old warrior.
How very romantic!
My birth place is Mullingar Co Westmeath. My family originated from Lynn Cross on the Tullamore road.
My mother maiden name was Ethel Purcell and my grandmother name was Katie Murray, who was the matriarch of our household.
What a selection of family names!
Best Regards Valentine Shanley
Everyone knows you're an angel pretending to be an Irish cutie pie.
I was told my first name means "the dark" in Gaelic. I was told my last name was Scottish, and means "thrown out of Scotland for stealing horses".
😂 it’s a very Irish name. County Kerry of course-Kerrygold!
@@DianeJennings My mothers family name is derived from O' Catharnaigh, which translates to mean the male descendant of a warlike chief.
"Kelly" seems like an awfully short name to have a meaning like "thrown out of Scotland for stealing horses" packed into it. I'd check the etymology if I were you--it sounds like bunk to me.
@@bigscarysteve Yeah, its more of an explanation about how we got to America than a meaning. My parents didn't know how to answer that question at the time.
@@kerrykelly3699 My surname is a single-syllable German name. Somebody in my family started the rumor that it is German for "little devil." Ridiculous. If it meant that, it would have to have at least two syllables. I'm amazed at the crap disinformation that circulates about the German language in America--after all, German is one of English's closest relatives--it's not like it's some great mystery. As for the term "little devil," that bit of nonsense arose because the people in my family all have bad tempers. That didn't come from the German side of the family, but from the Scots-Irish side!
Here’s a little nephew thing a lot of people don’t realize. Growing up I thought MC meant Irish and MAC met Scottish. I eventually learned that all MC is, is an abbreviation of MAC. They are actually both correct. Now there are more MC surnames in Ireland than in Scotland, but Ireland does have some MAC surnames that are not of Scottish or Ulster Scott heritage. Just like in Scotland there are quite a few MC surnames That actually have nothing to do with Ireland. So if you think your ancestry is Irish because your last name begins with an MC and not an MAC, you could be wrong on that. It just may be abbreviated.
Nothing to do with Ireland? - how daft - its Irish for "son of".
This was very helpful to start because my mom is a Jennings! ❤
This just turned up in my feed, pretty cool information.
The documents lost in 1922 were actually burnt by the Irish during the civil war.
@kayceol
Embarrassing that a young Irish woman telling us all about the ancient history of Irish surnames. Hasn’t got the foggiest idea of the IRA’s responsibility of deliberately destroying public records in a bid to make Ireland ungovernable.
Seemed like a noble tactic at the time. However, today many can only trace their family trees back until 1922. Without going into the parish records that do survive..
The Brits had a hand it.
"Burnt by the Irish"
What a wonderful grasp of history you have.
The records were not destroyed by the British in 1922. The records in the four courts were destroyed by Irish people during the Irish civil war.
Irish women were willing. They loved the Norwegian men
Two of my great-great-grandparents were a Smith from County Cavan and a Kegney from County Longford.
Many of my ancestors came from Country Tyrone, Ireland.
Of course I have Stewart and McMullen ancestors on my Dad's side.
My Mom's maiden name is Skipper, which translates to Captain of a small boat which washed ashore on a deserted island. 😊