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The O\u2019Conaill name, translates as \u201cfriendship,\u201d or \u2018strong as a wolf\u2019 and is one of the twenty-five (25) most common in Ireland. O\u2019Connell is the Anglicized version of the name. In Ulster it may also have derived from MacConn, an Anglicised form of the rare Mac Mhiolchon, \u2018son of the hound-like one\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three distinct O\u2019Connell clans arose separately as surnames in Connacht, Ulster and\u00a0Munster<\/strong>, but the most prominent and numerous of these were the O\u2019Connells of Munster. They were mainly located in County Kerry where they were originally lords of the barony of Magunihy from very ancient times.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today a large majority of the O\u2019Connells in Ireland are still to be found in Kerry, as well as in adjoining County Cork, but descendants with this name can be found in every county in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The family arms is a stag trippant between three trefoils counter-charged. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The crest is a stag\u2019s head erased, charged with a trefoil. The motto in Gaelic is Cial agus neart, which means \u201cWisdom and Strength\u201d.

In early mediaeval times, there were several unrelated septs of O\u2019Connell; \u00a0those of Ulster and Connact are seldom heard of even as late as the fourteenth century. O\u2019Dugan (d. 1372) in the \u201cTopographical Poems\u201d mentions O\u2019Conaill as a family of Oirghiall and another, again, as of Ui Maine. The name does not appear in the Four Masters after 1117 when the death of Cathasach O\u2019Conaill, \u201cnoble Bishop of Connacht,\u201d is recorded. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Another of the name, Bishop of Thomond (Killaloe) is mentioned in the \u201cAnnals of Innisfallen\u201d under date 927 A.D.; \u00a0but if this be a true surname it is one of the earlier examples. The \u201cAnnals of Connacht\u201d have no reference to the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conaill Gabhra \u201cConaill of the Swift Horses\u201d, was the king of Munster in 355 A.D. Conaill was in the line of Daire Caerb.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daire Caerb was brother to Lughaidh \u2013 No. 88 in the line of Heber, the son of King Milisieus \u2013 and son of Oilioll Flann-beag.\u00a0Daire Caerb had five sons including Fiacha and Fiachra \u2013 the ancestors to the O\u2019Donovan family.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fiacha had two sons Brian and Caibre \u2013 ancestors to the Ua Cairbre or O\u2019Carberry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian had a son Daire, and Daire had a son Fionnliath. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fionnliath had a son Conaill and Conall son Ua Conaill or Connell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The descendants of Conaill inhabited Upper and Lower Conello in County Tiperrary. In 1178, the O\u2019Connells as well as the Harrington, Collins, and O\u2019Donovan clans were expelled from Conello, County Limerick by Donald Mor O\u2019Brien of Thomond.\u00a0These families migrated south to County Kerry and Cork.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The O\u2019Connells possessed the lordship of Magh o goinin, or the Barony of Magunihy, in East Kerry.\u00a0The chief of the clan resided in Aghadoe.\u00a0According to legend, \u201cThe O\u2019Connell\u2019s of slender swords, dwelt in the bushy forts betwixt the Laune and the Maine.\u201d The earliest known chief of the O\u2019Connell clan was Aodh (Hugh) O\u2019Connell living in 1337. \u00a0He had two children Aodh (Hugh) and Shela who were living in 1341.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aodh, the son of the first chief, married Margaret O\u2019Brien daughter of Mahon Moenmoy O\u2019Brien, prince of Thomond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shela married John O\u2019Mahony Mergagh, of Desmond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hugh and Margaret had a son Geoffrey, living in 1393, who married Catherine O\u2019Connor-Kerry. They had a son Donal (Daniel) FitzGeofferey O\u2019Connell, living in 1421, who married Honoria O\u2019Sullivan-Beare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Norman invasion, the FitzGerald family pressured by the powerful O\u2019Donoghue family towards the Atlantic coast thereby displacing the O\u2019Connells farther west. Their retreat led them to the peninsula of Iveragh, where the O\u2019Connells became hereditary castellans of Ballycarbery under the MacCarthy Mor chiefs. The lineage continued with Sir Aodh (Hugh), living in 1436, son of Donal and Honoria O\u2019Connell.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He married Mary Mc Carthy-Mor daughter of Donal Mc Carthy-Mor.\u00a0Hugh was knighted by Sir Richard Nugent, Lord Deputy of Ireland.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had a son Maurice who married Juliana O\u2019Sullivan-Mor daughter of Rory O\u2019Sullivan-Mor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had a son Morgan who married Elisabeth O\u2019Donovan daughter of the chief of clan Cathail in Carberry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had a son Hugh who married Mora daughter of Sir Tadg O\u2019Brien of Baille-na-Carriga, County, Clare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had a son Morgan of Ballycarbery who was named the High Sheriff of Kerry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgan married Helena daughter of Donal Mc Carthy.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had a son Richard who married Johanna daughter of Ceallaghan Mc Carthy. \u00a0Richard surrendered the castle in Ballycarbery to the English.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard and Johanna had a son Maurice. Maurice, who also was named High Sheriff of Kerry, married Margaret O\u2019Callaghan daughter of Conchobhar (Conor) O\u2019Callaghan.\u00a0They had two sons Richard who became the Bishop of Ardfert, and Geoffrey, who carried the title High Sheriff of Kerry.\u00a0Geoffrey, who died on 25 April 1639, married Honoria daughter of \u201cThe Mc Crohan\u201d Lettercastle.
Geoffrey and Honora had five sons Maurice of Caherbarnagh near Waterville, Daniel Mac Geoffrey of Ahavore, Peter of Claghanmacquin, John of Ashtown, and Charles of Ballymacleragh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It seems there is not an active clan organisation for your name,\u00a0at this time<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the revival of interest in Irish culture and heritage over the past 100 years has led to the revival of many Irish Clans. In more recent times, increased access to historical archives online, DNA testing and ease of travel to Ireland has led many individuals to explore their own genealogy and connections to Irish Clans. Some of these have gone on to establish Clan Associations in Ireland, the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and anywhere that the Irish Diaspora has found itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Clans of Ireland Ltd invite those interested in Irish Clans to contact them with a view to explore the possibility of reviving your Irish Clan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/ireland-calling.com\/irish-names-oconnell\/ https:\/\/www.johngrenham.com\/surnamescode https:\/\/www.libraryireland.com\/Pedigrees1\/OConnellHeber.php The O\u2019Conaill name, translates as \u201cfriendship,\u201d or \u2018strong as a wolf\u2019 and is one of the twenty-five (25) most common in Ireland. O\u2019Connell is the Anglicized version of the name. In Ulster it may also have derived from MacConn, an Anglicised form of the rare Mac Mhiolchon, \u2018son of the hound-like one\u2019. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingdomofdesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingdomofdesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingdomofdesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomofdesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomofdesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomofdesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":741,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomofdesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions\/741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingdomofdesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomofdesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomofdesmond.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}