Abberton

Abberton. English toponymic origins. They were in the south - east of Co. Galway in Southern Connacht, where they where known as one of the "Oultagh" families who migrated from the Ulster Province early in the 18th Century AD after the Confiscation of the 3,500,000 acres of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill territories there, and the non - Catholic Plantations there.

Abbot / Aboid. English origins. They have been in Ireland since the 14th Century AD, and are now mostly found in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster. Abbat and Abbett were also used as variants.

Abernethy. Scottish origins. They came from the mouth of the River Nethy in Perthshire and Inverness, as a branch of the Clan Leslie. They have been in the north of the Ulster Province since the early 17th Century AD after the Confiscation of the 3,500,000 acres of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill territories there, and the non - Catholic Plantations there, and are now also to be found in the east of Co. Cork in Desmond / Southern Munster.

Mac Abraham / Abrehan Judge - Irish / Mheic an Bhreitheamhan (Descended from a Son of the Judge.) A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Cork in Desmond / Des Mhumhain / Southern Munster. Originally anglicized as Mac Abrehan etc, with Mac Abraham and Fitz Abraham used in Co. Cork in Southern Munster in the 13th Century AD. Mac Brohoon, which see, was also used as a synonym.

Acheson / Atkinson. Scottish origins. They were in Ireland in the early 15th Century AD, and were later the English Earls of Gosford in the 17th Century AD, and were in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster and Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of the Ulster Province.

Achmooty. See - Aughmuty.

Acton (Place at the oak) English toponymic origins. They were in Ireland from the early 15th Century AD, with some also arriving later on also into Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster in the mid - 17th Century AD.

Adair / Edgar. Scottish origins. They were in the Ulster Province.

Adair - Irish / Ua Daire. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster.

Mac Adam. A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Colla da Crioch Ui Breasail Airthir / Orior / Airthir Siol Fiachra Cassan Clann Fermaighe Erenagh Sept / Family branch, who were important as they held the right to oversee the church property and or the position of Abbot or Founder there from generation to generation. See especially - Mac Cadden.

Mac Adam. Gaelicized as Mheic Adaim. Used by a branch of the Anglo - Norman Barrys, which see, in Co. Cork in Desmond / Southern Munster.

Mac Adam. They were at Ballymacadam in the Barony of Clanmorris in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province.

Mac Adam. They were in Co. Kerry in south - west of Desmond / Munster Province, and in the south of Co. Tipperary in the north - east of Ormond / North Eastern Munster.

Mac Adam. Highland Scottish origins. They were in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province and in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster.

Mac Adam. Used for Mac Caw, which see, in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster.

Mac Adam. They were in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster.

Adams (Descended from a Son of Adam) English origins. Used as a synonym for Aidy and Eadie, which see, in Co. Down in the south - east of the Ulster Province.

Mac Adan. A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Colla da Crioch Ui Breasail Airthir / Orior / Airthir Siol Fiachra Cassan Clann Fermaighe Erenagh Sept / Family branch, who were important as they held the right to oversee the church property and or the position of Abbot or Founder there from generation to generation. See especially - Mac Cadden.

Mac Adarra. Used as a variant for Mac Darragh, which see, in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.

Addis. (Descended from a Son of Addie or Adam / Adducc / Adag. English origins. They were in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster in the early 17th Century AD, and later in Co. Cork in Desmond / Southern Munster and were also in the north - east of the Ulster Province where Addy was also used.

Addy. English origins. They came from the west of Yorkshire. See also Aidy and Addis.

Addy or Aidy. See - Adams and Addis.

Adie. Scottish origins. They were a Sept of the Clan Gordon.

Mac Adie. Highland Scottish origins. A Sept of the Clan Ferguson.

Adley. See also - Audley.

Adlum noble helmet) Germanic origins. See also Adlam and Odlum.

Mac Adoo. See also - Cunniff.

Mac Adorey - Irish / Mheic an Deoraidh (Descended from a son of a Stranger.) A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province.

Adorian. Used as a variant for Doran, which see, in Co. Down in the south - east of the Ulster Province. Also known as Dorian in Co. Donegal in the north - west of Ulster.

Adrain (From near the drain) French origins.

Adrain - Irish / Ua Dreain - drenn / rough and firm. An Erenagh Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province who later under the expanding pressure from the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Mac Dermots there, they migrated into the Ulster Province.

Adrian / Adrianus. Latin (of the Adriatic.) Used as a variant for Adrain, which see. Not connected to Adorian.

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