Mac Aleenan

Agnew - Irish / Ua Gnimh - gniomh (action of / lamb of.) Originally anglicized as O Gneeve. A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Literary Sept / Family branch. Ancestor: *87.Niall of the Nine Hostages the 126th King of Tara / Ireland (Ui Niaill.)

Agnew. Originally O Gnew - Irish / Ua Gnimha. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory at Doneraile in Co. Cork in Desmond / Des Mhumhain / Southern Munster in the early 13th Century AD.

Agnew / de Agneau. Norman origins. They were in the Ulster Province.

O Ahern. A Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough Sept / Family branch who were in Co. Cork in Desmond / Des Mhumhain / Southern Munster. Especially see - O Aherne.

O Aherne - Irish / Ua hEachthianna. (Anglicized also as Ahern / O Hearne / O Heron / O Hearon / O Hern, O Hearne / O Hearn etc used in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province. A Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough Muintir Echthigeirn Sept / Family branch, descended directly from *105.Aherne / Eachthighearn ( Lord of the Steeds / Horses). He was a son of *106.Kennedy / Ceaneidigh the King of Thomond / Tuaiscert Mhumhain / Northern Munster in the 10^th Century AD, who is also the ancestor of the Dalcassian O Kennedys and Ui mBriain O Brians / O Briens. *105.Aherne / Eachthighearn was also a brother to 105. Mahon the King of Thomond who also became the Dal gCais 1st King of Munster who was an outstanding leader in his time who defeated the Viking incursions into Ireland with his younger brothers. Among these brothers was 105.Brian “Boru” - of the Tributes, who would later also be the King of Thomond, 41st King of Munster and the 170th High King of Ireland who was possibly the most outstanding Irish leader ever. 105.Brian later became the direct ancestor of most of the Ui mBriain O Brian / O Brien Sept of Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province, and it was he who led the defeat of the Vikings at Clontarf near Dublin in 1014 AD, in which 7,000 Vikings and their Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb allies were slain. Their father,*104.Kennedy married Babhion the daughter of Arcadh O Flaherty, the son of Murrough O Flaherty the King of Iar / Western Connacht, who was from the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Fiachrach Aidne Tuath / Family region. Arcadh was himself descended from 87.Fiachra (Ui Fiachrach) the original 2nd Dal Cuinn King of Connacht who was a brother of 87.Brion (Ui Briuin) the previous original 1st Dal Cuinn King of Connacht and a half - brother to 88.Niall of the Nine Hostages the 126th King of Tara / Ireland (Ui Niaill). They in turn were descended from 37.Heremon (Heremonians). *104. Kennedy was to die in battle in 951 AD, as were two of his sons, *105.Aherne / Eachthighearn and 105.Duncan / Donncuan. Of Kennedy's 12 sons only 5 left any issue, (1.)105. Mahon became the King of Thomond and the 39th King of Munster (2.)105.Duncan / Donncuan became the ancestor of the O Kennedys who originated in Co. Clare in Thomond. (3.)*105.Aherne / Eachthighearn became the ancestor of the O Aherne and Mac Raith Septs. (4.)105.Anluain became the ancestor of the O Quirks etc. (5.)105. Brian “Boru” - of the Tributes the King of Thomond, the 41st King of Munster and the 170th High King of Ireland is the direct ancestor of the Ui mBriain Septs. *105.Aherne / Echthigern and 105.Duncan / Donncuan were killed in battle against 101.Conall "Cnogba" the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Southern" Ui Niaill 169th King of Tara / Ireland, while 101.Conall was plundering the Munster Province expressing his overall authority as the new King of Ireland. This came about as the Dal gCais / Dalcassians under 104.Kennedy where supporting their Heberian kinsman, 104.Callaghan / Cellachain “Chaisil”(From the Rock of Cashel) the Eoghanacht 34th King of Cashel / Munster against him. Also the Heremonian "Southern" Ui Niaill where worried about the rising fortunes of *104.Kennedy who they feared due to his outstanding prowess in battle along with his Dalcassian warriors who where by then well known throughout Ireland for their outstanding fighting abilities, "As the first in and last out." The Heremonian U Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Niaill had ruled Ireland for over 600 years in their own right and at that time considered that *104.Kennedy due to his reputation and determination was to be next in line for the Munster Kingship and then maybe even the Kingship of Tara / Ireland. They where not to be far out as this was to be accomplished later on by two of his surviving sons, 105.Mahon and 105.Brian "Boru" due to the increasing Viking threat to Ireland and the ongoing disruptions they were causing to the Irish Brehon Law. *105.Aherne / Eachthighearn is both the ancestor of the Muintir Eachthigheirn and the Clann Craith, which included the O Ahernes / Ui hEachthigheirn Sept anglicized later on under the English bans in the 17^th Century AD on Irish names as Ahern / Aherne / Hearne / Hearn with Heron and Hearon even being variants of those. The Mac Raith Tuath also had the variants of Mac Grath and Magrath. The O Aherne Sept / Family branch was originally known as the Ui hAgerin (Descended from *106.Eachtighern.) They initially migrated from the east of Co. Clare along the banks of the River Shannon into Co. Cork in Desmond / Des Mhumhain / Southern Munster. In the 10^th Century AD the O Aherne Chief was recorded as being 105.Mahon / Mathghamain / bear. who was then the King of Thomond who later became the first from the Dal gCais to become the King of Munster, until he was eventually killed also by the Vikings and their Heberian Eoghanacht Munster allies under Donovan and 109.Molloy / Mael Muadh. As the oldest living brother he may have taken over the responsibility for the Families of *105.Eachtighern as the Mac Raith Sept is also then found under 105.Mahon. The original O Aherne / Ui hEachthianna territory of Ui Cearnaigh up until 1381 AD was from Sliabh Oighidh an Righ (Glennagross Mountain) to the Parish of Kilmurray adjoining the Ui Ainmire and Ui Sedna Septs, around the River Ogarney, which passes through Six Mile Bridge to enter the River Shannon at Bunratty in Co. Clare on the River Shannon in the Parish of Kilfinaghta down to Limerick from where they later migrated further to the south - east across the River Shannon into Co. Limerick and Co. Cork and further east still into Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province. The Ogarney River from Enaghoflinn castle to Rossmanagher castle and then forms the boundary between Ui Ainmire and Tradraigh. (One of the Ahern Chiefs granted St. Munchin the island of Inis Sibtond (Kings Island) near Limerick). His other brother, 105.Donncuan is the direct ancestor of John Fitzgerald Kennedy the deceased President of the U.S.A and his brothers, Robert and Edward. Ancestors: *105.Aherne / Eachthighearn, *104.Kennedy / Ceanedig, *103.Lorcan / Fingin, *102.Lachtna, *101.Corc, *100.Anluan, *99.Mahon, *98.Turlough / Toirdhealbhach (Ui Turlough), *97.Cathal, *96.Aodh "Caomh" the King of Munster, *95.Conall, *94.Eochy / Eochaidh "Baill Dearg," *93.Cairthenn "Fionn Oge Mor," *92.Blood / Blod (Ui Bloid), *91.Cas (Dal gCais) the King of Thomond.

Ahessy. Used as a variant for Hahessy, which see, in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province.

Aide. See - Heade.

Aiken / Adam. Scottish origins. Many variants including Aitken. They have been in the north - east of the Ulster Province since the mid - 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 Foreign non - Catholic Plantations there. Eakin also used in Co. Derry in the north - east of Ulster, and Egan in Co. Down in the south - east of Ulster.

Aiken. May have also been used to anglicize their name by some of the Irish Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain O Hagans in the Ulster Province, which see.

Ailesbury -

Ailmere or Ailmer -

O Aingidy. A Heberian Dal gCais Sept / Family branch, who had their original territory in Co. Clare in Thomond / Tuaisceart Mhumhain / Northern Munster. Ancestors - *104.Cosgrave / Coscrach, *103.Lorcan / Finghin, *102.Lachtna, *101.Corc, *100.Anluan, *99.Mahon,*98.Turlough (Ui Turlough), *97.Cathal,*96.Aodh "Caomh" the King of Munster, *95.Conall, * 94.Eochy / Eochaidh "Baill Dearg," *93.Cairthenn "Fionn Oge Mor," *92.Blood / Blod (Ui Bloid), *91.Cas (Dal gCais) the King of Thomond.

Airey. English toponymic origins. They were in the Ulster Province.

Aitken / Atkins. Scottish origins.

Alary -

Alarney. See - Mullarney.

Alcock. English origins. They have been in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province since the late 17th Century AD, and in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster at Dublin University in the early 17th Century AD.

Alcorn (old corn). English origins. They have been in the Ulster Province since the mid - 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 Foreign non - Catholic Plantations there, and were mostly found in Co. Donegal in the north - west of Ulster.

Mac Aldin. See - Alden (old friend). Origins unknown as yet, but has long been in Co. Monaghan and Co. Down in Southern Ulster where Haldan is also used as a variant. Some Mac Caldens were of Planter origins.

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