O Geran or Gerin

O Geran - Giffens

O Geran or O Gerin. See - Guerin.

Gerland -

Gern -

De Gernon. See - Garland. They were in Co. Monaghan in Southern Ulster and also in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster. In 1690 AD the Land Lord Estates held previously in Ireland by the Gernons were given over to the English Bellinghams.

Mac Gerot or Mac Gerrot -

Mac Gerr. See - Mac Girr.

Gerrard. An English forename. Used sometimes as a synonym for Garrett, which see.

Mac Gerry. They were in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster where it was used as a variant for Mac Garry, which see.

Mac Gerty. See - Mac Geraghty.

Gervais. See - Jervois.

Gethin. See - Gettins.

Mac Getrick - Irish / Mheic Shitric / Sitric - Norse forename. Used as a variant for Mac Kettrick, which see, peculiar to Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.

Gerrialdin -

Gerton -

Geton -

Mac Gettigan or Mac Ettigan or Magettigan - Irish / Mag or Ui hEiteagain. A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Clann Diarmata / Clandermot Tealach Braenain Sept / Family branch, who had their territory at Clondermot in Co. Derry, and in Co. Tyrone in Central Southern Ulster and are now mainly found in Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province. Ancestors - *99.Carolan / Cairellain, *98.Boyle / Baigill, *97.Dermot / Diarmata, *96.Conor / Conchobar, *95.Fergal / Fergaile the 151st King of Tara / Ireland, *94.Maele "Duin" the 14th King of Aileach, *93.Mael "Fithrich" the 10th King of Aileach, *92.Aed / Aeda "Uaridnaich" the 8th King of Aileach and 140th King of Tara / Ireland,*88.Eogan the 1st King of Aileach (Cenel nEogain), *86.Niall of the Nine Hostages the 126th King of Tara / Ireland (Ui Niaill).

Mac Gettins. Used as a synonym for Mac Gettigan, which see. Also used occasionally by some Gethins, which see, who were of Welsh origins.

Getty. They were in Co. Derry and nearby in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province exclusively. A variant of the Scottish Dalgetty - Irish / Mag Eitigh.

O Gevany. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht.

Geveson -

Geyton -

Mac Ghee - Highland Scottish origins. A variant used for Mac Gee, which see.

Gibb. A variant used for Gilbert, which see. See also - Gibson.

Mac Gibbon. See - Gibbons and Mac Kibben.

Fitz Gibbon or Gybon. A branch of the Fitz Geralds, which see, who were originally the White Knights who were associated with Kilmallock in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province. (The last one Edmond who died in 1608 AD was buried in a Tomb there at the Dominican Friary.) It was sacked often under the Tudors and later on Oliver Cromwell destroyed the fortifications there. Because Edmond had betrayed his Fitz Gerald kinsmen the Earl of Desmond for a reward of 1,000 pounds from Elizabeth 1st his descendants changed their name to Fitz Gibbon. Later on this Family produced "Black Jack" Fitz Gibbon the English Earl of Clare who was an English Undertaker and merciless man who was a staunch anti - Catholic who for a very long period did everything he could to stop Catholic Emancipation in Ireland and when he died the people in Dublin pelted his coffin with cats.

Mac Gibbon or Gibbons. English origins. Gaelicized as Mheic Giobuin. A branch of the Burkes in Connacht Province, which see, and also utilized by the Fitz Gibbons, which see who dropped the Fitz. For Mac Gibbon in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province. See also Fitz Gibbon.

Mac Gibbons / Fitz Giobhuin. Anglo Norman origins. They were in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province. (Descended from a son of Gilbert de Burgh who was descended from William Fitz Adhelm de Burgo, which see, the ancestor of the Burghs, De Burghos, Burkes and Mac Williams, who originally arrived in 1171 AD and became the English appointed Chief Governor after Richard de Clare / Strongbow,

Gibbon or Gibbons. English origins -

O Giblin. Originally O Giblellans - Irish / Ua Gibealain. An Ecclesiastic Sept / Family branch in the Elphin Diocese who had their territory in Co Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province.

O Gibney - Irish / Ua Gibne / gibne / lock of hair. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster and nearby in Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster.

Gibson. Scottish origins. With Gibb a branch of the Clan Buchanan who were in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province. Gibson and Gipsey have also been used for Giblin, which see.

Mac Giff. See - Mac Guff.

Mac Giffen / Mag Dhuibhfinn. They were in Co. Antrim, Co. Derry and Co. Tyrone in the Ulster Province in the 17th Century AD.

Giffens -

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