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"RAINBOW FARMS" HARNESS HORSES - STANDARDBREDS - PACERS & TROTTERS The Hunter Valley - New South Wales - Australia.
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Sweetwaters "Egyptian Kings Smokey (Imp) Shazzally Shazam (Aust) * Mini Weanlings |
O Martin / Irish - Ui Martain / A Sept - Family branch who had their territory in Co. Westmeath - North East Leinster in the 16th Century.Martin / Used to abbreviate Gilmartin. Mac Martin or Gilmartin / Irish - Mheic Ghiolla Mhartain - descended from a son of the follower of St. Martin / A Heremonian Dal Cuinn Sept - Family branch of the "Northern" Ui Niaill Tuath - Family region whose territory was at Clogher in Co. Tyrone - Central Ulster and in Co. Fermanagh - North West Ulster / They were driven out to Co. Sligo & Co. Leitrim - Northern Connacht. *88.Eogan. Martin / Anglo Norman origins / They came with the Anglo - Norman Invasion and ruled as Kings around Bally na Hinch Loch and Connemara Loch, in Co. Galway - Southern Connacht / They were one of the 14 "foreign" Tribes of Galway / Charles 11 after the English Restoration gave them 250,000 acres of the land of Ui Briuin Seola O Flahertys who where then the Kings of West - Iar Connacht at Ballynahinch / The Martins were then one of the wealthiest families in Co. Galway up until the Great Famine with their main residence at Ross House beside the shore of Ross Lake / During the Great Famine Thomas Martin & Mary his daughter spent the Family fortune on trying to give relief, which bankrupted them / Their family home still exists at Ballynahinch.O Marum / May be the Irish - Ui Marum / A Sept - Family branch who had their territory in the Heremonian Cu Corb kingdom of Ossory in Co. Kilkenny - Western Leinster in 1690 / Kieran Marum was one of the Bishops of Ossory. Marward / English Barons / They were in Co. Meath - North East Leinster. Mason / English occupational name / They have been in Ireland since the 13th Century but most are descended from only recent arrivals / Mainly now in Leinster, Munster & UIster. Massey / English Barons they were at Clarina in Co. Limerick - North West Munster.Mac Master / Irish - Mheic a n Mhaighistir - descended from a son of the Master / A Heremonian Dal Cuinn Sept - Family branch who had their territory in the Ui Briuin kingdom of Breifne in Co. Longford - North West Leinster / They were a sub - Sept of the Mac Kiernans, which see / Many changed to Masterson, which see. *87.Brion. Masterson / Used as a synonym for Mac Master, which see. Masterson / English origins / They were in Co. Wexford - South East Leinster in the 16th Century and in Co. Cavan - Southern Ulster. Matchett / Mateer / Used for Mac Ateer, which see. Mac Math / Highland Scottish origins / A Sept - Family branch of the Mathesons who were in UIster in the 17th Century / Known as Mac Meath in Co. Monaghan - Southern Ulster / Mac Magh & Mac Maugh were also used as variants / See also Mac Mawe. O Mathain / Irish - Ui Mathain / A Sept - Family branch who had their territory in Co. Longford - North West Leinster. Mather or Mathers / mather - mower / English origins / They came from Yorkshire known there as Mather and known as such in Co. Dublin - Mid Eastern Leinster since the 17th Century and later in Co. Armagh - South East Ulster / Mathers used in Ulster / Also changed to Mathews in Co. Down - South East Ulster. Matheson / See Mac Math. Mathew / English origins / Fr. Theobold Mathew was from Thomastown in Co. Tipperary - Northern Munster. Matthews / English origins / They were in Ulster and Co. Louth - North East Leinster / Used also as synonym for Mac Mahon, which see, there. Mattimoe or Milmoe / Irish - Ui Maolmhuadh - Molloy a derivative / A Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Silmurray Sept - Family branch who had their territory in Co. Roscommon - Eastern Connacht / Millamoe & Mallimoe were used as transition forms from Milmoe to Mattimoe. *87.Brion. Maturin / French Huguenot origins / Maude / They were among the Irish speakers in the Connemara in the west of Co. Galway - Southern Connacht. Maude / English origins / They were in Co. Kilkenny - Western Leinster in the 17th Century. Mac Maugh / See Mac Math. O Maughan / Used as a variant for Maghan & Mohan, which see. Maume / Used for Maune, which see. +On to Maun - Meath *Irish Heritage |
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Situated on the western bank of the Hunter River, midway between Muswellbrook & Denman the doorway to the Heart of Australia's "Horse Capital" in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales., Australia. John & Sue Markham RAINBOW FARMS 603 Roxburgh Road., Muswellbrook., 2333. 02 65 479 100 - Fax: 02 65 479 102 E - Mail: www.rainbowfarms@bigpond.com |