Mac Padden or Padine

Mac Padden or Mac Padine - Gaelic / Mheic Paidin (Descended from a son of Patrick.) Taken up by some branches of the Barretts, and Stauntons, which see, in the Connacht Province. Not connected to Mac Fadden / Mac Padin in the same region. See also Patterson, Pattinson and Mac Fadden.

Padin. See - Mac Fadden, Patterson and Pattinson.

Page. English origins. They have been in Ireland since the 16th Century AD, and even earlier, and were prominent in the east of Co. Galway in Southern Connacht and in the Ulster Province were it was also Gaelicized as Mheic Giolla (Descended from a son of a devotee)

Pagnam or Pegnam. Used as synonyms for Pakenham in Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht and nearby in Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of the Ulster Province.

Paisley or Peisly. Scottish toponymic origins. They came into Ireland from Renfrewshire and were in 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 and the Foreign non - Catholic Plantations there. Some were Quakers.

Pakenham - They were in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster in the 16th Century AD.

Paine or Pain - See Payne.

Pallas / Pailis / de Palatio. They came into Ireland from Lombardy in the 15th Century AD and were mostly in Southern Ulster and nearby in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.

Pallin. (Descended from John) who was actually an "Adventurer" during the Oliver Cromwell Invasion and they were in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster and were also in Northern Leinster.

Palliser or Pallisar -

Palmer. See - Mullover.

Palmer. Le Paumer / pilgrim - Norman Danish English origins. They have been in Co. Dublin, Co. Meath and Co. Louth in the east of Leinster Province since the 13th Century AD.

Panneen. Used as a synonym for Fanning, which see, in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province.

Panting -

De Paor. See also le Poer. The Vale of Glendalough and the Sugar Loaf Mountains, Enniskerry & Dargle near Bray is were Lord Powerscourt has 26,000 acres that was originally secured from the Irish Families there by de la Poer who was with Strongbow / Richard de Clare during the Anglo - Norman Invasion. It was later retaken by the "ferocious" Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge O Byrnes & O Tooles in Henry VIII’s reign then retaken from them and given to the Talbots until 1608 when it was then given by James 1st to Sir Richard Wingfield who was then created Lord Powerscourt in 1618 AD.

Parish. See - Parris.

Parke or Parkes -

Parker. Pairceir / parquier / park keeper. French origins. They came into Ireland in Medieval Times.

Parker. Recent arrivals into Ireland who were in the Ulster Province.

Parkinson. English origins. They have been in Ireland 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 and the Foreign non - Catholic Plantations there.

Parle or Parill (Peter.) They have been in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster since the 16th Century AD.

Parle - May be descended from the Parrells? who were on the Island of Islandeady from the 15th - 17th Century AD in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province.

Mac Parlon or Mac Parlone. They were in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster. See also Partlan & Parnell.

Parnell (Peter). English origins. They came from Cheshire in the early 17th Century AD and were in Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster and Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster. Charles Stewart Parnell who stood out as the only one of his kind for the Irish population was from Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster. Also some Parlons at Roscrea changed their name to Parnell.

Parogan or Parrican or Patrican or Patchy. Used as variations for Fitz Patrick in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster.

Parris / Paris or Patricius. English origins. They were in Youghal in Co. Cork in Southern Munster in the early 14th Century AD and were later in the Leinster Province. Parish used as a variant for Paris. No connection to Pharis, which was a synonym of Farris.

Parry -

Parsons. Anglo origins. They were at Parsonstown near Birr in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster near the end of the 16th Century AD. In 1620 AD the Cianachta O Connors of Ely were outlawed by the English and the castle there was granted to Lawrence Parsons. In 1806 AD Richard Parsons was the first English appointed Earl of Rosse who was into sorcery and black magic who died in 1841 AD. Another Lord Rosse in 1845 built the astronomical telescope there in the park, which was the largest in the World at that time of which there are still some remains.

Parsons. Used by the Mac Phersons. Gaelic / Mheic an Phearsain of Highland Scottish origins to abbreviate their name.

Mac Partlan or Mac Parlan - Irish / Mheic Parthalain. A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn 3 Colla Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in the kingdom of Orghialla / Airghialla / Oriel who were poets and scribes in Co. Armagh in the south - east of the Ulster Province. Bartley was used as a synonym. Can also be confused with Mac Farlane of Scottish origins there. Ancestors - *84.Eochy / Echu "Doimhlen," *83.Cairbre "Liffeachair" the 116th King of Tara / Ireland.

Mac Partlan. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht.

Partridge (the bird) English origins. They came into Ireland during the Oliver Cromwell Invasion. Some changed to Partrick and Patrick.

Passeunt or Passevant -

+ On to O Patrick - Pepper

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