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                                                                              O Patrick - Pepper 

O Patrick or Mulpatrick - Irish / Ua Maolphadraig (Descended from a devotee of St. Patrick) A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster.

Patrick. Used to abbreviate Fitz Patrick, which see.

Patrick. They were in Ireland in Medieval Times.

Mac Patrick. Highland Scottish origins. A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain branch of the Clann Lamont, which see.

Patrick (Fitz) See Fitz Patrick. A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Colla "da Crioch" Sept / Family branch. Ancestors - *85.Colla "da Crioch"/ "Focrith" - of the Two Countries (Airthir / Ui Cremthainn), 84.Eochy / Echu "Doimhlen," *83.Cairbre "Liffeachair" the 116th King of Tara / Ireland. 

Fitz Patrick - Irish / Mheic Giolla Phadraig (Descended from *114.Donough / Donnchadh a son of 113.Giolla Padraig (The servant of St. Patrick) A Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla Sept / Family branch - who were the Chiefs of Upper Ossory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster originally also known as Gil Patrick, which is their correct Irish name. Due to their proximity to "The English Pale" around Dublin in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster they came to use the French term "fils" for son, which was expressed by the Normans as "Fitz" instead. In the 10th Century AD they were the Kings of Ossory in their kingdom of Upper Ossory, which also took in parts of Co. Laois as well as Co. Kilkenny. In the16th Century AD the leading Sept accepted the English title of Lord Baron of Upper Ossory from Henry VIII and became a non - Catholic, which enabled them to hold onto most of their territory there until the 19th Century AD. Ancestors - *60.Laoghaire "Lorc" the 68th King of Tara / Erinn through 77.Breasal “Breac” the father of, 78.Connla who inherited the south from him from the River Barrow to the sea. Later his descendant 87.Angus / Aonghus "Osruighe" became the direct ancestor of the aristocratic Gaelic Milesian Kings of Ossory who were also based on the original Fir Bolg tribe there. *78.Connla's brother, 78.Lewy / Ui Lughaidh also became the ancestor of the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge and Ui Cheinnselaig Kings of Leinster as his father also gave him the territory on the north side of the River Barrow from Drogheda in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster down to Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster. They were to eventually lose their territory in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory after the Anglo - Norman Invasion in the 12th Century AD.

Fitz Patrick. They were in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster.

Gil Patrick. See - Fitz Patrick and also Patterson.

Patten or Patton or Paton. See - Peyton.

Patterson - Irish / Mheic Gilla Phadraig - (Descended from a son of a devotee of St. Patrick) Also anglicized as Mac Phaidin, Mac Patrick, Mac Fadden and Mac Padden, which see.

Patterson or Pattinson. Used as a synonym for Cussane, which see / casan - path - who were in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht.

Patterson or Pattinson or Mac Phaidin (Descended from a son of Patrick) Lowland Scottish origins. They were in Co. Down in the south - east of the Ulster Province.

Mac Partian -

Patton. English toponymic origins. No connection to Peyton / Patton, in Co. Donegal in the north - east of the Ulster Province.

Mac Paul. Used as a synonym for Mac Phail and Mac Fall, which see. Also see - Mac Mulfoal.

St. Paul -See under St.

Pay. See - Pey.

Payne. English origins. They were in Ireland in the 14th Century AD. There was a Paynestown in 5 Leinster Province regions and in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province, and they were later in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster. Also see - Pyne.

Payton. English toponymic origins - but not in Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province. See also - Peyton.

Peacock. English origins. They were in Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster in the early 15th Century AD.

Mac Peake. Gaelic / Mheic Peice - peic / thickset man.) English origins. They were in Co. Derry and nearby in Co. Tyrone in the Ulster Province.

Peard / pear - head. They were in Co. Cork in Southern Munster in the 17th Century AD. See also - Peart.

Pearse / Phiarsaigh. See - Pierce.

Pearson. (Son of Piers.) They were in Ireland in the 17th Century AD and were in the Leinster Province in the 18th Century AD.

Peart or Peat. English origins. They were in Ireland in 1659 AD in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster. Later some also came from Newark - on - Trent in the 18th Century AD. May also be a variant of Perrot, which see.

Peck -

Pedlow / pied de loup. French origins. Recent arrivals they were in Co. Armagh and Co. Antrim in the east of the Ulster Province.

Peebles. Scottish toponymic  origins. Also used as a synonym for Peoples, which see, in the Ulster Province.

Peery. See - Perry.

Pegnam. See - Pagnam.

Pelly. French and English origins.  They were in Co. Galway and nearby in Co. Roscommon in Southern Connacht in 1656 AD to where they were transplanted for being Catholic.

Pembroke. Welsh toponymic origins. They were in Ireland in Medieval Times and in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province & Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster in the 17th Century AD.

Penkeston -

Pender or Pendy or Pinder. Used to abbreviate Prendergast, which see.

Penn. They were in Co. Cork in Southern Munster.

Pennefather or Pennyfather. English origins. They came into Ireland with the Oliver Cromwell Invasion and were among the Landed Gentry in the Leinster Province and the Munster Province. Pennyfeather, Panfare etc are variants.

Pennington -

Pennteney -

Penny. They were originally in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster in 1296 AD, while those in Co. Cork in Southern Munster are recent arrivals.

Penrose. Quaker origins. Originally from Penrose in Cornwall and then to Yorkshire and later into Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province and nearby in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster at the end of the 17th Century AD

Pentheny or Penteny or Pentony or Penteney / de Repenteny. Norman French origins. They were in Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster in the 12th Century AD and were later also in Co. Louth in the north - east, and nearby in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster. Penteny, etc were in use from the 14th Century AD on.

Peoples, or O Deeny, which see - Irish / Ua Duibhne. Anglicized as such due to a similar sound to daoine / people.

De Peppard or Pepard. Norman origins. they were in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster in 1185 AD and in 1253 AD Roger de Pippart built a Castle at Ardee there. A branch was also in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster. Pepper also used as a synonym for it.

Pepper. They held Ballygarth Castle at Laytown in Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster for over 250 years. See also - Peppard.

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