O Shiel or Shields

O Shiel or Shields - Irish / Ua Siodhail. A Sept / Family branch, who were hereditary physicians who had their territory in Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province. They also had a branch in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster.

O Shiel or Shields - Irish / Ui Siodhail. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn 3 Colla kingdom of Airghialla / Oriel in Southern Ulster and nearby in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster. They were also in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province and were Chiefs in Co. Westmeath in the south - east of Southern Leinster.

Shier. See - Shire.

Shinagh. Used as a synonym for Fox, which see. See also Shinnagh.

O Shinane - Irish / Ua Sionain. A Sept / Family branch who had their territory in the west of Co. Clare in the north - west of Thomond / Tuaisceart Mhumhain / Northern Munster. Many changed to Shannon - Irish / Ua Seanain.

O Shine - Irish / Ua Seighin - seigene / small hawk. A Sept / Family branch who had their territory in Co. Cork and Co. Kerry in Desmond / Des Mhumhain / Southern Munster.

Shinkwin. Used as a variant for Jenkin, which see, Gaelicized as Sinicin or Sinchin. They were in Co. Cork in Southern Munster.

Shinnagh or Shunagh or Shunny - Irish / Ua Sionnach / Ua Sionnaigh. A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Fiachrach Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Galway and Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province. Used there as a synonym with Fox, which see. Their O Kearney, which see - Irish / Ui Cathernaigh Chief was known as "The Fox" - Irish / an Sionnach. Ancestors -*Catharnach, *87.Fiachra the King of Connacht (Ui Fiachrach).

O Shinnick - Irish / Ua Sionnaigh - sionnach / fox. A Sept / Family branch who had their territory in Co. Cork in Desmond / Des Mhumhain / Southern Munster. May also be confused with Shinkwin there, which see. Shinnock used as a synonym also, which see.

Shinnock or Sinnock or Sinnot. See - Shinnick.

Shinnors. Anglo Norman origins. Cognate with Skinner. They were in the north of Co. Tipperary and nearby in Co. Limerick in the north of the Munster Province.

Shipsey. May be of English origins and may be a variation for Shipside. They have been in the west of Co. Cork in Southern Munster since the early 18th Century AD.

Shire or Shier. Originally Shier - German Palatine origins. They were in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province.

Shirley -

Shirra. See - Shera.

Shivers. Used as a variant for Chivers, which see, in Co. Tyrone in Central Ulster.

Shivnan. Origins unknown as yet. May be a variant for Shevlin, which see, used in the Connacht Province.

Shore -

Short or Shortman or Shortell. English origins. They were in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster and also in the Ulster Province. See also - Mac Girr - Irish / Mheic an Ghirr.

Shortall / Soirteil / Seartal. They were in Ireland in the 13th Century AD in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster where Geoffrey & William Shortall were witnesses to the Charter of the Abbey in the Cantred of Kells. Their Baleif Castle ruins are 3 mile east of Urlingford in Co. Cork in Southern Munster and their Trubley Castle ruins, which are 3 mile east of Trim in Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster. Tubrid is near Clomantagh Castle, which was also owned by them and is still there in good condition. They also became "More Irish then the Irish."

Shorten. They were in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster in the 17th Century AD where it was may have been a variant of Shorthall. Later they were mostly to be found in Co. Cork in Southern Munster.

Shouldice. German Palatine origins. They were initially in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province.

Shouldice or Sholedice or Sholdis. They were in the north of the Leinster Province and nearby in the east of the Ulster Province.

O Shovelin. Used as a variant for O Shevlin, which see.

Shoye. Used as a variant for Joyce, which see.

Shreenan. See - Sreenan.

O Shryhane. See - Strahan.

Shugrue. See - Sugrue.

Shunny. See - Shinagh.

Sibbery. English toponymic origins. They were in Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht.

Sibthorpe -

Sides. See - Sydes.

Sidney -

Sigerson. Norse origins. Gaelicized as Mheic Siogar. They have been in Ireland since the 16th Century AD and are now in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province.

Siggins / Sigin. Anglo Saxon origins. They have been in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster since the 13th Century AD and became "More Irish then the Irish."

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