Gallagher family
Gallagher Ó Gallchobhair | |
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Parent house | Northern Uí Néill |
Country | Kingdom of Tyrconnell |
Founder | Gallchobhar mac Rorcain |
Titles |
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Cadet branches | Cannon O'Muldorey |
The Gallagher (
Naming conventions
Male | Daughter | Wife (Long) | Wife (Short) |
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Ó Gallchobhair | Ní Ghallchobhair | Bean Uí Ghallchobhair | Uí Ghallchobhair |
Ó Gallachóir | Ní Ghallachóir | Bean Uí Ghallachóir | Uí Ghallachóir |
Ancestry
Origins
Genetic analysis of Gallagher
The prefix Mac means 'son of' and the now more popular Ua (later Ó') means 'grandson of, or, of the generations of'.[6]
Niall Noígiallach, died c. A.D.455. | |________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Conall Gulban Eógan Cairpre Fiacha Conall Cremthainne Lóegaire | | | | | | | | | | | | |Cenél Lóegaire| | | |Cenél Cairpre/ \ | / \ | / \ | Clann Cholmáin Síl nÁedo Sláine |In Fochla| |_________________________________________________ | | Fergus Cennfota | |_________________________________________________ | | Sétna | |_________________________________________________ | | | | |Ainmuire mac Sétnai, d. 569 Lugaid Rí/King of Ireland| |Cenél Lugdach|__________________________________________________ | |598| |__________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | |597| | |_____________ | | | | | | | Cellach Conall Cael | | both died654| | | ~ | | | Gallchobar | (Clann Ua Gallchobair) | |___________________________________________________________ | |650| |Further Cenél Conaill.
History
The O'Gallagher
One modern and therefore
The family's origins are with the
It would appear that the previously obscure
The modern surname system began c. 900,[6] but wasn't adopted in its entirety until about 1100. Despite the legend that Brian Boru was somehow responsible for the widespread implementation of this naming system, the custom may have developed of its own accord as the Irish population grew in size.[11]
The Ó Gallchobhair
16th century Tudor-era
In the 16th century, the Ó Gallchobairs also opposed the Ó Donnells for a short time for religious reasons after
With the death of Edmond, the Pope appointed another Gallagher as Bishop of Raphoe in his place, although this bishop was not capable of assuming this position until the arrival of the English queen
Redmond O'Gallagher was appointed
17th century and the Flight of the Earls
In the Annals of the Four Masters, on 14 September 1607, mention by Tadhg Ó Cianáin is made of five Gallaghers named Cathaoir (mac Toimlin), Cathaoir (mac Airt), Toirleach Corrach, Tuathal and Aodh Og, who accompanied the O'Donnell 'Earls', as they fled Ireland. They stayed in Belgium and joined the O'Neill regiment in the Spanish Army of Flanders. The regiment fought against the Dutch during the Eighty Years' War. Aodh Ó Gallchobhair and his wife (mentor and nursemaid of O'Donnell sons) chose to travel with the O'Donnells to Rome.[14][15]
Michael Gallagher was the first to arrive in North America as a merchant fur trader, in the year 1750.
18th to 19th century under the British Act of Union
Captain Gallagher (died 1818) was an Irish highwayman who, as one of the later Irish rapparees (guerrillas), led a bandit group in the hills of the Irish countryside, armed with the Blunderbuss of the day, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[16][17][18]
Born in
His attacks on landowners were especially widely known and, in one reported incident, Gallagher and his men raided the home of an extremely unpopular landlord in Killasser and forced him to eat half a dozen eviction notices he had recently drawn up for nearly half a dozen tenant farmers before escaping with silver and other valuables.
Although successfully evading British patrols for some time, he was finally apprehended by authorities in the parish of Coolcarney (or possibly Attymass) near the foothills of the Ox Mountains while recovering from an illness at a friend's home during Christmas.
He had been informed on by a neighbour whom Gallagher had formerly helped after sending a message of Gallagher's whereabouts to the British commanding officer at
Shortly before his execution, he had claimed to the British commanding officer that his treasure had been hidden under a rock in the woods of Barnalyra. After Gallagher's execution, the officer quickly led several cavalryman to Barnalyra who discovered there were thousands of rocks in the wood, upon a long search of all the rocks within the area, they reportedly only recovered a jewel hilted sword. It has been speculated that Gallagher may have been hoping to lead them to the site in the hopes his men would be able to rescue him from their hideout near the Derryronane-Curryane border although the treasure was never recovered.
Irish war of Independence
Cork Free Press's Frank Gallagher, hired by William O'Brien of the political party, the All-for-Ireland League, was a prominent Sinn Féin supporter in the press. However, the paper was censored and suppressed in 1916 after Frank, as its republican editor, accused the British authorities of lying about the conditions and situation of republican prisoners in Frongoch internment camp.[19] In December 1931, Gallagher now at The Irish Press, was prosecuted by the Irish Free State military tribunal for publishing Seditious libel, articles alleging that Gardaí had mistreated the opponents (Anti-Treaty republicans) of the Irish Free State government. This was facilitated by Amendment No. 17 of Constitution of the Irish Free State and Gallagher was convicted and fined £50.[20] Frank is most well known for penning Four Glorious Years 1918–1921[21] and becoming the deputy director of the first Dáil's Department of Publicity in March 1921, assisting his colleague Erskine Childers, and together they published the Irish Bulletin.[22] In 1965 his book The Anglo-Irish Treaty was published posthumously.[23] In 1974 The indivisible island: the history of the partition of Ireland was to be his last published, again posthumously.[24]
Harry Gallagher and his wife Eileen Gallagher were the founders of Urney Chocolates. Their son was Redmond Gallagher, an Irish nationalist, racing driver and businessman who was introduced to Adolf Hitler in 1934.[25][26]
Arms
The Gallagher
See also
- Gallagher (surname)
- List of Irish clans in Ulster
- Northern Uí Néill
- Branches of the Cenél Conaill
- Gaelic nobility of Ireland
- O'Donnell dynasty
- O'Doherty family
- Dubgaill and Finngaill
References
- ^ a b Gray, Iain (2016). Gallagher: The origins of the family name of Gallagher and their place in history. Lang Syne.
- ^ a b A Y-Chromosome Signature of Hegemony in Gaelic Ireland. Laoise T. Moore
- ^ O'Donovan (1858). The Annals of Ireland (2nd ed.). Dublin.
- ^ Woulfe, Patrick (1923). "Ó Gallchobhair - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ a b "From Máel Coba Ua Gallchobair and His Early Family by TG Ó Canann – 2004, Journal of RSAI Archiver > DNA-R1B1C7 > 2011–12 > 1325125843".
- ^ a b "The First Irish Surnames Written by Darren McGettigan".
- ^ Families of Co. Donegal Ireland: From the Earliest Times to the 20th Century... by Michael C. O'Laughlin. 2001, p. 82
- ^ "Gallagher One-Name Study". Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Gallagher clan background".
- ^ a b c "Donegal Generations". Tomgallen.com. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "The Origin of Irish Surnames". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.
- ^ MacLysaght, Edward (1957). Irish Families, Their Names, Arms and Origins. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co. pp. 153–154.
- ^ "This page honors the memory of Mary Gallagher of Donegal".
- ^ http://www.flightoftheearls.ie Archived 5 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Flight of the Earls through Switzerland". Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ "The Irish Highwayman" as told in "Tales from the West of Ireland" by Sean Henry".
- ^ a b "In the story it mentions an area called Barnalyra, this is roughly where Knock Airport is now built" Eithne Gallagher Sligo, Ireland.
- ^ "Subject: [IRELAND] Tales from the West of Ireland".
- ISBN 0-7165-2829-0
- ^ Horgan, J., Irish Media: a critical history since 1922. London: Routledge, 2001.
- ^ "Four Glorious Years 1918–1921 ISBN 978-1841317847".
- ^ Maume, Patrick: A Nursery of Editors; the Cork Free Press, 1910–16 in "History IRELAND" March/April 2007 pp.44–46
- ^ "The Anglo-Irish treaty book by Frank Gallagher | 0 available edition | Alibris Books". Alibris.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ISBN 9780837175157.
- ^ "Gallagher, Redmond | Dictionary of Irish Biography". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Stylish pioneer in postwar Ireland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "American Heraldry Society". www.americanheraldry.org. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ MacLysaght, Edward (1957). Irish Families, Their Names, Arms and Origins. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co. p. plate XII.
- ^ "Etymology & Arms". galaher. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "O'Gallagher Family Crest and History". Celticradio.net. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Heraldry". Archived from the original on 7 March 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
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Further reading
- Heraldry and Genealogy (Dublin, 1978)
- Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 134 (2004). Ó Cannan, T. Máel Coba Ua Gallchobair and His Early Family Background.
- Irish Chiefs and leaders, Paul Walsh, 1960. Allegedly contains further reading according to "Families of Co. Donegal Ireland: From the Earliest Times to the 20th Century ... By Michael C. O'Laughlin. 2001, pg 82"
External links
- Gallagher family pedigree at Library Ireland
- Gallagher Clan
- Misc Notes On the Gallagher Surname Collected Over Time
- Amateur historian, Michael Monroe Gollaher's interpretation of Gallagher genealogy information in, Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume III in Aug 2000
- The 'Irish Times interactive map of 'Gallagher households in each county in the Primary Valuation property survey of 1847–64' Archived 15 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine