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Geoghegan (Irish: Mag Eochagáin) is a surname of Irish origin.

Often spelled without the prefix "Mac", the name has many variants, including Gehegan, Geoghan, Geohegan, Gahagan, Gagan, and Gagon which approximate the most common pronunciations of the name. It is usually pronounced /ˈɡeɪɡən/ GAY-gən, /ˈɡɛhəɡən/ GEH-hə-gən or /ˈɡoʊhɪɡən/ GOH-hig-ən. In Irish it is Mag Eochagáin, from "Eochaidh," a popular medieval Irish and Scottish Gaelic name deriving from Old Irish ech, meaning "horse." The initial "G" of Geoghegan comes from the prefix Mag, a variant of Mac and the anglicised form Mageoghegan or McGeoghegan was formerly much used.

History

Correlation to ancient figures

The sept of the MacGeoghegans is of the southern

Tuatha de Danann
.

Niall's mother was Carthann Cas Dubh, daughter of the king of Britain. Niall's first wife was Inné, mother of his son

Egyptian Pharaoh Nectanebo II
. From there the line is sometimes traced to Niul who was married to the daughter of Pharaoh Cingris.

Niall of the Nine Hostages

Main article: Niall of the Nine Hostages

Niall Noígíallach (

Airgialla (literally "hostage-givers"), a satellite state founded by the Ui Néill's conquests in Ulster, noting that the early Irish legal text Lebor na gCeart ("The Book of Rights") says that the only duty of the Airgialla to the King of Ireland was to give him nine hostages.[4]
: 222–232 

His son

Offaly and their southern territory became known as Fir Cell (land of the churches), and later the Barony of Moycashel.[5] His son Túathal established a northern branch and his son Úathnemgenn a southern branch. Another son Crimthann was great-grandfather of a local saint Áed mac Bricc (died 589).[6]

On the other hand, it is claimed in the early 15th-century manuscript called

Leabhar Breac that the Geoghegans are descended, not from Fiachu, son of Niall, but from a plebeian, Fiachu, son of Aedh. This claim so enraged the descendants of Fiachu, that they killed the author of the passage, even though he was under the protection of Suanach, the abbot of the monastery of Rahin.[7]

Geoghegans

There have been several notable Geoghegans including:[citation needed]

  • Michael Geoghegan (b. 1953), British former chief executive of HSBC
  • Thomas Geoghegan (b. 1949), American labour lawyer and politician
  • John Geoghegan (b. 1956), midfielder, Accrington Stanley FC
  • John Michael Geoghegan (1881-1847), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Richard M. Nixon
    propelled him into national politics
  • In the late 1800s, William Geoghegan & his brother
    Samuel were respectively head brewer and chief engineer of the Guinness brewery in Dublin
    .
  • Ted Geoghegan (b. 1979), American movie director known for his movie We Are Still Here
  • Roche MacGeoghegan (1580–1644), Irish Dominican prelate, "saintly and enterprising" Bishop of Kildare
  • Richard Henry Geoghegan, British linguist known for his study of native Alaskan languages and for introducing Esperanto to the anglophone world
  • Richard MacGeoghegan, commanded the defenders at the siege of Dunboy Castle at Berehaven, County Cork in 1601[citation needed]
  • Conal MacGeoghegan, Chief of the Sept, translator of the Annals of Clonmacnoise
    into English in 1627
  • James MacGeoghegan (1702–1764), Irish priest and historian
  • Anthony Geoghegan (1810–1889), poet
  • A branch of the MacGeoghegan sept settled in Bunowen, County Galway, and the name is found in that county as well as in their original territory. In the West it has been often shortened to Geoghan and even Gegan. In 1807, John Geoghegan of Bunowen Castle, County Galway assumed by royal licence the surname of O'Neill in lieu of Geoghegan and so his descendants.
  • John Geoghegan, Mayor of City of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, 1994–2003
  • Simon Geoghegan, Ireland rugby international player
  • Research, Innovation and Science
    ,
  • Society of British Aircraft Constructors
    ,
  • Vincent Geoghegan, British historian
  • Sally Geoghegan, English Grange Hill actress
  • Tao Geoghegan Hart, British professional cyclist with the Ineos Grenadiers cycling team
  • Eve Geoghegan, British Baroque Violinist

Moycashel lineages

The book Irish Pedigrees: Or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation by John O'Hart[8] lists the direct lineage from Niall of the Nine Hostages to the ancestors of the modern day Geoghegans and Gahagans.

See also

References

  1. ^ noí, nine; gíall, a human pledge or hostage; the possessive suffix -ach (Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, 1990, pp. 360, 479–480; Rudolf Thurneysen, A Grammar of Old Irish, 1946, p. 220). Also spelled Noí nGiallach, Naígiallach, Naoighiallach etc
  2. ^ Tom Peete Cross & Clark Harris Slover (eds.), "The Death of Niall of the Nine Hostages", Ancient Irish Tales, 1936, pp. 514–517
  3. ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.48, 1.49, 1.50, 51, 52
  4. ^ T. F. O'Rahilly, Early Irish History and Mythology, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1946
  5. ^ Byrne, Irish Kings and High Kings, p. 93.
  6. ^ Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland, Appendix VII.
  7. ^ "Geoghegan Family Society Family History Page". Archived from the original on 19 December 2000.
  8. ^ O'Hart, John (1892). Irish Pedigrees: Or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. Dublin, J. Duffy and Co.; New York, Benziger Bros.

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