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The Book of Irish Families, great & small

Final Edition
When I first put this book together waay back in the 90′s there was no thought of a 4th edition in 2013 ! But here we are, and I imagine this will be the final printing, as time is escaping me.. This final edition has 400 large format pages (8 1/2 x 11), Family Histories, Coats of Arms, and new items like the complete 34 book index to the Irish Family Projects, and family locations from the map of the Four Masters.)

Family Histories
So, we have the 7th printing of The Book of Irish Families, with around 2000 family histories – some running a full column, and some just noted for future reference. (With my library of 3,000 Irish books and the internet to draw from, this book could expand forever.) So within limits of money and time, we also include 700 coats of arms, as we found them, some tattered and torn and several centuries old.

New Master Index added
All 34 books in The Irish Family Project are tied together with this book. The other books in the series are smaller, with more genealogical information, and a few family histories, on a county by county basis. (All 32 Counties in Ireland have their own book in this series!). So then, this book has over 50,000 surnames in the index – for all 34 books in the Irish Families Project and then some. (Just knowing that your name appears in a specific county book, can help narrow a search.)

Location Index
One complete section of the book is the Location Index, most helpful for rarer names and spellings. Here we put our database of Irish names to good use. If you find a name here, it will likely come with the name of a county following it on our list. That county is where we found the name. We included the basic resources like the ’1659 Irish Census’ and the ‘Birth Index of Ireland’ for this part of the book. We also included the variant spelling index, and some older 19th century works. We have many names keyed to a specific Poor Law Union in Ireland, which can also be helpful. A simple asterisk and number follows these names. (Take that number and go to the Poor Law Union index at the end of the section for the district the name is given in.)

Four Masters show locations
We have added another family location aid in this new edition of Irish Families, great & small. We include every family name from the ‘Map of the Four Masters’ as found in our edition of the ‘Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters’. Each name is followed by the county it was shown in on the map found in volume 2 of that work (our Connellan translation, IGF edition).

Free Disc included (free)
I am also including a disc in this edition for the first time. This computer disc has information from one or more of our projects, and is meant to be a helpful introduction some of what we have put together these last 30 years. It is among the first that I have produced, so I do hope you will enjoy it as a free bonus ! (I am putting the CD or DVD disc in the books at random, so each book may have a different bonus with it!).

Launch is June 10, 2013
The book will be on my web site soon (www.Irishroots.com), and I’ll carry a few to the Irish fests in Dublin, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky this year. I’ll also list it on Amazon with my other titles as soon as time permits! Here is the link to my sold out 3rd edition of the book, but I will ship this new 4th edition if you order from this page, at the old price!
http://www.irishroots.com/id4098.htm

So, for the Irish who still love books, this ones for you !

-Mike O’Laughlin
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Families of the Clanna Rory or Rudricians in Ireland

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My Review of:
The History of the Families of The Clanna Rory
or Rudricians. Descendants of Roderick the Great,
Monarch of Ireland.

From Ancient Records
in the Libraries of Trinity College and the Royal Irish Acadamy
From Our Native Annals, The publications of Several Learned Societies
and other reliable sources by R. R. Cronnelly

An Early Work on Irish Families
This book includes an introduction with the ancient genealogy of the clan or family and its various branches. Then, each family is documented with history and stories as available. Some families, like Farrell, O’More or Moore and Reynolds, are given many pages of information. Most families get a full page of coverage. A few families, notably O’Mulvey; Neville; O’Connery; Melody; Keogh, and MacRory or Rodgers are given mention, just giving family lands.

This early work on families in Ireland was a groundbreaking publication in Irish genealogy for these families. The complete index to this work is online at IGF Name Index

Introduction to this edition
This work is of interest to family researchers and historians. It is unique in its era, with the early date of its appearance (1864), and in its subject matter of the Clanna Rory. It came into print before the noted 19th century work ‘The Genealogical History of the Milesian Families of Ireland‘. While the current volume by Cronnelly does not have as many names or charts as found in Milesians, it goes more into much more depth for the families of the Clanna Rory. In this, the researcher will find more hope in uncovering his family history. Historians will also find more material to prove or disprove, as the case may be. Our thanks goes out to members of the Irish Genealogical Foundation who have made the reprinting of these two historical works possible. Those involved with the study of Irish books and family research will appreciate the rare nature of this work published in 19th century Ireland. The reader will note the imperfections on these pages, which appear exactly as in the original in our possession. Surviving from the 19th to the 21st century, we hope you will allow for the ravages of time. (copyright IGF 2002. Introduction by Michael C. O’Laughlin) Some of the actual families that are a part of this Irish sept or clan are listed in the table of contents below, along with a few variant spellings:

Table of Contents
The Rudrician Families in the order in which an account is given in this history:

The Magennises
The O’Mores, Moores
The O’Cronnellys
The O’Dugans (Doogan)
The O’Morans (Moran)
The O’Lennans
The O’Casans
The McGowans or Smiths
The McWards (Ward)
The McScanlans
The O’Kennys (Kinney, Kenney)
The O’Lawlors (Lawler)
The O’Lynches (Lynch)
The O’Mannions (Manning)
The Maginns (Magin)
The M’Colreavys or Grays
The McCartans (Carton)
The O’Carelons
The Clan Fergus
The O’Conors-Kerry (O’Conner etc.)
The O’Conors-Cork (O’Conner etc.)
The O’Loghlens-Burren (O’Loughlin, O’Laughlin)
The O’Kielys (Kiley, etc..)
The M’Shanlys (Shanley)
The McPriors (Pryor etc..)
The O’Ferrals (Farrell etc..)
The O’Roddys (Roddy, Ruddy)
The McFinvars or Gaynors
The McCormicks (Mac Cormack)
The McDorchys, Darcys
The McRaghnaills or Reynolds
The O’Quinns (Quin)
The O’Mulveys (Mulvy)
The O’Neidhes, Neys, Neville
The O’Conarys, Connery
The O’Diochallas
The O’Maoletighsm Melody
The McKeoghs (Kehoe)
The O’Beices
The Mc Maolisas The O’Dugans
The O’Coscridhs (Cosgrove, Cosgrave)
The McRorys or Rodgers (Rogers)
The Corca-Dallan
The Corca-Aulim
The Dal-Confinn
The Ciarruighe Loch an Airneagh
The Ciarruighe Ae, or Ai, or Nao
The Ciarruighe Airteach
The Cinel Buinne
The Gailenga
The Ui Liodan
The Owny Deisceart
The Eoghanacht Aire Cliach
The O’Drennans
The McDubhains or Duanes

Detailed Accounts of Legend or Fact?
This work begins with the existing legends of the earliest times on earth down to the reign of ‘Roderick the Great’ or ‘Rory the Great’, who was a red headed king of Ireland, and them moves into documented historical accounts of each family in Ireland. The Magennises (Guinness etc..) were the senior family of the Irian or Rudrician race – centered in County Down. Families of the Clan Cionga The O’Mores or Moores are given as descended from the Clan Cionga dating back to 1016; the O’Cronnellys of the same Clan came from Louth; The O’Dugans of the Hy Many or Ui Maine, are traced back to Galway and the Sodan; McGowan or Smith are given springing from the Dalariada; The McWards are given as hereditary chiefs to the O’Donnells; Scanlan; Kenny of Meath; Lawlor; Lynch; Maginn; McCartan; O’Carelon and Gray are all given with details and all are of the Clan Cionga.

Families of the Clan Fergus The book then moves on with details of the Clan Fergus down to the 17th century, complete with written description of arms. The Clan Corc comes next, including O’Connor Cork who early had settled in County Clare; also of this clan are given the O’Loughlen Burren with pedigree down to 1600.

Families of the Clan Conmac The Clan Conmac is represented by O’Kiely of West Connaught; MacShanley traced to 1473; MacPrior (Pryor); O’Ferrall, Lords of Analy, of whom several pages are given including pedigrees of the different branches of the family. O’Roddy is also of this clan, traced to 1704 here. The other families of this clan are given along with family history, and they are: McFinvar or Caynor (Gaynor); McCormick; McDorchy (Darcy); Reynolds or McRaghnail which is given with various notes and pedigrees including Thomas and John Reynolds of Dublin, and notes on the family down to 1798; O’Cuinn or O’Quinn and O’Quin of the race of Fergus are included here with many notes as well. The O’Drinans or Drennans are given at the end of this section and noted as having the name changed to Thornton in some cases.
Many of the families above are given with a written description of the arms of the family.

The Final Word Full size 8 1/2 x 11, 90 pages, with heavier parchement cover, from 19th century originals, includes all the families of the Clanna Rory as given. One of the early works of Irish family histories published in Ireland in that century. The companion volumes in this series are: “The Milesian Families of Ireland”; “The Scottish Macs“; and “Irish Genealogies“.

Many researchers will express no interest in an old clan history like this. I, being a fanatic, find it curious and interesting. It is both an early printed work, and perhaps marks the state of the mind at that time for ‘clan’ genealogies.

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About Mike and the Cafe:

Mike is a one of a kind resource.
He has authored 
12 hardbound books;
34 Irish County research guides,

20 CD’s/videos, 300 podcasts,
7 broadcast series’, and
hundreds of
articles. O’Laughlin also publishes
rare
works like ‘The Annals of Ireland
by the Four Masters’;
and ‘Missouri Irish’
(60 works in all, since 1978).
His personal library of 3,000 history
and genealogy books
is consulted daily.
O’Laughlin is also noted as a singer
and
promoter of Irish Sean Nós songs
(old style).
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