O'Callaghan
O'Callaghan(/əˈkæləhən,oʊ-,-hæn,-ɡən,-ɡæn/[1][2]) or simplyCallaghanwithout the prefix (anglicized from two separate surnames and clans,Ó Ceallacháin,Munster Clan.Ó Ceileacháin,Oriel Clan)is an Irish surname.
Origin and meaning
[edit]Munster
[edit]The surname means descendant ofCeallachánwho was theEóganachtaKing of Munsterfrom AD 935 until 954. The personal nameCellachmeans 'bright-headed'. The principal Munsterseptof the name Callaghan were lords ofCineál AodhainSouth Corkoriginally. This area is west ofMallowalong theBlackwater river valley.The family were dispossessed of their ancestral home and 24,000 acres (97 km2) by theCromwellian Plantationand settled inEast Clare.[3]
The O'Callaghan land near Mallow, forfeited by Donough O'Callaghan after the Irish rebellion of 1641, came into the hands of a family called Longfield or Longueville, who built a 20-bedroom Georgian mansion there.[citation needed]In a twist of history, 500 acres (2.0 km2) of the ancient O'Callaghan land returned to O'Callaghan hands in the twentieth century, when Longueville House was bought by a descendant of Donough O'Callaghan. The ancestral estate of the O'Callaghans, now a luxury hotel, is owned by William O'Callaghan.[4]
Oriel
[edit]An entirely different sept, Ó Ceileacháin in Irish, is to be found in the counties Armagh, Louth, Meath and Monaghan. It has been anglicised as Callaghan, Kelaghan, Keelaghan, Kealahan and other variants. InCounty Meath,where it is widespread but has been found mainly in the parishes ofKells,TrimandAthboy,it is mainly anglicised as Callahan, Callaghan or O'Callaghan (with local spelling variants). InCounty Westmeathit is found in the form Kellaghan and Kelleghan. InCounty Monaghanit is often found as Keelan.[5]
Members of the Ó Ceileacháin family were mentioned in theAnnals of the Four Mastersas being lords of Uí Breasail, a district on the southern shore ofLough Neagh,and priors ofArmaghin the 11th century.[6]
People
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[edit]- Barry O'Callaghan(born 1969): CEO of Riverdeep Interactive Learning
- Bill O'Callaghan(1868–1946): Irish hurler
- Billy O'Callaghan(born 1974): Irish novelist and short-story writer
- Cian O'Callaghan(born 1979): politician, Irish Social Democrats
- Con O'Callaghan (decathlete)(1908–1976): Ireland's first Olympic decathlete; brother ofPat O'Callaghan
- David O'Callaghan (dual player)(born 1983)
- David O'Callaghan (Kerry Gaelic footballer)(born 1987)
- Denis O'Callaghan(born 1949): Australian rules footballer
- Donncha O'Callaghan(born 1979): Irish international rugby union player
- Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan(1797–1880): doctor, journalist, and leader of political movements in Ireland and Quebec
- Gareth O'Callaghan(born 1961): Irish broadcaster & Author
- Gary O'Callaghan,(1933–2017): Australian radio announcer
- George O'CallaghanIrish footballer
- George O'Callaghan-Westropp(1864–1944): Irish landowner and politician
- George O'Callaghan, 2nd Viscount Lismore(1815 – 1898) Irish peer and British Army officer
- Geraldine O'Callaghan:kickboxer
- Jim O'Callaghan(born 1968): Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- John O'Callaghan (Medal of Honor)(1850–1899): American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- John O'Callaghan:Irish musician and DJ
- José O'Callaghan Martínez(1922–2001): Spanish Jesuit, papyrologist and Biblical scholar
- Joseph O'Callaghan(1824–1869): American Jesuit educator
- Joseph T. O'Callahan(1905–1964): Captain, US Navy, Jesuit priest, Medal of Honor recipient
- Kevin O'CallaghanIrish footballer
- Kilian O'Callaghan(born 1963): ballet dancer and teacher, from Monkstown, Co. Cork
- Leland James O'Callaghan(1915–1997): American businessman and politician from Georgia
- Miriam O'Callaghan (camogie):26th president of the Camogie Association
- Miriam O'Callaghan (media personality)(born 1957): Irish television current affairs presenter with RTÉ
- Mollie O'CallaghanAustralian Olympic Swimming Gold Medallist
- Pat O'Callaghan(1906–1991): first Irish athlete to win an Olympic medal
- Robert O'Callaghan (British Army officer)(1777–1840):British Armyofficer and politician
- R. E. O'Callaghan(1855–1936): English vegetarianism activist, lecturer and writer
- Seán O'Callaghan(1954–2017): IRA informer from Tralee, County Kerry
- Sian O'Callaghan(1988–2011): murder victim from Swindon, Wiltshire, UK
- Therése O'Callaghan:camogie player captain
Places
[edit]- O'Callaghans Mills,County Clare, Ireland
- Liscallaghan, old Irish name forFivemiletown,County Tyrone
See also
[edit]- Irish nobility
- Eóganachta
- Eóganacht Chaisil
- Irish royal families
- Chief of the Name
- Callahan (disambiguation)
- Callihan
- Other Munster families
References
[edit]- ^Wells, John C. (2008),Longman Pronunciation Dictionary(3rd ed.), Longman, p. 557,ISBN9781405881180
- ^Jones, Daniel(2003) [1917], Peter Roach; James Hartmann; Jane Setter (eds.),English Pronouncing Dictionary,Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,ISBN3-12-539683-2
- ^"MS UR 051345".sources.nli.ie.Retrieved1 January2018.
- ^"Home – Cork Accommodation – Longueville House Hotel".www.longuevillehouse.ie.Archived fromthe originalon 21 January 2021.Retrieved1 January2018.
- ^Edward McLysaght: Irish Families, Their Names, Arms and Origins
- ^Annála Rioghachta Éireann: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland
Further reading
[edit]- Bugge, Alexander (ed. and tr.), Caithreim Cellachain Caisil: The Victorious Career of Cellachan of Cashel Christiania: J. Chr. Gundersens Bogtrykkeri. 1905.
- Curley, Walter J.P.,Vanishing Kingdoms: The Irish Chiefs and their Families.Dublin: Lilliput Press. 2004.
- Laffan, Thomas (1911).Tipperary Families: Being The Hearth Money Records for 1665–1667.James Duffy & Co.
- O'Hart, John, Irish Pedigrees. Dublin. 5th edition, 1892.
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