FAILURES
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REASON FOR FAILURE
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SUCCESSES
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Cunningham of Donegal
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Cunningham is used as an anglicization for too many Irish families in
this area.
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Sweeney
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Quinn / Ó Cuinn
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There are several unrelated Quinn families, usually too many in any
given place to be sure of their ancestral Seanchas.
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Crowley of Co. Cork
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Gilday / Mac Giolla Dhé
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The location and migration of this family are easily identified, but not
their ancient Seanchas.
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Hoy / Ó hEochaidh of Co. Down
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Scott
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Scott means an individual from Scotland. It typically obscures the
original surname, and therefore its Seanchas.
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Boyle of Co. Donegal
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Gooley of Co. Tipperary
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Too many Irish Gaelic names in the Tipperary area are anglicized
using this name.
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Cassidy
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Keeley / Ó Cadhla of Co.
Waterford
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Although noted in ancient seanchas, the origin of this sloinne is
unclear.
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Connell of Co. Kerry
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Kelly / Ó Ceallaigh of Monaghan
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The Kellys of Monaghan might descend from separate, unrelated
families of Ó Ceallaigh originally seated in Louth, Leitrim, or even what
is now Co. Dublin. The last were dispersed throughout Ireland after
the 13th century.
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McCaffrey of Co. Fermanagh
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Mark of Co. Antrim
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Mark is a cover-name for two separate Irish Gaelic families in Co.
Antrim plus one planter family, probably of Scottish origin.
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Crowley of Co. Cork
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McCann of Meath / Westmeath
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There are 3 separate, unrelated Irish families who use McCann as the
anglicized form of their name in this area.
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Dampsy of Offaly / Laois
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Moloney of Co. Kerry
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More than one Irish families uses Moloney as the anglicized form of
their name in Co. Kerry.
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Flood of Co. Longford
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Tarrant / Ó Toráin of Co. Cork
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The seanchas for this sloinne no longer exists.
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Geary of Co. Limerick
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Tarsnane / Ó Tasnáin of Co.
Clare
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The seanchas for this sloinne no longer exists.
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Gilfoil
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Dinan / Ó Daghnáin of Co. Clare
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The seanchas for this sloinne no longer exists.
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Shiels/Sheels/Shields
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Hartneady / ÓhAirtnéada of Co.
Clare
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The seanchas for this sloinne no longer exists.
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Lan(n)an of Co. Roscommon
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McMenomy / Mac Meanman of
Co. Donegal
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The seanchas for this sloinne no longer exists.
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Monnelly / Munnelly of Co. Mayo
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Charles of Co. Donegal
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Charles is a cover-name for more than one Irish Gaelic family in this
area.
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McAfee of Co. Antrim
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Cox of Co. Fermanagh
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This is a cover-name for at least 1 Irish Gaelic family, plus the name of
2 separate planter families in this area.
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Wise of Co. Waterford
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Ó hAileagáin / Halligan of Co.
Longford
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The seanchas for this sloinne no longer exists.
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McClarity
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This appears to be a phantom surname, an anglicization developed
outside of Ireland which obscures the original surname.
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