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Ó hÁdhmaill is a
Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...
Irish clan from
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. The name is now rendered in many forms, most commonly Hamill. The clan are a branch of
Cenél nEógain Cenél is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cenél Conaill, the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall Noígiallach defined by oral and recorded history * Cenél nEógain (in English, Cenel Eogan) is ...
(specifically, Cenél mBinnigh), belonging to the
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; they claim descent from Eochu Binneach, the son of
Eógan mac Néill Eógan mac Néill (Irish orthography: Eoghan mac Néill) (reportedly died in 465 in Ireland, 465) was a son of Niall Noígiallach and the eponymous ancestor of the Cenél nEógain (kindred of Eoghan) branch of the Northern Uí Néill. The Ce ...
. Their descendants in Ireland are found predominantly across
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, and
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,
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. In Irish if the second part of the surname begins with a
vowel A vowel is a speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract, forming the nucleus of a syllable. Vowels are one of the two principal classes of speech sounds, the other being the consonant. Vowels vary in quality, in loudness a ...
'Á', the form ''Ó'' attaches a ''h'' to it, this is the h-prothesis mutation. In this case Ádhmaill becomes Ó hÁdhmaill. The other forms effect no change: ''Ní Adhmaill'', ''(Bean) Uí Adhmaill''. Capitalized as: Ó hÁDHMAILL or Ó ʜÁDHMAILL, the first 'h' should always be either lowercase, or a smaller 'H' font size.


Motto and Coat of Arms

The
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is ''Esse Quam Videri'', translated as ''To Be Rather Than To Seem''. The
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(
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) is "Vestigia nulla retrorsum", translated as ''No backward steps''. The Coat of Arms is described as being; A shield azure field with two horizontal bars of ermine fur. On top of the shield is a ducal coronet. Atop the coronet is the figure of a leopard in profile, sitting with its face to the viewer's left. * The ''Azure/Blue'' represents Strength, Loyalty and Truth * The ''Ermine'' is associated with the robes and crowns of Royal and Noble Personages * Ducal Coronet is a crown of a duke * Leopard in profile is traditionally depicted the same as a
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History

One of the leading clans of the Cenél mBinnigh,
Cenél nEógain Cenél is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cenél Conaill, the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall Noígiallach defined by oral and recorded history * Cenél nEógain (in English, Cenel Eogan) is ...
a branch of the
Northern Uí Néill The Northern Uí Néill was any of several dynasties in north-western medieval Ireland that claimed descent from a common ancestor, Niall of the Nine Hostages. Other dynasties in central and eastern Ireland who also claimed descent from Niall ar ...
. They are descendants of Eochach Binnich mac Eógain, son of
Eógan mac Néill Eógan mac Néill (Irish orthography: Eoghan mac Néill) (reportedly died in 465 in Ireland, 465) was a son of Niall Noígiallach and the eponymous ancestor of the Cenél nEógain (kindred of Eoghan) branch of the Northern Uí Néill. The Ce ...
, son of the fifth-century Néill Noígiallaig (Niall of the Nine Hostages), founder of the Uí Néill dynasty. Cenél mBinnigh where the first clan of the Cenél nEógain (Cenél nEóghain) to advance from Inishowen. The O'Hamills continued to move from North Ulster with the Northern Ui Neill's, and ruled territory in County Tyrone and County Armagh, South Ulster. * Hereditary Chief or Clan chief; ''Ua hAghmaill (O'Hamill), Teallach Duibhbrailbe''. * Cinéal (Kinship); ''
Cenél nEógain Cenél is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cenél Conaill, the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall Noígiallach defined by oral and recorded history * Cenél nEógain (in English, Cenel Eogan) is ...
'' (Cinel Eoghain). * Finte (Clans); Ua Brolaigh, herenaghs of Tech na Coimairce and Clongleigh. * Branches; **Cenél mBinnig Glinne in the valley of Glenconkeine, barony of
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**Cenél mBindigh Locha Droichid east of Magh Ith in Tirone (County Tyrone) **Cenél mBindigh Tuaithe Rois and one branch of the Ua Brolaigh, east of the
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and north of the barony of Loughinsholin * Niall Noi nGiallach - Néill Noígiallaig - Niall of the Nine Hostages ** Eógan mac Néill - Eoghan mac Niall (Cenél nEógain - Cenél nEóghain - Cineál Eoghain) *** Eochach Binnich mac Eógain - Och Binnigh mac Eoghan (Cenél mBinnigh - CineálnBinnigh) **** Ua hAghmaill - Ó hÁdhmaill - O'Hamill


Irish-English Hamill

Prior to the middle of the 20th century, Irish was usually written using the
Gaelic type Gaelic type (sometimes called Irish character, Irish type, or Gaelic script) is a family of Insular script typefaces devised for printing Early Modern Irish. It was widely used from the 16th century until the mid-18th century in Scotland and t ...
faces, in this case the surname appeared as Ó hÁḋmaıll. The dot above the
lenited In linguistics, lenition is a sound change that alters consonants, making them "weaker" in some way. The word ''lenition'' itself means "softening" or "weakening" (from Latin 'weak'). Lenition can happen both synchronically (within a language ...
letter (ḋ) was replaced by the letters ''dh'' from the standard Roman alphabet changing it to Ó hÁdhmaıll. Also the Irish language makes no
graphemic Graphemics or graphematics is the linguistic study of writing systems and their basic components, i.e. graphemes. At the beginning of the development of this area of linguistics, Ignace Gelb coined the term grammatology for this discipline;Gelb, ...
distinction between dotted i and dotless ı so at the same time it changed to Ó hÁdhmaill. As the ''dh'' is silent, the pronunciation is similar to spelling it as O'Hamill which is how it came to be spelt when it was phonetically anglicised, over time the spelling lost the ''O and changed to Hamill, giving us the modern Irish-English spelling of Hamill.


Notable people include


Community

* Tara Uí Adhmaill, Educator, specialising in the teaching of Irish to adults with expertise in raising children with Irish and Co-Founder of Gló
Mológa
an Irish language community group based in Dublin South Central.


Historic

* Giolla Criost Ó hAdhmaill, taoiseach of Clann Adhmaill who fought with the last King of
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, Ruaidhrí Mac Duinnshléibhe against
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in 1177. * Ruarcan O'Hamill, chief Poet to O'Hanlon


Professional

* Judge William G.J. Hamill, Judge of the District Court * ,
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& Glór na nGael. * Dr. Feilim O'Hadhmaill, Programme Director & Lecturer at University College Cork, in Applied Social Studies. * Cormac Ó hÁdhmaill, BBC TV Presenter * Éamonn Ó hAdhmaill, TV Presenter and editor


Sport

* Tomás O’hAmaill (sic), Tomás Hamill, Tipperary senior inter-county hurling teamTomás O’hAmaill, incorrectly spelt by GAA
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Military

* Peadar Ó hÁḋmaıll, Peter Hamill, Na Fianna Éireann 1st Brigade, 4th Northern Division, No. 5. Sec., Dún Dealgan * Thomas Hamill (1878–1955),
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, 4 Battalion, Cycling Corps and
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, 1 Brigade, 4 Northern Division, Dundalk * Thomas Hamill, Dunleer * Thomas Hamill, Irish Volunteers and Irish Republican Army, Dublin. Served in 1 Battalion, G Company, Dublin Brigade. * Thomas Hamill, Na Fianna Éireann, 1st Battalion Belfast BrigadeMilitary Archives - 1st Battalion Belfast Brigade
/ref> * William Hamill, Na Fianna Éireann, 3rd (Armagh) Brigade, 4th Northern Division, Armagh City Sluagh attached to Armagh City Batt.Military Archives - 3 (Armagh) Brigade, 4 Northern Division
/ref> * Barney Hamill, Na Fianna Éireann, 3rd (Armagh) Brigade, 4th Northern Division, Derrytrasna Sluagh attached to Lurgan Batt. * George Hamill, Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), Lurgan Battalion, B Company LurganMilitary Archives - Lurgan Battalion
/ref> * James Hamill, Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), Lurgan Battalion, C Company Derrymacash * Thomas Hamill, Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), A Company, Dungannon Battalion, No. 1 Brigade, 2nd Northern DivisionMilitary Archives - 2nd Northern Division, 1 Brigade (Tyrone), 2nd Battalion (Dungannon)
/ref> * James Hamill, Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), A Company, Dungannon Battalion, No. 1 Brigade, 2nd Northern Division * John Hamill, Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), B Company, Dungannon Battalion, No. 1 Brigade, 2nd Northern Division * James Hamill, Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), C Company, Dungannon Battalion, No. 1 Brigade, 2nd Northern Division * John Hamill, Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), C Company, Dungannon Battalion, No. 1 Brigade, 2nd Northern Division * Patrick Hamill, Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), D Company, Dungannon Battalion, No. 1 Brigade, 2nd Northern Division * Arthur & Patrick Hamill, Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), D Company, Dungannon Battalion, No. 1 Brigade, 2nd Northern Division * Michael Hamill, Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), F Company, Dungannon Battalion, No. 1 Brigade, 2nd Northern Division * Francis Hamill, Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), G Company, Dungannon Battalion, No. 1 Brigade, 2nd Northern Division * Sáir Seán Ó hÁmaill (sic), Sgt. John Hamill (died Cyprus 7/4/1965), Memorial: Irish Army United Nations Service, located Section 40, South Section (E) of
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.Sáir Seán Ó hÁmaill, incorrectly spelt on Irish Defence Forces U.N. Service Memorial
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Notable people with Anglicised variants include

* Hamill Surname List * Hammill Surname List


Places

* Hamill, South Dakota


Variations

While Hamell in Irish is spelt Ó hÁmaill, it is often incorrectly used as the Irish version of Hamill.


Unrelated names – same spelling

There are several surnames that are spelt the same but are unrelated:Dictionary of American Family Names
/ref> * Some Scottish Hamill's are of Norman origin and are named after a location; Haineville or Henneville in
Manche Manche (, ; Norman language, Norman: ) is a coastal Departments of France, French ''département'' in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy on the English Channel, which is known as , literally "the sleeve", in French. Manche is bordered by ...
, France. Which itself was named from the Germanic personal name Hagano and the Old French
ville ''Ville'' is a French word meaning "city" or "town", but its meaning in the Middle Ages was "farm" (from Gallo-Romance VILLA < Latin '' villa rustica'') ...
for 'settlement'. * The English Hamill's of Saxon origin are named after a nickname from Middle English, and the Old English "hamel". * The English/Scottish
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are named after a location; the village of Hamilton, Leicestershire, England.


External links


Finte na hÉireann (Clans of Ireland)


References

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