Mac Fhlannchaidh was the
surname of two unrelated
Gaelic
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Irish
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* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
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families, of
Breifne and
Thomond
Thomond (Classical Irish: ; Modern Irish: ), also known as the kingdom of Limerick, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Clare and County Limerick, as well as parts of County Tipperary around Nenag ...
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Mac Fhlannchaidh of
Breifne were chiefs of
Dartraighe
Dartraighe (older spelling: Dartraige), anglicised as ''Dartree'', ''Dartry'' or '' Dartrey'', was an Irish territory or tuath in medieval Ireland which stretched north to Clones and south to the Dromore River. It was later incorporated into C ...
, in what is now
County Leitrim
County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority f ...
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The Mac Fhlannchaidh of
Thomond
Thomond (Classical Irish: ; Modern Irish: ), also known as the kingdom of Limerick, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Clare and County Limerick, as well as parts of County Tipperary around Nenag ...
were a branch of the
Mac Conmara
Mac Conmara (anglicised as MacNamara or McNamara) is an Irish surname of a family of County Clare in Ireland. The McNamara family were an Irish clan claiming descent from the Dál gCais and, after the O'Briens, one of the most powerful families ...
family, acted as
hereditary
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lawyer
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s to the O'Briens. Their homeland was in the
barony of Corcomroe
Corcomroe () is a barony in County Clare, Ireland. It is the southern half of the Gaelic '' tuath'' of ''Corco Modhruadh''.
Legal context
Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and were used the ...
in north
County Clare
County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...
.
It is now often rendered as
Clancy
Clancy is an Irish name coming from the Gaelic ''Mac Fhlannchaidh/Mac Fhlannchadha'', meaning "Son of the red/ruddy warrior" (Mac being for sons, ''Ní Fhlannchaidh/Ní Fhlannchadha'' would be for daughters), or as a hypocorism for Clarence.
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See also
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Murchadh Mac Fhlannchaidh
Murchadh Mac Fhlannchaidh (died 1482) was an Irish brehon lawyer.
Mac Fhlannchaidh was a member of a family native to north Thomond, and the designated heir of the then Ollamh of Thomond, Aedh Mac Fhlannchaidh. However he died before succeedi ...
, died 1482.
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Aedh Mac Fhlannchaidh
Aedh Mac Fhlannchaidh (died 1492) was an Irish brehon lawyer and Ollamh of Thomond.
Mac Fhlannchaidh was a native of Corcomroe, County Clare. In 1482, Murchadh Mac Fhlannchaidh, his designated successor, died. It is unknown what relationsh ...
, died 1492.
External links
* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
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Surnames
Irish families
Irish Brehon families
Surnames of Irish origin
Irish-language surnames
Families of Irish ancestry