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Mac Siúrtáin, aka Mac Jordan and Jordan, is the name of a
Mac Siúrtáin, aka Mac Jordan and Jordan, is the name of a Connacht
Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
family of Norman-Irish origins.
Ancestry
The family take their name from the Norman knight, Jordan de Exeter, whose descendants became known as Mac Siúrtáin - theGaelic
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Languages
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form of Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
- and were based in County Mayo
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.
The de Exeter's were originally from the town of Exeter
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In Roman Britain, Exeter w ...
, Devon
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, and are recorded in Dublin
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and Meath
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from the 1230s onwards. They included Henry de Exeter, Mayor of Dublin c.1240-41; Michael d'Exeter, Bishop of Ossory 1289–1302; Richard de Exeter, killed 1287; Sir Richard de Exeter, died 1327; and Sir Stephen de Exeter, fl. 1280–1316.
Mac Jordan of Gallen
The descendants of Jordan de Exeter settled inConnacht
Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
, mainly in what is now County Mayo
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. The territory they conquered, Gailenga
Gailenga was the name of two related peoples and kingdoms found in medieval Ireland in Brega and Connacht.
Origins
Along with the Luighne, Delbhna, Saitne and Ciannachta, the Gailenga claimed descent from Tadc mac Cein mac Ailill Aulom. Fr ...
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of Gallen Gallen may refer to:
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* Gallen (barony), a barony in Ireland
* Sankt Gallen (disambiguation), various locations in German-speaking countries
;People:
* Saint Gall, Irish missionary, ''Sankt Gallus'' in German
* Conal Gallen (b. 1955), Iris ...
), was the southern part of Luighne (also known as Sliabh Lugha
The Kings of Sliabh Lugha were rulers of the district of Sliabh Lugha located in what is now the barony of Costello, County Mayo, Ireland.
The Sliabh Lugha area was originally part of Gailenga but by the 12th-century was separately called Sliab ...
), whose lords were the clan
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and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, a clan may claim descent from a founding member or apical ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity. Many societie ...
Ó Gadhra
Ó Gadhra or O'Gara is an Ireland, Irish surname which originated in the kingdom of Luighne Connacht. Variants include Garry (surname), Garry, Geary (surname), Geary, Gerry, and Guiry (disambiguation), Guiry.
Background
According to historian C. ...
. The de Exeters expelled the Ó Gadhras into Coolavin, County Sligo
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, while the clan Ó hEaghra retained the name Luighne for their territory to the north.
Becoming steadily Gaelicised
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over a number of generations, the family as a whole were known as the Mac Siúrtáin (or Mac Jordan, i.e., the sons of Jordan). Only the chief of the clan was entitled to be called de Exeter.
John de Exeter/John na Conairte Mac Jordan is commonly believed to be the common ancestor of all Jordans of Connacht, except for a family called Mac Jordan Duff, descended from Jocelyn de Angulo
Jocelyn de Angulo, 1st Baron of Navan (''fl.'' 1172), was an Anglo-Norman knight.
Biography
De Angulo was one of fifty knights serving under Hugh de Lacy upon the latter's grant of the Lordship of Meath by King Henry II of England in 1172. J ...
.
Chiefs of the Name
* John Mac Siúrtáin, died 1394. * Thomas Mac Siúrtáin, fl. 1497. * Thomas Dubh Mac Siúrtáin, died 1584.De Exeter family tree
Stephen, dead by 1280. Jordan, fl. 1239–58. John de Exeter, died 1261. =Johanna, alive 1280. =Basilia, fl. 1253 , , , , , , ___________________ Richard de Exeter, d. 1287. Sir Stephen, d. 1316 , , , =Matilda, fl. 1318. , , , _________________ , Meiler, k. 1289. Jordan Óge , , , , , , , Sir Stephen, fl. 1302. , ____, Sir Richard John, b.1270 Meiler, k. 1317. , , , , , , __________________ John na Conairte Jordan Bacach , , , , , , Simon Richard of Derver Clan Jordan of Mayo fl.1335 fl. 1347.See also
* Jordan de Exeter * Richard de Exeter * Sir Richard de Exeter * Sir Stephen de Exeter *Jordan (name)
Jordan is a given name and a surname.
The form found in Western names originates from the Hebrew ''Yarden'', relating to the Jordan River in West Asia. According to the New Testament of the Bible, John the Baptist baptised Jesus Christ in the ...
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