The Uà Lochlainn, also known as the Ó Lochlainn family, were a leading kindred in
the Burren
The Burren ( ; ) is a karst/glaciokarst landscape centred in County Clare, on the west coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. region of
County Clare
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.
The UÃ Lochlainn were a branch of the
Corcu Mruad. In
Irish their surname was ''
Ua Lochlainn'' and ''
Ó Lochlainn
Ó Lochlainn and Ua Lochlainn are Irish surnames. They are patronymic forms of the personal name ''Lochlann''. The surnames have been borne by several Irish families, such as the Uà Lochlainn, and the Meic Lochlainn.
A variant form of ''Ó Loch ...
''. Forms of the personal name ''
Lochlainn
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'' first appear on record in the tenth century; the earliest known bearer being Lochlaind mac MaÃl Shechnaill, heir of the Corcu Mruad, whose death is noted in 983.
In the sixteenth century, the family's principal seat was situated in the Gragans, at a tower house near the site of the later
Gregans Castle
Gregans Castle is the name applied to both a 15th-century tower house and a Georgian architecture, Georgian-style house in the Burren region of County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, near the village of Ballyvaughan. The latter dates f ...
. The UÃ Lochlainn chieftains lost autonomy in the seventeenth century, although later descendants of the chiefs continued to live in the heart of the family's ancestral lands until twentieth century.
[ Gibson (2012) pp. 247, 306 n. 1.]
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Irish families