Please check out my other project where we invite guests and talk about history in depth kzread.info/dron/Dcw0slvJNZGb_JKg0BehOw.html If you run a small youtube/podcast ect and would like to come on to discuss a topic please let me know.

Along with McDonald, McKee, McCallion, and Campbell, I have the name Steele on both sides of my family. My Steeles were from Muff/Kilderry in Donegal and I believe they came as Redshanks and fought with the O'Dochartaigh.

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

A Redshanks video is on my to do list, Hopefully i will answer any questions you may have.

I am a MacKenzie, McKenzie for our Irish forbearers, and King James I (yes, the Biblical one) tasked our Clan with routing the McLeod Clan from the Island of Lewis (very top of Scotland), and from there, the MacKenzie Clan received Royal favor as protectors. Now having seen your video, it all makes tragic sense. Thank you! 🍻

This is brilliant. My surname English was anglicised during the famine. The Irish is Ó Gallóglaigh. I’d love to find out more about the surname specifically at some point if possible.

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I will be covering all clans/families of ireland and scotland as well as major events that they took part in so keep an eye out 😁

@lanewoods9420

Жыл бұрын

oglaigh means volunteer, doesn't it? And would Gall be Gael?

@michaelenglish13

Жыл бұрын

@@lanewoods9420 gall in this case is foreign and oglaigh is soldier so it refers to soldiers that came from abroad, in this case I believe the Hebrides. Gallagher is a similar surname (Gall Chobhair - foreign help). They came to help fight with the O’Neill’s and O’Donnell’s. However after the Ulster plantations they would have been pushed west which is why the surnames are common along the entire west coast. I’d love to know if there was a specific clan or region the name originates from rather than the term foreign soldier if that makes sense.

@user-vh5fs3fx8w

3 ай бұрын

the Christian names Dubgal and Fingal, belong to a group of words, often confused, where "Gal" signifies Valour. The Galloglass were renowned for their Valor. Could it be that "Valient Warrior" is the correct translation of Galloglass ? I read this in a footnote in a book by William Skene. "Celtic history of scotland "

@jbmurphy4

2 ай бұрын

That’s interesting how they translated the name to English. Maybe some of the gallowglass from the southern end of the range had some northern English ancestry? I love how the surname Walsh translates to British (breathnach) in Irish in a similar way.

My family came over with the Ulster Plantation, so a video on that would be great. Specifically, the families that came over with Montgomery and Hamilton, where they originated from in Scotland and where they ended up in Ireland

I’m a McDonald and my grandmother was a Burke love the history ⚔️

@finnmcdonald7868

3 жыл бұрын

Same I'm a proud McDonald

@tallycahamuhlhetru26

2 жыл бұрын

McDonald 👋

@amanb8698

2 жыл бұрын

Fellow McDonald through my mothers side here!

Good one. My maternal line are McGrory's. Very interesting. Personally I would have preferred them starting a successful distillery....

Thank you for this concise overview of the Scot/Irish clans. My family Clan, McCoy a part of Clan MacKay/Mckee. And yes those same McCoy's of the America's. I have ancestry on both sides of that. My fourth great grandfather John McCoy married Nancy Hatfield a decade before the outbreak of the Feud, as had many on both sides of the families married.

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I love how Americans have kept the passing down of family history through the generations its something we are slowly losing here i feel.

@ditzydoo4378

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties thank you. My Aunt Jeannie is the family historian and has been doing the family line traces for more than 40-years. She has volumes and volumes. ^~^

@Evanmonster1

2 жыл бұрын

Hello. I'm the Clan MacKay commisioner for the state of Wisconsin. I've never heard of the MacKays being Gallowglass mercenaries. Very interesting! Where did you find this information from? Btw, if you haven't already, I'd love it if you did a video on Clan MacKay. I'd definitely share it in MacKay groups. Cheers!

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you i havent done Mackay video as of yet but i will be working through some Scottish clans very soon, As for the information sources for the books and sites are at the bottom of the description of the video but the DNA evidence by IrishOrigenes and an FTDNA group called Gallowglass DNA helps to confirm this, Thank you for sharing if you do i really appreciate it, any questions dont hesitate to ask.

@amanb8698

2 жыл бұрын

The Real McCoy!

My hreat grandfather kept family records. His mother was Irish with the last name Grant, her family came to America right before the civil war and served in the 69th Irish brigade. That's really as much as I know.

My grandfather from achill island co mayo. Beautiful place must go visit again sometime. I was aware they where mercenaries emigrated about 500 years very interesting video

thank you for the insight this McSweeney does not change this does help explain a bit as to why!!!

I recently found out my male line originates in Trondheim in Norway and the markers are littered all over Scotland and NI. Most likely Gallowglass genetic legacy. I'm in the Irish midlands and don't even have a Gallowglass surname.

Glorious stuff. Thank you. Would love to see one about the McMahons of Clare

When the O'Malley Clan was not raiding by land and sea, they ferried gailoglass from Scotland to Ireland...and back again.

If there was a rough European equivalent of the Japanese Samurai back between 1250-1600 it would have been the Scottish & Irish Gallowglass fighters (definitely the Western European Samurai of that era)!

@Getorix

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I've always said. Between their cultures and their reputations the japanese and the scots are very similar in their respective realms. I didn't know what a gallowglass was until recently but I always compared the Samurai to a Highlander.

@taylorahern3755

2 жыл бұрын

@@Getorix 💯❤👍

@taylorahern3755

2 жыл бұрын

@@Getorix Although they continued to train & fight in the Scots Highland fashion by the middle 1300s the majority of Gallowglass recruits were of native Irish stock. By 1500 roughly 98-99% of all Gallowglass mercenaries serving all throughout Ireland were of pure Irish Gaelic origin, including their Captains. Yet their cultural & military heritage was as Scottish Highland as it was ancient Irish. The early Hebridean Scots Highland Gallowglass (those who appeared on the scene in the mid 13th Century!), the Irish Gallowglass of a century later (till 1600) & then the Scots Highland Redshanks that began emerging during the mid 15th Century were all the rough equivalents of a Western & even European Samurai of that era. Just incredibly tough, fearsome & superbly skilled fighting men, & Europe's most homicidally driven shock troops for several centuries. Uber Badass!

@Getorix

2 жыл бұрын

@@taylorahern3755 funny seeing as how everywhere else this video included states they were scots hired by Irish lords who recruited time to time in Ireland.

@taylorahern3755

2 жыл бұрын

@@Getorix By the dawn of the 1400s the Scots Gallowglass contingents greatly increased the number of native Irish fighters into their ranks, chiefly to make up for major shortages in manpower due to terrible attrition rates & high battlefield casualties. Very few Gallowglass soldiers, whether Irish or Scottish, made it to their 40s. Most were killed on the field of combat, thus often dying violent & gruesome deaths.

My ancestors were from the Màrtainn Mac Ille Mhàrtainn” of Skye. One of them was Aonghas na Gaoithe (b.1553-d.1603; “Angus of the Wind" or "Angus of the Storms”) who was a soldier and sailor (who set sail even during stormy weather). He led a contingent of over 1000 Skye men for the Mac Donald Chief of Skye. To help Sorley Boy Mac Donnel fight the against the invading English mercenaries of Queen Elizabeth I.Those original Skye Martins who staid in Ireland are said to have become the Irish Gilmartin Family.

Amazing video man, I have just got around to watching this one. Fascinating stuff.

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, i really appreciate it mate

It is nice to hear some history on the McCauley hope to hear more from your channel and if any body knows anything more on the McCauley please share

Would love to see the Histories of Clan Scott, McDougall, and Colqhoun.

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

I intend to cover every Scottish and Irish Clan/Family on this channel. So i promise they will appear too.

@carmelparakh1677

2 жыл бұрын

for sure so would I

@craigthescott5074

10 ай бұрын

Yes any information on Scott clan would be appreciated.

@Lardfist0

7 ай бұрын

Me too!

The McSweeney's fought under the Fitzmaurices in Kerry against the MacSheehys who were under the Fitzgeralds at a battle in 1568.

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

They had a long rivalry with the MacSheehys and often fought against them, i mention this in my Macsweeney clan video, if you havent seen it please check it out.

@kevinmcsweeney6560

2 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties interesting stuff, but I remember gallowglass when I was in school.

See you have the MacLeans, cousins to the clan Chattan, in Scotland, story goes clan Chattens are known for their sword skill, Macleans are know for that.

@Getorix

2 жыл бұрын

I am a MacLean and I gotta say I've always been good with one even since I was a kid. Even took a class in high school and I was one of the best just coming in. I tried to join team USA in the armored combat league but you have to provide all of your own equipment. And you have to participate in LARPing for some weird ass reason. And I'm just a poor boy, no merc money for me lol.

Another great one, I’m excited for the Colluden video!

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Hello friend, This video was my bridge into Scottish history wanted to try and transition into it, so i have 2 more videos scheduled then fingers crossed Culloden to bring in the new year.

@kadenelijah9329

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties I’m pumped!

Amazing work man tho I appreciate all the work

I know that the MacNeils of Barra were Norse-Gaels and were the last of the Viking Raiders. Our Motto - Victory or Death. Top pirates too Ahrrr

This was fascinating. I would love to learn more about my Paternal side, Sheridan, and my maternal side, Gallagher. Thank you.

My ancestors were the Black family, Scottish Highlanders of the Isle of Jura, Inner Heberdes. The family was aligned with the Clan MacLean who were known as quite exceptional warriors. The Clan MacLean were known to sell their services as "swords for hire" or mercenaries in times of peace within Scotland itself. I'm proud of my family's legacy and to be part of the Clan MacLean and of Scottish ancestry. Long live Scotland Long live Clan MacLean "One for Hector" our battle cry !!!

Would you be interested in expanding the Scottish Lowland Clearances and the subsequent migration to Ireland? Very interesting. Johnstone Clan is of the most interest to me but I am not picky :) Love the videos

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I have now added the johnstone clan to the list of videos to do, the Lowland clearence is little outside my main timeframe, although i will touch on it during clan videos, The timeframe may move in the future though i cant promise anything.

My mother’s side is both McDonnell and McCabe. Would be interested to see if I can find out info on McMahon - 3/4 of my grandparents coming from Gallowglass stock would be cool

@brianm7512

2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather Hugh Scott was a miner from Glasgow. I'm a Gallowglass McCabe

My grandma was an O'Sullivan; I'd love to see something about that history; great video by the way!

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Thats spooky, i literally put on my twitter yesterday il be starting work on the O'Sullivans next.

@Virtrial

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties Oh wow awesome!

@manuelfg2902

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations, you are an o'Sullivan!!

Great Chanel. I enjoy you videos. It would be cool if you covered the Agnews of Lochnaw and Kilwaughter castle. might be too much to ask though. Regardless we'll done.

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ýou so very much!! I do intend to cover every Clan/family of ireland and scotland.

My family are McDowells mentioned . Great upload

@davidmcdowell892

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m talking about

The Black Earl and his gallowglass gave 'em hell!

Very rare to see the McGreal clans. I have known we are mercenaries so good to know where we came from

Love your work! Can you do McAteers? My mum was a McAteer, born in Scotland, but her dad's family were from County Down. I read recently that the McAteers were originally Gallowglass and were present at the flight of the earls, before settling in south Down.

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Im from county Down and its my unbiased opinion its the best county on the island, You are correct the McAteers/MacIntyres were seasonal Galloglass travelling to ireland during the fighting season then returning home for the rest of the year. I hope to cover every clan/family of ireland and scotland on this channel.

Brilliant m8. Anything on McDevitt?

American here. And a McDonald checking in here, through my mothers side. I've heard mentions of my family originating from County Mayo, Ireland, which turned my head when you mentioned County Mayo. I've also heard it may have been changed from McDonnell, and they don't know. Then they even have rumors of relations to Mary Queen of Scots. Rumors of Family that settled in Newfoundland- a major destination of Irish and Scottish immigration, and my grandpa was born in NYC, a major source of Irish immigration. All in all. It appears to be Lost history. I took DNA tests and got both Scottish and Irish on different ones. And often it changes between them as they have a hard time telling the difference to be honest. So yeah we really don't know. We've debated are we Scottish or Irish forever. And it's surprising because, regardless of either side the name itself is of Gael origin. So, It's sort of a Chicken before the Egg question. The Scottish (Scoti) originated in Ireland and were Gaels hence Gaelic speaking, migrated to Scotland set up Dal Riada (an Irish colony) displaced and absorbed Picts, mixed with Vikings, then as Gallowglass returned to Ireland and mixed with Irish again. The name origin is also from the Old Irish Domnall for mighty. Then theres the fact, I know my mom grew up Roman Catholic and attended a Roman Catholic school, they were lapse Catholics, but thats the religion they identified enough with to send their daughter my mother to a religious school for it, but it's confusing because the McDonald surname is more associated with Scotland, but is also found among Irish Catholics, for instance the current leader of the historic Irish Republican political party Sinn Fein is Mary McDonald, the namesake of the US based McDonald's Burger chain were two Irish Catholic Americans named Richard and Maurice McDonald, the sons of Irish immigrants. However even religion can't tell you because the region in Scotland were the McDonald/McDonnell/MacDonnell/MacDonald surname is most common is the one region in Scotland, due to it's isolation that that reformation didn't take hold as much, so it's also where Roman Catholics are still present, in the Hebride Isles. It's a bit confusing so maybe a bit of both? I know Clan McDonald also spelled MacDonald/McDonnell/MacDonnell/O'Donnell, Donald, was a source of Gallowglass, is said to be a prominent Scottish clan, and is both a Scottish and Irish surname today, I know the legend has it that the Clan are descended from Somerled who was said to be born of an Norwegian Viking father and an Irish mother, thus a Norse-Gael, whom settled in the isolated West Isles (Hebrides) of Scotland. I know that the Clan often allied with the Irish, and took the Jacobite side was betrayed by the Campbells and decimated, but many survived. So it's confusing but I would love to learn more of my partial Celtic/Gaelic heritage and roots. Funny enough I have a friend with the surname Moriarty, and his DNA test concluded he has ancient Irish roots, going back to Niall of the Nine Hostages whom many others have too and I have a cousin who is an O'Connell. So it's a small world. I just hope I can find out more, regardless I'm proud of my Gaelic roots, have visited Ireland, and would love to learn my literal mother tongue despite the history that has been lost in time, though wars, genocide, and the tragic forced Anglicization the Irish and Scottish underwent when the Gaelic speaking people were robbed of our language, culture, and heritage. Rediscovering your roots is empowering and your videos as so well made. Anyways, Thank you for your informative videos.

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, i enjoyed reading about your family and the connections you have been trying to work on, Macdonald/MacDonnell have multiple origin points all over Ireland and Scotland, a major misconception is for example all MacDonalds are from Somerled, Domhnaill, Donald, Donal ect was a very common name in both locations i will however try to help separate the histories where i can so people can get a clearer understanding of irish and Scottish history and the parts their ancestors played in it.

@amanb8698

2 жыл бұрын

​@@Clans_Dynasties Appreciate it. Yeah thats what I figured. And on wikipedia it's described as an 🇮🇪 Irish and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish name. lol to be honest I feel comfortable learning about both Irish and Scottish culture, theres a common kinship going on there, and a Gael origin, anyhow, it's just a matter of which Gaelic to learn. And today of course it's probably one of the most well known Gaelic origin names along with Kennedy by now, so at least I can write my mothers maiden name in Japanese Katakana, funny that you mention them being like Samurai of the Gael world ha. From ⚔️ 🛡️Gallowglass warriors to Burgers 🍔 what a world. One on every continent, except Antartica, and pretty much every country, so now everyone knows the name McDonald.

@carmelparakh1677

2 жыл бұрын

Mc Dougall👍🏻

@nmatthew7469

Жыл бұрын

​@@carmelparakh1677 sister in law is a McDougal and she married my brother an O'C. Their kid is giant, 6'2" on his little league team, lol goofiest picture I've ever seen, this giant kid.

@brucecollins641

7 ай бұрын

@amanb8698...macdonald is a scottish gallic name meaning world ruler. the scotti is a mythical tale written by irish medieval irish monks to create an identity on a par withe romans. dalriada was already in scotland spreading to ulster.

Thanks. Excellent video 👍

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much.

This is incredible 👍👌

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

Thank so very much!!

Could you do a video on the O'Neill's and O'Cathain'?

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

I intend to cover both, my plan is to cover all clans/families of Scotland and Ireland.

The Battle of Curlew Pass will tell you all you need to know about the Gallowglass.

Hello from clan MacLean!

Deadliest Warrior: Gallowglass vs Berserker

Yes my research led me here. My Irish is Scott and my Scott is Irish as my grandfather's name is Scott

Fascinating information here as I have both McKee and McCoy names in my family history. I have also recently found Blalock that is supposedly Scottish, Can you contribute any information that might help me trace that name whether it be Galloglass or not?

Cool history. I'd like to know about my family Moriarty. I don't know anything. In gaelic I believe it was O'Muircheartaigh and we're from county Kerry Ciarrai.

@cqk3578

2 жыл бұрын

By the 16th century they were based around Castledrum what is now the land between Inch and Castlemaine.

Thanks. The son of a County Down McCrory

I came here for my namesake. CLAN MacLean!

Have you seen the grave of an O'Cahan (O'Kane) chieftain at Dungiven Priory, Nthn Ireland? The stone figure depicting him is dressed as a galloglass.

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

I have not, i must make a note of this to do some research i know the O'Kanes founded the priory there in the 11th century and have been meaning to drive up there and see it so i will check out the grave also, thank you.

thank you very informative and neutral being an ulster gallow glas.

@Clans_Dynasties

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

My grandfather was a mccabe or Maccaba Gallowglass , his family are mainly in Cavan , nobber and cruise and limerick

In regards of the reputation of the Gallowglass there is no special mention of those that hired out to the continent as far as the information I´ve found. In fact all mercenaries of this era where depicted with those negative terms and at least they didn´t stand out as other groups did. Those which hired out to Europe may deseve maybe a video on it own. Also, do you eventually plan a (or hopefully more) videos on the Border Reivers? It´s part of my own history (Reviers are only the largest part of my ancestry, there are others from Scotland as well) as I know now and I would be glad for every hint how and why part of my ancestors managed to end up in Germany.

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

A border Reiver video is set to be released for the 5th of August to coincide with the Battle of Otterburn, Although i have plans if time will allow, to have some videos on the clans/families that were involved in raiding along the Scottish Marchs, i intend to use the video to start to introduce some of the English and Welsh familes that have also had impacts on Scottish and Irish history.

@ronin47-ThorstenFrank

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties Oh, Otterburn again. I remember the swamps and sheep of the proving ground there three decades ago from a NATO rapid deployment excersise. And it felt familiar to me back then - knowing nothing about my heritage. Anyway, thanks in advance and for the fast repsone. Looking forward to it. You´ve got a very interesting channel even so early on.

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, and i too know the pain of Otterburn for the very same reasons, many a exercise i spent there felt like a second home at times, and thank you im glad so many people are enjoying it, if you want anymore information on Gallowglass soldiers check out the channel Irish Medieval History of which i also take part in.

Very well done. My surname is Kelley, but I can trace my ancestors to Kintyre Scotland. I suppose it wasn't uncommon for Kelley's to be a part of clan Donald. Anyone else have similar stories or insight ?

Twas said that the Sheehy Galowglass were described as being Giant men. NO MORE is a string statement we are still here and our ancestors didnt give up

Excellent video but your comment at the end about galloglas clans being dispossessed by planters is now seen as quite debatable. It seems like there was a lot more intermarriage, clans who changed their surname changing the O’ prefix for Mac/Mc or getting rid of the prefix altogether. Some changed from Catholic to Protestant. Presbyterian to Anglican and back again over the years. Your video is excellent and great to see how some of my family came over to Ireland.

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! This is a broad statement on my part as the topic is worth a couple of videos which i am working on, Although intermarrying did occur especially in the earlier plantations this was rarer later on as many of native Gaelic landed gentry had as you said converted to other protestant denominations, many would keep land but nothing compared to what they had before, i would recommend watching the Macsweeney video as i cover this for the Donegal branch in alot more detail.

I really enjoyed this so thank you. Are you likely to do one on O'Halloran, my family on my mothers side.

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, i am very likely too, i aim to cover all clans/families along with major events that they were involved in.

@raiffelsdad

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties family oral tradition has it that the name means pirate from over the sea. A Norse warlord was given an arranged marriage to seal an alliance. I look forward to your videos

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

This is true, ive seen many links that state it is a Norse name, along with its links to areas like limerick although i believe recent DNA results by Dr Tyrone Bowe show that its not the case, i havent researched the clan in a while but i will when i make the video i will show what i find.

@raiffelsdad

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties that is interesting. The family area is Clare and Galway. My DNA shows this and links with Shetland, Faroes and Norway.

well inform vid. i'm from the O'Rourke line.

Can you tell me anything about the MAGILL,S of county Down ? Thanks.

Could u do the Reynolds or mac raighniall clan they were a relatively small clan based around Leitrim South of the ó rourkes i cant find that much information on them but if can would u please do a video

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

I will do soon, i was looking at which Tribes/Groups to break down only yesterday and the Conmhaícne were one of the ones i was looking at. I will say names with multiple origins do take longer as i need to make sure i get the other country of origins history correct.

@mrol12345

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties thank u really enjoy the videos

@richardjones4151

3 жыл бұрын

Some Reynold families derive from Clan Ranald a branch of Clan Donald thru Amie heiress of the MacRuaries, She was married to The Donald,

So since the Campbell clan came later they wouldn't have been from the Gallowglass but instead they were redshanks? Great video btw, I am fascinated with Scottish history and I am so glad to have someone to watch.

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

There were possibly Campbells within the Seasonal Gallowglass ranks as many Galloglass clans over time began to have problems with supply and demand, but they would be the odd ones and twos it was only as the mercenary units transitioned to Redshanks we start to see Campbells as clan units monopolise on this trade, i do intend to cover more on these topics and clans such as the Campbells there is a link to my friends youtube channel he explains a bit more on the history of the Gallowglass, feel free to ask away i will always try to answer if i see the comment.

@Joachim_Meyer

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties I actually found your channel from Philip lol. I will eagerly await your video on the Campbells until then.

@richardjones4151

3 жыл бұрын

The Campbell's didn't arrive late. They were at Bannockburn, I Believe. They were to busy kissing English ass to aid their Gaelic brothers.

You put the MacSheehys in Kilkenny as well as Limerick/Kerry. What part was in Kilkenny and when?

Love this stuff. I’m a McCabe! Can you do us next!?

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I cant do them next but i promise i will get to them, You are bound to have ancient links to the clans of Breifne so please keep an eye out.

@brianm7512

2 жыл бұрын

McCabe here. My family thinks we are Irish. We probly are Scott Irish and maybe Norse. We became more Irish than the Irish. On a side note my mother's name is Scott and my grandfather was from Glasgow. More on the McCabes please so I can share it with me family. Oh yeah I get sunburn a lot 😅

@trevoranthonyjamesherbert2963

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianm7512 McCabes in Ireland were originally gallowglass.

@jacquelinemccabe9158

Жыл бұрын

I'm a Mc Cabe. 98% Irish through my father, McCabe, and O'Reilly through my mother. The other 2% is Norway and Sweden.

McLain,MacLean,Maclayn,Mclane

I’m interested in Clan Briody - and are they connected to the Brady’s and Briodys of Meath and Cavan ? I have 30% Scottish dna but no paper trail ?

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to my channel, Yes it is a variation of (Mac)Brady, Cavan is most definitely the heart of the name, as Cavan was part of the Ulster plantation and the fact that the links between Ireland and Scotland go back millennia, you will find you will have Scottish hertiage. I reccomend checking out some ancestry sites to look for distant cousins, although DNA is outside my area of expertise. I will eventually cover the Brady history though.

I'm slightly confused. I'm a Sweeney, my father having left Donegal in the early 50s. His family owned a large area there, and had a small shop/pub with their ancestral name Suibhne above the door, as I saw in a photo of him being held as a baby in front of the premises (1926). His family were forced to anglicise their name in the previous generations. That's what's confusing. Suibhne as a name is much older than the Galloglass hiring (as far as I know), with King Suibhne Geilt living in the 7th century, intimating an even deeper heritage.

@Clans_Dynasties

16 күн бұрын

The Suibhne first name did exit in earlier texts, although surnames didn't start to appear in Ireland till the 8/9th century and in Scotland till the 11/12th with the MacSweens taking thier name in the 13th century from Suibhne mac Duinnshléibhe lord of Argyll, there is no known proven link between Suibhne Gelt and any Sweeny branches, most Irish families took thier name from a 11th ceuntry ancestor or later those that claim to have taken it from an earlier one are mostly based on myths and unsubstantiated sources.

Powers clan here but we were Norman’s not gallowglass. My cousins have a gallowglass surname though.

Researching Gookins Surname. It led me to Gallowglass.

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

I was always under the impression Gookin is believed to be Norse name that settled in Ireland from the 9th to the 10th Century, Although i have a theory it may also be an Irish name similair to the MacAuliffes of Munster (waiting on some more DNA evidence), If you have a source leading to a 13th C Gallowglass link i would love to see it.

@triple6758

2 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties I do not. Looking for answers myself. It takes me to Norse, which doesn't lead me anywhere but here really....or I have not seen another path. Curious of my 'odd' surname is all.

Does anyone know where TOBIN fits in this?

You seem like you might know. I'm Canadian. My mother's family came here in 1825 from Ulster plantation. She has an unbroken line of cousin marriages. I wonder if they were keeping a bloodline, or clan alliances? They were mostly McDowell, Knox (my ancestor William was John Knox the redeemer's brother) Wilson, and McCleary's (from County Caven, Ireland) Do you have any information that could help me understand the reason these families kept intermarrying?

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, coming from N.Ireland i cant speak for specific families but i know a large number of families who came across with the plantation would cousin marry the same reason the nobility did, to keep the land or religion in the family and its a small pool to marry in to, when the primarily Presbyterian families came from Scotland and England they made up a very small percentage of the population compared to the native Catholic and Church of Ireland communties but they owned most of the land (most servitors and Undertakers were given about 2000 acres) keeping both the land they had gained and the religion in the family was very important its a policy that has worked as DNA shows that 80% of people of Plantation descent are still Presbyterian and Protestants own 80% of the Biggest farms in N.Ireland (2018 figures).

@sarablueshoes6950

2 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties Wow. Thank you! That explains so much! I am relieved to know there was a reason to it, and not that my family were just really into cousins lol. Again, Thank you for clearing up that mystery for me 👍

What’s the resource mentioned at the end?

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

www.irishorigenes.com

Nothing really changed when their descendants went to America, the US military has been dominated by the irish and scots. 60% of American medal of honor winners are men of Irish descent. Washington wouldn't go to battle without his Irish. General Lee said they were the bravest men he had ever seen or known of.

I am a MacNeil on my mother’s side and scotch/Irish the rest of the way through. I’d love to hear your expertise applied to my own selfish ends lil

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

I have had a few requests for MacNeils they are on the list i will be covering them very soon, As for expertise, im no where near the late great David Sellar but il take the compliment for my own selfish ends lol

@schuylerleithulfr788

2 жыл бұрын

McNeill on my mother's side as well. Best regards, cousin.

My family the mcqullian or macullian clan fought the donnells and side by side with oniels not a lot of info I’ve found if u have any I’d love to see it they in ha it’s the dunlance castle which was on of the reasons we battled the O’Donnell

I’m a McCullough, ulster stock meaning “son of hound of ulster” although McCulloch in Scotland.... the name has some mystery sounding it’s origin. Any help?

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the irish family of MacCullagh/McCullough are believed to be part of the Dal nAirda the name changed over time as the Scottish MacCullough just so happened to move into the same areas. The Irish line is also said to be associated with MacNally of which there are also 3 known branches.

@soundmind6477

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties Thank you for your reply. Are the Irish McCullough and Scottish MacCullough related somehow? Do they both originate from the Dal nAirda, or do they have completely separate origins.

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

@@soundmind6477you are very welcome, They're probably not directly related, although early Scottish data (by Dr Tyrone Bowes) shows MacCullough farmers in areas where you had massive Irish migration into Scotland in the 4th century and 9th Century, through such events as the Dal nAirda invasion/migration, either way the McCullough name seems to be of Gaelic Origin rather than Brythonic/Pictish/Saxon/Norse or Norman. I will add the name to my list of familys and will do a video on them where i will show all my findings on the name.

@soundmind6477

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties Great stuff! You have a new subscriber. I really look forward to watching your video on the McCullough name. Thank you once again for your replies.

@jackmcnally9237

4 ай бұрын

Mac Con Ulaidh is son of Con of the 100 battles,of Ulster ,the legendary Hound of Ulster ...A warrior !

Gallowglass were a mix of Scot/Pict/Viking hired guns

@Trueghh

Ай бұрын

No they were gaels Spoke gaelic from Ireland and mixed with norse no picts Norse didn't have surnames and adopted irish surnames to be accepted into gael society

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Subscribing to learn about my last name McManus. So far I know Mac meant son of, and Magnus meant Great in Norse. Pre anglicized my last name was MacMaghnus. I’m curious if I also have Norse ancestry, I am 6’3 250+lb so I’ve always wondered.

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for subscribing, i know of 4 claimed origin points for the surname although recent DNA studying by IrishOrigenes seems to give more credence to the Norse orgins of the surname, Although no DNA database is complete at the moment, i have added your surname to the list of videos to do, it may be a little while as i work full time and i have other requests but i will do it.

@trevormcmanus6670

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties thanks so much for the reply and thank you for adding my name to the list. Much appreciated!

@trevormcmanus6670

Жыл бұрын

Feel like I have learned more since we last talked. Thanks for the videos you make.

Would love to see MacKinnon clan history.

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

I already have one up, hope you enjoy 😁

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/daGYuK6zoJyTfqQ.html

Great videos how about the McCarthy's

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! There is no way im missing the McCarthys, you cant touch Munster history without giving them a mention.

Love this! Mac/Mc Sweeney here and would love to know more if you can help?

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

Of course i can answer here or on the Clans&Dynasties Facebook page, im more active on the facebook comment section we also have other historians there too.

@normsweeney3116

2 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties thank you for your rapid response! I just watched the video on my family "Mac/Mc Sweeney , very informative and also raises more questions and curiosities! Again , thank you !!

@Clans_Dynasties

2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, please feel free to ask anytime.

@kevinmcsweeney6560

2 жыл бұрын

@@normsweeney3116 hi Norm , probably no relation but where do you live, I am in Dublin

@normsweeney3116

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmcsweeney6560 in the US. We've lost the "Mac/Mc God knows how long ago , but as far as I know , kicked out of some place in Scotland and went to Cork Ireland until finally settling down in the US .

Clan McCullough here

The west of Scotland was in large a part of Ireland mainly Ulster for generations long before the 10th century going back to before the time of Colmcille

Bha sin glè mhath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 MacMeanma.

I have something to ask about my Clan.. Clan McGinlay. I am told it's Irish. But is claimed to be from Clan MacKinlay which I know is Scottish. I know of my other Clans. As I decend from Clan Irvine, Maclaren, MacGregor, O'Brien and Mackay. But I can not find out if Clan McGinlay/McGinley/MacGinlay/MacGinley. Is of Scottish or Irish stock (MhigFhionnghaile)

@vestty5802

3 жыл бұрын

McGinley is mostly Irish in origin

@gregormcginlay4904

3 жыл бұрын

@@vestty5802 did you just look that up on google. As McGinlay is ment to desend fron the Clan MaKinlay. which is scottish.[McKinley is a Scots Gaelic patronymic surname meaning "son of Finlay." The given name Finlay derived from the Gaelic personal name Fionnla or Fionnlaoch, meaning "white warrior" or "fair hero," from the elements fionn, meaning "white, fair" and laoch, meaning "warrior, hero]. But I want to know when my ancester broke away fae Clan McKinlay to make the name McGinlay. was it done is Scotland or Ireland first. As it's hard to find records of its origin. As the scots spell McGinlay with an A and the Irish spell it with an E.. As The clan has strong roots in Scotland and Ireland.

@vestty5802

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregormcginlay4904 It can be either then but when found in Ireland it is almost exclusively Irish found mostly in the north west

Where did the McCabe’s come from

@eddiemccabe4585

2 жыл бұрын

No one knows, some believe Mcleod of Lewis and the McCabes are now officially recognised as a small sept of clan Mcleod like it or not. Some say McDonald as they believe Aran to be the McCabes original home and Mcleod influence didnt reach that far south in the Islands. Though if you go to Aran its a McSweeney castle that still stands in Lochranza and not McDonald. Third option and a bit of a stretch but it does bear thought due to timing and geography is the McCabes are whats left of Edward Bruces force as he had troops in Ireland not at the last battle. The clan was land locked and nameless very unusual for the time compaired to their contemporaries. Dna hasnt really helped as last time i looked no McCabes had any markers significantly linking them to a Mcleod, McDonald etc. Maybe one day some academic will have a convincing definitive answer but as of now its an enigmatic mystery to them.

O'Keefe clan please

The McGreals county mayo...

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O'Connor please!

@Clans_Dynasties

Жыл бұрын

There are multiple unrelated O'Connor clans, which are getting their own videos, I have the O'Connor Kerry one to finish first, do you have an idea of which line you descend?

I'm related to Norse settlers who settled down in Ireland who adopted the name Neill or in Icelandic Njàl who moved and settled down in Iceland, then later moved to Scotland and then England

My surname is McCabe. Would love to know more history.

@Clans_Dynasties

9 ай бұрын

vm.tiktok.com/ZGJG5x8yk/ I hope this can keep you sated until I make a full video on them 😁

Did they make any positive contribution to Ireland?

@Clans_Dynasties

27 күн бұрын

Depends on what you consider a positive contribution. They shaped medieval Ireland military and political structure right up until the early modern period.

@markaxworthy2508

27 күн бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties But was this "shaping" positive? They appear to have been available to all comers and seem to have been accompanied by a lot of collateral damage.

@Clans_Dynasties

27 күн бұрын

Every family and soldier was available to hire for the right price. we see every family siding with invading forces during Ireland history, whether it be alongside norse Raiders, Norman's lords, English armies, or government if they felt it benefitted them, the Gallowglass were instrumental in holding off the Cambro/Anglo Norman invasions of Ireland, they modernised Irish battlefields for the time period, I would say it was as positive a contribution as any soldier can provide from any time period, just depends if who you support was on the opposing army or not.

@markaxworthy2508

27 күн бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties So, they were part of Ireland's perennial problem of factionalism even in the face of outside threats?

@Clans_Dynasties

27 күн бұрын

They were no different from any other faction at play. Your comment insuates there was a concept of nationhood that could suffer from factionlism that there even existed an idea of Nationalism or a single Irish identity in irish medieval history is still debated so again it comes round to they are as positive as you want them to be.

The Western European Samurai of the era 1300-1600!

Bàs no Beatha!

Do my surname McDermott next

@Clans_Dynasties

3 жыл бұрын

I have the MacDermotts in the pipeline unfortunately with clans with mulitple origins it take a bit of planning

@thenextshenanigantownandth4393

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties Just say County Roscommon lol, I'll look out for that one. Also do the O'Connor's, Cassidy's, McCarran's, McNamara's McCarthy's, McGrath's, O'Sulivans.

@thenextshenanigantownandth4393

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties Also do the O'Gradys/McGrady's and Brady's.

@thenextshenanigantownandth4393

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties Also do the O'Leary's, Clancy seen a load of those around and McInerney. Also do the O'Reily's and McDonagh's.

@thenextshenanigantownandth4393

3 жыл бұрын

@@Clans_Dynasties Also do Smith apparently that is a very common surname in Ireland which surprised me, I always see them on pub signs.

McDaniels we’re brought into Ireland in the plantation period. Said to be brought over by Hugh O’Neil his self. The McDaniel family is a clan of the branch of McDonald’s of the glens. The same McDonald’s that’s were massacred by the Campbells and the English. Hugh O’Neil said the McDaniel’s were the most firey and the most fierce of all clans in the highlands. Look at video time of :19 to see cost of arms of the McDonald of the glens coat of arms.

@MickeyMichaels348

2 ай бұрын

The Macdonalds of Glencoe were massacred by Argyll's Regiment of Foot, a Scottish infantry regiment. Not the English.

Would love to no more about the Cabe surname

You missed out clan gunn

#OneClanOneGoal #IndependenceisNormal #ChangeMustCome 🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌈🙏

McDowell is my clan

@davidmcdowell892

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! Victory or death!

Where’s my Campbells at✊🏼