O'Houlihan (dynasty)

Houlihan Family
Ó hUallacháin

Mac Uaileachain of Lusmagh, Ó hUallacháin of Siol nAnmchadha, Houlahan, Mac Uallacháin, Hoolahan, Ua hUallacháin, Oulahan, Cuolahan, etc.
Arms of O'Houlihan
Parent familyUí Mháine (Hy Many)
Country
  • Ireland
Current region
Earlier spellingsÓ hUallacháin, Mac Uallacháin
Etymology"Of Uallachán"
FounderUallachán Mac Flann
Final headFinal known head: Henry Cuolahan Esq.
Historic seatSiol Anmchadha

Ui Maine

Lusmagh, Garrycastle
TitlesLord of Muintir Cionaetha/Munter Cinaith

Chief of Muintir Cionaetha/Munter Cinaith

Chief of the Name, Ó hUallacháin

Chief of Siol Anmchadha (former)

King of Siol Anmchadha (former)

Prince of Siol Anmchadha

Lord of Siol Anmchadha

Lord over Lusmagh
Style(s)Mór hUallacháin (Lit. "Great Houlihan, or, The Houlihan")
Connected familiesUa Madadhan (O'Madden), of Connaught (Siol Anmchadha)

Hoolahan, Of Clan Colgan, King's County.

Holahan, Of Kilkenny.

Ó Treasaigh, Of Siol Anmchadha
DissolutionDormant since late 20th century

The Houlihan dynasty is a noble house and clan descending from Uí Mháine in modern-day County Galway and County Offaly in Ireland. This is reflected in the patronymic naming system: "Uallachán, son of Flann, son of Flannchadh, son of Innrachtach, son of Maelduin, son of Donngal, son of Anmchadh, son of Eoghan Buac."[1][2][3]

The source of the name "hUallacháin" (Houlihan) is from the progenitor of the family Prince Uallachan Mac Flann:[1] "A rough-fettering lord of distinguished valour, venomous- weaponed, h-Uallachan."[4] An Irish warrior and Prince of Siol Anmchadha. His name means "Proud", or "Arrogant".[5]

There are likely more than 3 different main lines of the Houlihan name, which stem from different places. The name found in this article is the main line whom were "Chiefs of Siol Anmchadha in Hy-Maine" as listed in John O'Hart's Pedigree of the Irish Nation.[2]

At times, The Ó hUallacháin was the King and or Chief of Siol Anmchadha, as addressed in the "Annals of Ireland," and, "Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many." But The O'Houlihan specifically ruled over Lusmagh,[6][7] a parish East of the Shannon River, within the Barony of Garrycastle but not ruled by the Delbhna bEthra.[8][9]

History

Map of the early-seventeenth century barony of Longford in east Galway, formerly the O Madden territory of Síl Anmchadha, shown in yellow with the location of the parish of Lusmagh shown in green. The parish of Lusmagh would become part of King’s County (later County Offaly) in the mid-seventeenth century.[10]

Notable persons of the name

Uallachán Mac Flann, Chief of the Name, Chief of the Munter Cinaith, Prince of Siol Anmchadha.[4][11]

Coat of Arms of the Ó hUallacháin family[12][13]

King Giolla Finn Mac Uallacháin, Chief of the Name Ó hUallacháin, Chief of the Munter Cinaith,[14] Chief of Siol Anmchadha, King of Siol Anmchadha (reigned 1096-1101)[15][3][14][7][16]

Archbishop of Cashel, Archbishop of Munster, Donal Ua hUallacháin (in office 1171-1182)[17][7]

Henry Cuolahan, of Cogran Esq., Last head of the Mac Cuolahan line.[18] (b. 1817- d. 1848). "Cuolahan died in 1902 and nine years later Rebecca, as head of the house, was the sole Cuolahan resident at Cogran. By the late twentieth century the house was in a ruinous state."[19][20]

James Woulahan, an Independent politician who ran in the 1985, and 1989, Braid Valley District elections for the Ballymena Borough Council.[21][22]

See also

References and citations

  1. ^ a b "The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's Country". celt.ucc.ie. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  2. ^ a b O'Hart, John (1892). Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation. University of Pittsburgh Library System. Dublin, J. Duffy and Co.; New York, Benziger Brothers.
  3. ^ a b "FamilyTreeDNA - Genetic Testing for Ancestry, Family History & Genealogy". www.familytreedna.com. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  4. ^ a b O'Donovan, John (1843). The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's country. Now first published form the Book of Lecan, a MS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy; with a translation and notes ... by John O'Donovan. Robarts - University of Toronto. Dublin : Irish Archaeological Society.
  5. ^ "Hoolahan (No.3) family genealogy - Irish Pedigrees". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  6. ^ O'Donovan, John (2008). Ordnance survey letters. Offaly : letters containing information relative to the antiquities of King's County collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1837-38. Dublin: Four Masters Press. ISBN 978-1-903538-11-1.
  7. ^ a b c Cooke, Thomas Lalor (1875). The early history of the town of Birr, or Parsonstown : with the particulars of remarkable events there in more recent times, also the towns of Nenagh, Roscrea, Banagher, Tullamore, Philipstown, Frankford, Shinrone, Kinnetty and Ballyboy and the ancient septs, princes, and celebrated places of the surrounding country. Robarts - University of Toronto. Dublin : Robertson.
  8. ^ O'Clery, Michael; O'Clery, Cucogry; O'Mulconry, Ferfeasa; O'Duigenan, Cueogry; O'Clery, Conary; O'Donovan, John (1856). Annals of the kingdom of Ireland. University of California Libraries. Dublin : Hodges, Smith and co.
  9. ^ Cairney, C. Thomas (1989). Clans and families of Ireland and Scotland : an ethnography of the Gael, A.D. 500-1750. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-362-2.
  10. ^ "Cuolahan". Burke's East Galway. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  11. ^ MacLysaght, Edward (1960). More Irish families. Galway [Ire.] O'Gorman.
  12. ^ De Breffny, Brian (1982). Irish family names : arms, origins, and locations. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7171-1225-8.
  13. ^ O'Laughlin, Michael C. (1997). The book of Irish families, great & small. Irish Genealogical Foundation. ISBN 978-0-940134-15-7.
  14. ^ a b Revue celtique. Kelly - University of Toronto. Paris : F. Vieweg. 1870.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  15. ^ O'Donovan, John (1849). Annals of the kingdom of Ireland. University of California Libraries. Dublin : s.n.
  16. ^ http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/handle/2262/92542/SUBMISSION%202.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  17. ^ MacLysaght, Edward (1985). Irish families : their names, arms, and origins. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0-7165-2364-2.
  18. ^ Ellis, Henry (1817). "XXIII. Queen Elizabeth's Remarks on the Conduct of those who pressed her to name a Successor to the Crown in 1566. Communicated by Henry Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary, in a Letter to Samuel Lysons, Esq. V.P.". Archaeologia. 18: 240–242. doi:10.1017/s0261340900026187. ISSN 0261-3409.
  19. ^ "Cuolahan". Burke's East Galway. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  20. ^ O'Donovan, John (2008). Ordnance survey letters. Offaly : letters containing information relative to the antiquities of King's County collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1837-38. Dublin: Four Masters Press. ISBN 978-1-903538-11-1.
  21. ^ https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989
  22. ^ https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985