Ui Fiachrach?

[Reva Springfield]

Can anyone tell me what Ui Fiachrach stands for? In MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland it says in part "In Co. Roscommon it is probably the Ui Fiachrach name O'Gloinin" for the surname Glennon. My family came from Co. Roscommon. Also can anyone explain what it means when it says (Mac)Glennon Another name similarly anglicized is Mac Giolla Fhianain, an Ui Maine sept also anglicized Gillinan? Any help would be appreciated.
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[Michael Murphy]

The use of Uî in a surname is the genitive singular usage. An example would be "is de lucht leanüna Uî Néill é" meaning "he is a follower of O' Neill. Fiachrach and Maine are the particular septs that these family groups belong to.
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[William A. Naughton]

: Can anyone tell me what Ui Fiachrach stands for? In MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland it says in part "In Co. Roscommon it is probably the Ui Fiachrach name O'Gloinin" for the surname Glennon. My family came from Co. Roscommon. Also can anyone explain what it means when it says (Mac)Glennon Another name similarly anglicized is Mac Giolla Fhianain, an Ui Maine sept also anglicized Gillinan? Any help would be appreciated.<p>The Ui Fiachrach Finn (or Ui Fiachrach Arda Stratha) was a sub-group of the Ui Maine members of the Laigin tribe who settled in what is now the counties of Roscommon, Galway, Clare and Ofally in the 5th century, AD. The Ui Maine was headed by the O'Kellys, and the Ui Fiachrach Finn included the O'Naghtens and O'Mullallys, who ruled the region in Galway called Maonmagh before the Anglo-Norman invasion. You can find a history of the Ui Maine in John O'Donovan's "The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many" and in C. Thomas Cairney's "Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland." It's a fascinating history. You can read about the O'Naghtens in a narrative I wrote on the Naughtons in Roscommon at the following URL: http://miso.wwa.com/~naughton/nau_hist/ ... ml.<p>Hope this encourages you to read more about it.<p>Bill Naughton<p><br>

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[Reva Springfield]

<br>: Can anyone tell me what Ui Fiachrach stands for? In MacLysaght's The Surnames of Ireland it says in part "In Co. Roscommon it is probably the Ui Fiachrach name O'Gloinin" for the surname Glennon. My family came from Co. Roscommon. Also can anyone explain what it means when it says (Mac)Glennon Another name similarly anglicized is Mac Giolla Fhianain, an Ui Maine sept also anglicized Gillinan? Any help would be appreciated.<br>Thank you Michael Murphy and William Naughton for answering my question.<br>
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