THE CHIEF IRISH FAMILIES IN MUNSTER

St. Beretchert Church (founded by a Saxon Prince) Tullylease, County Cork, Ireland.

Excerpt from IRISH PEDIGREES by O'Hart 1892

The following is a brief history of the Irish Families in Munster, beginning with the three branches of the race of Heber; namely Dalcassians, the Eugenians, and the clan Cian.

The Dalcassians: According to Connellan, the chief families of the sept were: Lysacht, Mac Arthur, MacBruodin, MacClancy, MacConroy, MacCurtin Mac Donnell, MacEniry, MacGrath, Mac Mahon, MacNamara, O'Ahern, O' Brien,O'Brody, O'Casey, O' Cashin, O'Considine, O' Davoron, O'Hanraghan O'Hartigan, O'Hea, O'Healy (modernized Haley & Hayley) O'Heap, O'Heffernan, O' Hostigan, O'Hehir, O'Hickey, O'Hogan, O'Hearly (Harley) O' Kerney, O' Kennedy, O'Liddy, O' Longergan, O' Mera, O'Molony, O'NOONAN (NUNAN) O'Quinn, O'Shanahan (O'Shannon) O'Sheehan, O'Slattery, O'Spillane, O'Twomey, etc.

The Following were also of the Dalcassian race: the families of MacCoghlan, Chiefs in the Kings County; O' Formelan, O'Skully, chiefs in Teffia or Westmeath.

COUNTY CORK

O'NOONAN CHIEF OF TULALEIS AND CASTLELESSEN, NOW THE PARISH OF TULLYLEASE, IN THE BARONY OF DUHALLOW, MUNSTER.

IN EARLY TIME, O'NOONAN WAS CHIEF OF AN ECCLESIASTICAL SEPT (CLAN OR TRIBE) ERENAGHS (HEREDITARY PRIESTS) OF ST. BERETCHERT CHURCH AT TULLYLEASE IN THE BARONY OF DUHALLOW COUNTY CORK.

MANY DRUIDS BECAME PRIESTS, MINISTERS, AND ERENAGH'S OF CHURCHES.

AFTER THE NOONANS LOST THE CHURCH LANDS, BY CONFISCATION, DURING THE ANGLO/NORMAN INVASION 1172, THEY WERE THEN LISTED AS THE LORDS OF EAST MUSKERRY, COUNTY CORK.

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MOTTO: "LAHM LADIR AN UACHDAR" MEANING " THE STRONG HAND UPPERMOST"

O'H-IONMHAINEAIN NAME MEANS "BELOVED" OR "DESCENDANT OF THE BELOVED ONE" RESPECTFULLY IN MEMORY OF THE CLAN FOREFATHER AND CHIEF.

THE O'NUNANS DESCEND FROM CORMAC CASS (HIGH KING) 250AD. HE WAS THE SON OF OILILL OLOM, 'THE WISE' FROM THE CLAN DAL CAIS. THE NOONANS ARE ALSO HISTORICALLY LISTED A DESCENDANTS OF ADAM.

THERE WERE TWO NOONANS OF HISTORICAL NOTORIETY, WILLIAM NOONAN WAS A PHYSICIAN AND "KING'S SURGEON" IN 1341. HE CURED KING EDWARDS III SON, LIONEL DUKE OF CLARENCE. ALSO, JAMES PATRICK NOONAN WAS A FAMOUS AMERICAN LABOR LEADER (1878-1928)