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This is a record of family names extracted from the Griffiths Valuation of 1855. It only lists property owners and the townland in which the property was located in the parish of Quin.

Ashworth Rev. William Craggaunowen Quin Clare

Barron Edward Kilnacrandy Quin Clare

Bermingham John Cant Quin Clare

Bingham John Carnmallow Quin Clare

Blood John Ballykilty Quin Clare

Blood John Ballymarkahan Quin Clare

Boyce John Quin Quin Clare

Brassill Michael Cahercalla Quin Clare

Brennan John Carrowroe Quin Clare

Bridgeman Henry Rathluby Quin Clare

Bridgeman Hewitt Craggataska Quin Clare

Buckley Michael Ballykilty Quin Clare

Bunton Thomas, M.D. Quin Quin Clare

Burke Catherine Feaghquin Quin Clare

Burke Patrick Feaghquin Quin Clare

Butler James Ballymarkahan Quin Clare

Callaghan Mary Kilnacrandy Quin Clare

Callaghan Thomas Creevagh Beg Quin Clare

Carmody Michael Commons Quin Clare

Carmody Michael Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Carmody Patrick Commons Quin Clare

Carmody Patrick Creevagh More Quin Clare

Carmody Patrick Knocknagoug Quin Clare

Carmody Thomas Creevagh More Quin Clare

Carnody Mary Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Clune Anastasia Ballymarkahan Quin Clare

Clune Anastasia Rine Quin Clare

Clune Cornelius Ballymacloon West Quin Clare

Clune Cornelius Cullenagh Quin Clare

Clune Cornelius Kildrum Quin Clare

Clune Daniel Dangan Quin Clare

Clune Daniel Danganbrack Quin Clare

Clune Elizabeth Quingardens Quin Clare

Clune Elizabeth Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Clune James Carrowgar Quin Clare

Clune John Ballymacloon West Quin Clare

Clune John Dangan Quin Clare

Clune Margaret Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Clune Matthew Ballymacloon North Quin Clare

Clune Matthew Ballymacloon West Quin Clare

Clune Patrick Ballymarkahan Quin Clare

Clune Patrick Carrowgar Quin Clare

Clune Patrick Rine Quin Clare

Clune Timothy Danganbrack Quin Clare

Cody Michael Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Coleman Catherine Ballyhannan North Quin Clare

Coleman Margaret Ballyhannan North Quin Clare

Connor Margaret Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Cooley Patrick Creevagh More Quin Clare

Corbett James Ballyhannan North Quin Clare

Corbett James Ballykilty Quin Clare

Corbett James Quingardens Quin Clare

Corbett Michael Quingardens Quin Clare

Corbett Michael Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Corbett Patrick Ballagh Quin Clare

Corbett Patrick Carrowmeer Quin Clare

Corbett Patrick Kildrum Quin Clare

Corbett Patrick Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Corbett Ptk. Quingardens Quin Clare

Corbett Rev. Daniel Creevagh More Quin Clare

Corbett Rev. Daniel Feaghquin Quin Clare

Corbett Thomas Carrowgar Quin Clare

Corbett Thomas Creevagh More Quin Clare

Corbett Thomas Danganbrack Quin Clare

Corbett Thomas Keevagh Quin Clare

Creagh Cornelius Carrowroe Quin Clare

Creagh Cornelius Dangan Quin Clare

Creagh Cornelius Gorteen Quin Clare

Creagh Thomas Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Creagh William Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Crowe James Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Cullinane Thomas Dangan Quin Clare

Cumman Daniel Knocknagoug Quin Clare

Cusack Hugh Cragbwee Quin Clare

Cusack John Dangan Quin Clare

Cusack Patrick Carrowroe Quin Clare

Cusack Patrick Dangan Quin Clare

Daffy Bryan Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Dillon Johanna Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Dolaghty Michael Ballyhannan North Quin Clare

Dolaghty Timothy Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Donnellan John Craggataska Quin Clare

Doogan Michael Cloonaherna Quin Clare

Doogan William Cloonaherna Quin Clare

Dunboyne Lord ??? Knopoge Quin Clare

Fawl John Knopoge Quin Clare

Fere Mary Cant Quin Clare

Fitzgerald Anne Quin Quin Clare

Flaherty Mary Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Foran Michael Carrowroe Quin Clare

Fox Daniel Ballymacloon East Quin Clare

Frawley Patrick Rinneen Quin Clare

Frost James Cant Quin Clare

Frost Solomon Ballymacloon East Quin Clare

Galvin Patrick Quin Quin Clare

Gaynor Cornelius Dangan Quin Clare

Gleeson Michael Carrowgar Quin Clare

Gorman Patrick Commons Quin Clare

Gorman Patrick Knocknagoug Quin Clare

Graddy Martin Kilnacrandy Quin Clare

Graddy Michael Kilnacrandy Quin Clare

Graddy Patrick Kilnacrandy Quin Clare

Grady Mary Cullaun Quin Clare

Hallinan Denis Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Hallinan James Cullaun Quin Clare

Hallinan James Keevagh Quin Clare

Hallinan John Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Hallinan John Coolshamroge Quin Clare

Hallinan Margaret Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Halloran Anne Gorteen Quin Clare

Halloran Cornelius Commons Quin Clare

Halloran Cornelius Knocknagoug Quin Clare

Halloran Cornelius Quingardens Quin Clare

Halloran Cornelius Quinville South Quin Clare

Halloran James Cragbwee Quin Clare

Halloran Mary Ballyhannan North Quin Clare

Halloran Mary Craggataska Quin Clare

Halloran Michael Ballyhannan North Quin Clare

Halloran Michael Craggataska Quin Clare

Halloran Patrick Feaghquin Quin Clare

Halloran Patrick Quin Quin Clare

Halpin Patrick Quingardens Quin Clare

Hanneen Charles Cahercalla Quin Clare

Hanneen John Ballymarkahan Quin Clare

Hanneen John Knopoge Quin Clare

Hassett Patrick Kilnacrandy Quin Clare

Hawe Michael Creevagh Beg Quin Clare

Hayes John Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Heher John Craggataska Quin Clare

Hennessy Michael Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Hennessy Thomas Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Hewitt Anne Maria Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Hewitt Henry Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Hewitt Thomas Ballyroughan North Quin Clare

Hewitt William Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Hickey John Kilnacrandy Quin Clare

Hoey Michael Gorteen Quin Clare

Hogan Hugh Keevagh Quin Clare

Hogan James Gorteen Quin Clare

Hogan John Carrowroe Quin Clare

Hogan Thomas Keevagh Quin Clare

Hourigan Cornelius Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Howard Thomas Cloonaherna Quin Clare

Hurley James Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Kane John Commons Quin Clare

Keeffe Patrick Knocknagoug Quin Clare

Kinnerny Mary Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Kitson Bridget Cragbwee Quin Clare

Lalor Bridget Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Lalor Elizabeth Dangan Quin Clare

Lalor Francis Dangan Quin Clare

Lalor John Dangan Quin Clare

Lalor Michael Dangan Quin Clare

Leonard Francis Quinville South Quin Clare

Lindsey William Kilnacrandy Quin Clare

Linnane Francis Carrowmeer Quin Clare

Littleton Matthew Carrowroe Quin Clare

Littleton Matthew Cragbwee Quin Clare

Littleton Stephen Cragbwee Quin Clare

Littleton Stephen Dangan Quin Clare

Loughlin Patrick Carrowroe Quin Clare

Lynam Francis Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Lynch Daniel Creevagh Beg Quin Clare

Lynch Daniel Gorteen Quin Clare

Lynch Denis Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Lynch John Carrowroe Quin Clare

Lynch Michael Commons Quin Clare

Lynch Patrick Gorteen Quin Clare

Lynch Thomas Gorteen Quin Clare

Lyons Ellen Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Lyons Stephen Creevagh Beg Quin Clare

Magrath James Keevagh Quin Clare

Magrath Martin Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Mairian Denis Cullaun Quin Clare

Malony James Cragbwee Quin Clare

Mangan Patrick Carrowroe Quin Clare

Markaham Patrick Cutteen Quin Clare

Markaham Patrick Quinville South Quin Clare

Mc Cue John Ballykilty Quin Clare

Mc Donnell John Kilnacrandy Quin Clare

Mc Donnell Thomas Ballymarkahan Quin Clare

Mc Donnell Thomas Cutteen Quin Clare

Mc Donnell Thomas Deerpark North Quin Clare

Mc Donnell Thomas Deerpark South Quin Clare

Mc Guinness Eliza Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Mc Mahon Ellen Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Mc Namara Bridget Carrowmeer Quin Clare

Mc Namara James Ballymarkahan Quin Clare

Mc Namara John Coogaun Quin Clare

Mc Namara John Rinneen Quin Clare

Mc Namara Michael Ballykilty Quin Clare

Mc Namara Michael Ballymarkahan Quin Clare

Mc Namara Michael Coogaun Quin Clare

Mc Namara Patrick Creevagh Beg Quin Clare

Mc Namara Sarah Commons Quin Clare

Mc Queeny Michael Carrowroe Quin Clare

Meade John Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Meany Michael Creevagh More Quin Clare

Meany Owen Cragbwee Quin Clare

Meehan Patrick Kilnacrandy Quin Clare

Melehan Patrick Carrowroe Quin Clare

Moloney Denis Quin Quin Clare

Molony Daniel Cullaun Quin Clare

Molony James Cullaun Quin Clare

Moran Catherine Commons Quin Clare

Moylan James Ballyhannan North Quin Clare

Moylan James Commons Quin Clare

Moylan James Keevagh Quin Clare

Moylan James Knocknagoug Quin Clare

Moylan James Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Moylan John Creevagh More Quin Clare

Moylan John Quin Quin Clare

Moylan Mary Knocknagoug Quin Clare

Moylan Michael Ballyhannan North Quin Clare

Moylan Patrick Ballyhannan North Quin Clare

Moylan Patrick Madara Quin Clare

Moylan Patrick Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Moylan Stephen Quingardens Quin Clare

Moylan Thomas Keevagh Quin Clare

Moylan William Cahercalla Quin Clare

Mullins Sarah Creevagh More Quin Clare

Murphy James Shandangan Quin Clare

Murphy Patrick Carnmallow Quin Clare

Nailan Patrick Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Nash Denis Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

Nash Honoria Quingardens Quin Clare

Nealon John Carrowroe Quin Clare

Neeylan Thomas Cahercalla Quin Clare

Neill Judith Commons Quin Clare

Neill Patrick Rathluby Quin Clare

Neylan Patrick Cahercalla Quin Clare

Neylan Thomas Cahercalla Quin Clare

Neylan Thomas Creevagh More Quin Clare

Nihill James Cahercalla Quin Clare

Nihill Michael Cahercalla Quin Clare

Nihill Patrick Cahercalla Quin Clare

Normoyle Margaret Quingardens Village of Quin Quin Clare

O’Brien James Applefort Quin Clare

O’Brien Patk. Applefort Quin Clare

O’Brien Patrick Applefort Quin Clare

O’Brien Pierce Carrowroe Quin Clare

O’Brien Pierce Dangan Quin Clare

O’Dea Michael Creevagh Beg Quin Clare

O’Dea Patrick Creevagh Beg Quin Clare

Pewter Daniel Craggataska Quin Clare

Power James Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Power Thomas Creevagh Beg Quin Clare

Power William Creevagh Beg Quin Clare

Punch Patrick Quin Quin Clare

Punch Patrick Quingardens Quin Clare

Quilligan Charles Cutteen Quin Clare

Quinlivan James Ballyroughan South Quin Clare

Quinlivan Michael Ballyroughan South Quin Clare

Quinn Anne Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Quinn James Carrowroe Quin Clare

Ready Patrick Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Ready Patrick Carrowroe Quin Clare

Reddan Catherine Gorteen Quin Clare

Reddan Thomas Gorteen Quin Clare

Redmayne Robert R. Cullaun Quin Clare

Reynolds John Quinville South Quin Clare

Rourke John Rathluby Quin Clare

Savage Edmund Creevagh Beg Quin Clare

Scanlan Michael Creevagh More Quin Clare

Scanlan Patrick Ballyhannan North Quin Clare

Scanlan Patrick Ballymarkahan Quin Clare

Scanlan Roger Creevagh More Quin Clare

Scanlan Thomas Creevagh More Quin Clare

Sexton Patrick Carrowroe Quin Clare

Shannon Bridget Ballyhannan South Quin Clare

Singleton Edward N. Rinneen Quin Clare

Singleton John Commons Quin Clare

Singleton John Keevagh Quin Clare

Singleton John Knocknagoug Quin Clare

Singleton John Quin Quin Clare

Singleton John Quinville North Quin Clare

Singleton John Quinville South Quin Clare

Slattery Margaret Creevagh More Quin Clare

Slattery Patrick Ballymacloon East Quin Clare

Studdert Robert W. Cloonaherna Quin Clare

Studdert Robert W. Cullaun Quin Clare

Studdert Robert W. Deerpark North Quin Clare

Studdert Thomas Carrowmeer Quin Clare

Taylor Anne Carrowgar Quin Clare

Torpey James Cragbwee Quin Clare

Vandeleur John Carrowroe Quin Clare

Walsh Patrick Ballykilty Quin Clare

Walsh Patrick Madara Quin Clare

White Bridget Carrowroe Quin Clare

White Bridget Cragbwee Quin Clare

White James Carrowroe Quin Clare

White John Dangan Quin Clare

White Lawrence Dangan Quin Clare

White Thomas Dangan Quin Clare

White Thomas Gorteen Quin Clare

Wolfe James Cutteen Quin Clare

What did the Anglo Normans ever do for us?

We are well aware of the impact of the Anglo-Norman invasion on our history, the undermining of Gaelic society and the replacement of our native structures. Poor old Diarmuid MacMurrough takes a lot of blame for all of this, despite the fact that Henry II in England had already sought and had been given approval by Pope Adrian to invade and civilise us. Henry was just waiting to finish his war in France before sorting us out!

Anyway, in they came, conquered, settled, married and eventually becoming more Irish than even ourselves, ‘níos gaelaí ná na Gaeil féin’! But besides building towns and castles, robbing our women (and probably taking our jobs!), what did the Anglo-Normans do for us – if anything?

Well, for one, they gave us a whole new suite of names, both forename and surname, to choose from.

The Norman influence on Irish surnames

Following the invasion of 1169, a large number of Anglo-French first and last names entered into Ireland. Many, such as Power, Browne, Fleming, Joyce, Burke, Barry, Costello, Nagle, Nugent, D’arcy, Roche and Walsh/Welsh/Wallace, are nowadays considered Irish and are commonly found in Clare. So, too, are those with the Fitz prefix such as Fitzmaurice, Fitzgerald, Fitzgibbon and Fitzpatrick which most people would regard as Irish as the shamrock. Fitz, meaning ‘son of’, can be considered the Norman version of Mac (it derives from the Latin/French ‘fils de’, meaning ‘son of’). Burke came from de Burgh, Roche from de Roiste, Power from de Paor.

In 1366, a law was passed that “Every Englishman do use the English language, and be named by an English name, leaving off entirely the manner of naming used by the Irish.” This was introduced to dissuade the settlers from adopting Celtic prefixes or forms of surname. It didn’t have much affect as many settler families added Mac or ‘O’ and Norman names evolved into an Irish form (eg McHenry, McArthur).

In 1465 a law was passed enacting “that every Irishman that dwells betwixt or amongst Englishmen in the County of Dublin, Myeth, Vriell, and Kildare … shall take to him an English Surname of one town, as Sutton, Chester, Trym, Skryne, Corke, Kinsale; or colour, as white, blacke, browne; or arte or science, as smith or carpenter; or office, as cooke, butler ….”

Many of the trades of the early medieval period such as Archer, Butler, Cooper, Carpenter, Draper, Skinner, Tanner found their way into our surnames. Other introductions from this period came from the mercenary soldiers who accompanied the Norman invasion: Walsh (meaning Welsh), Joyce and Fleming (from Flemish mercenaries) are examples.

Incidentally, the Normans usually took their surnames from the place of their family origins. So, D’arcy originates in Arcy in Normandy. De Clare originates in Clare in Suffolk where the Anglo-Norman family were based. While De indicated their place of origin, Le was used to describe them, eg Le Poer meant ‘a poor person’.

De Burgh – Burke – from a placename in Suffolk, France

Le Botilier – Butler – Occupation bottle steward

De Barra – Barry – from an estate in Wales

Le Waleys – Walsh – the Welshmen

De Angulo – Costello/Nangle – from Nangle Pembrokeshire

What of their influence on forenames?

 Many of the Normans forenames introduced here were of a biblical or European saintly origin.

 In 1922, Reverend Patrick Woulfe wrote extensively on the topic of Irish name origins as follows:

In the same manner Norman and English names became current in Irish families during the thirteenth and subsequent centuries. These have now almost completely supplanted the old Gaelic names. The names borne by the Normans and by them introduced into Ireland, were of three kinds :

 (1) names of Scandinavian origin which their ancestors had carried with them to Normandy ;

(2) names of Germanic origin which the Frankish conquerors had brought across the Rhine and which had ousted the old Celtic and Latin names from France ; and

(3) Biblical names and Latin and Greek names of saints,, which the Normans began to adopt about the beginning of the eleventh century.

Together with these came in a few Celtic names from Brittany, a small number of Anglo-Saxon names, some Danish and Norse names from England, and one or two British or Welsh names. These were nearly all very rare and most of them soon died out. Of the Anglo-Saxon names, only two, Edmund and Edward, survived. Alfred has been revived in recent times. At the period of the Invasion, Frankish names were by far the most popular among the Normans, but Biblical and saintly names were coming rapidly into favour.

The following is a list, in order of frequency, of the more common names borne by the early Anglo- Norman invaders, the Biblical and saintly names of Latin and Greek origin being printed in italics :

William, Robert, Richard, John, Walter, Roger, Ralph, Adam, Hugh, Henry, Thomas, Nicholas, Gilbert, Geoffrey, Elias, Peter (Piers), Osbert, Reginald, Jordan, Simon, Alan, Stephen, Philip, David, Arnold, Alexander, Laurence, Baldwin, Herbert, Martin, Maurice, Godfrey, Andrew, Alfred, James, Samson, Turstein, Warin, Ailward, Daniel, Edward, Gregory, Bernard, Benedict, Hamon, Matthias, Michael, Gerard, Gervase, Lambert, Wilkin, Patrick, Edmund, Edwin, Hubert, Ivor, Joseph, Oliver, Mark.

 The following in alphabetical order were rare :

 Abraham, Adelard, Ailmer, Antony, Augustine, Brian, Clement, Constantine, Estmund, Eustace, Everard, Gocelin, Isaac, Leonard, Luke, Matthew, Miles, Milo, Odo, Osbern, Osmund, Pagan, Ponce, Randulf, Redmund, Rodulf, Silvester, Turold, Ulf, Vincent.

 The following names only came in, or at least became popular, at a later period :

Bartholomew, Christopher, Francis, Gerald, George, Paul, Roland, Theobald.

 Women’s names among the Normans were nearly all of the Biblical or saintly class:

 Agnes, Alice, Amelina, Anastasia, Annabella, Catherine, Cecily, Christina, Dorothy, Egidia, Eleanor, Evelyn, Frances, Honora, Isabella, Johanna, Matilda, Margaret, Susanna.

 The name Mary does not seem to have come into use in Ireland before the end of the16th century. Brigid only began to be used about the same period.

 

Extracted from ‘Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall’, Patrick Woulfe 1922

Out with the old, in with the new

The Anglo-Normans also brought with them new animal species such as the rabbit and fallow deer, new foods such as wheat, orchard fruits, mutton and farming practices such as hay-making. They introduced us to continental European religious saints and practices of the Roman Church. European religious orders soon followed such as the Franciscans, Augustinians, Cistercians, Dominicans etc. These replaced the structures of the native Irish Christian Church.

Up to then, the Irish natives did not adopt the name of saints as they considered this to be placing themselves on a par with the saint. Such naming convention was reserved for those of higher status in the monasteries. This was circumvented by use of the prefix Maol or Giolla meaning follower or servant. The Normans changed all of that and it was now acceptable to be called Peter, James, Michael, John, Mary, Brigid or Margaret.

Very few of us to this day do not have either a forename or surname that is not of Norman origin. Eventually, arising from the Gaelic Revival in the late 19th century, new Irish language versions of these forenames appeared such as Séan, Seamus, Peadar, Máire, Bríd, Mícheál, Cathal and many more appeared.

The Irish Church did not condemn the practice of slave-trading by the Irish until the invasion by the Anglo-Normans and the encroachment of the Roman Church. The story of Patrick (Patricius, son of a Roman administrator), which was introduced here after the Norman conquest, presents the native Irish as uncivilised pagan slavers who needed to be brought to heel. So the Normans inadvertently gave us our native saint and a forename for a good chunk of our population for generations following.

Out with the new, in with the old

Children are rarely given these European saint names today. Authentic Gaelic forenames are much more popular. We are nevertheless, unlikely to see the demise of the Anglo-Normans surnames that were introduced here. But all of us Mikes, Jimmies, Johnnys, Paddys, Kittys, Cathys, Maggies and Bridies can thank the Normans for what they brought us!