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• Arthur Scottish Surname History: Clan Arthur, Argyll's Oldest Line & Heritage

  Arthur and MacArthur trace to Clan Arthur of Loch Awe, one of Argyll's oldest clans. Discover its rise, 1427 downfall, and 2002 chiefly restoration.

• Arthur Irish Surname: History, Origins & Heritage of a Limerick Family

  Arthur is one of the oldest families of Limerick, recorded from the twelfth century and remembered in Arthur's Quay, with a northern branch that gave the US its 21st President....

• St Clair History & Origins: Normandy, Rosslyn Chapel, the Northern Earldoms & Arthur St. Clair

  St Clair and Sinclair are one Norman name written two ways. We trace it from a Saint-Clair in Normandy to Roslin, Orkney and Caithness, weigh the Rosslyn Chapel legends against...

• Cox Irish Surname: History, Origins & Heritage of a Connacht Family

  The Cox surname in Ireland derives primarily from the Gaelic Mac Coise, meaning son of Cos — a personal name formed from cos, the Irish word for foot or leg,...

• Chichester Irish Surname: History, Origins & Heritage of an Ulster Family

  The Chichester surname is English in origin, derived from the city of Chichester in Sussex — a place-name combining the Roman Cissan with the Old English ceaster, meaning a Roman...

• Balfour Scottish Surname History: Fife Origins, a Murder & a Prime Minister

  Balfour traces to a Fife barony and spans a Tolbooth escape, the Balfours of Burleigh, and Prime Minister Arthur Balfour's 1917 Balfour Declaration.

• Dobbs Irish Surname: History, Origins & Heritage

  Dobbs means 'son of Dobbe' (a pet form of Robert), an Ulster name long established at Castle Dobbs near Carrickfergus, County Antrim. Explore it and shop Dobbs heritage gifts by...

• Griffith Irish Surname: History, Origins & Heritage

  Griffith comes from the Welsh personal name Gruffudd ('strong lord'), settled in Ireland and remembered through Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Fein, and Richard Griffith's land valuation. Explore it and...

• Dillon Irish Surname: History, Origins & Heritage of a Norman-Irish Family

  Dillon in Ireland is an Anglo-Norman name, Díolún in Irish, planted in Westmeath by Sir Henry Dillon, whose grants became Dillon’s Country, and later carried to France by Dillon’s Regiment;...

• Two James Jones Households, One Welsh Parish: How to Test Which Is Yours

  Two real James Jones households show why a name and parish are only a starting point. Build a comparison of ages, birthplaces, occupations and relatives, then investigate the details that...

• Wellesley Irish Surname: History, Origins & Heritage of a Meath Family

  Wellesley is an Anglo-Irish locative name of County Meath, earlier known as Colley, who became Earls of Mornington and gave rise to Arthur Wellesley, the Dublin-born Duke of Wellington. Explore...

• Trevor of Brynkynallt: How to Read a Family History Without Adopting Its Pedigree

  A landed family’s history can be a valuable lead without becoming your own ancestry. This Trevor case compares a published pedigree account with two checked admissions entries and an early...

• Milne Surname History: Origin, Meaning and Family Research

  Explore the Milne surname’s documented meaning, origins, geography, variants and genealogy with honest heraldry guidance.

• Cushney History & Origins: The Lands of Cushnie, Leochel & Aberdeenshire Heritage

  Cushney is a territorial name from the old lands and parish of Cushnie near Alford in Aberdeenshire. We weigh the Gaelic readings, follow the Cusnie, Leslie and Lumsden holders, and...

• Knight in Ireland: Olivia Knight & the Castlebar Story

  A documented Knight family in Mayo The Knight name has a specific Irish history through writer and teacher Olivia Mary Knight of Castlebar, County Mayo. The Mayo Genealogy Group’s account...

• The German Plot Arrests of May 1918: How Britain's Crackdown Backfired on Irish Nationalism

  On May 17, 1918, British authorities swept through Ireland arresting over seventy Sinn Féin leaders, claiming they had uncovered a treasonous plot involving German backing. The arrests took de Valera,...

• Clan MacArthur History, Motto & Origins: Loch Awe, Argyll & Scottish Heritage

  Clan MacArthur claim to be among the oldest families in Argyll, their tradition of descent from the same ancient stock as the Campbells giving them a proud if ultimately ill-fated...

• Waugh History & Origins: The Britons of Strathclyde, East Gordon in Berwickshire & the Man Who Named Everest

  Waugh is a Scottish Borders surname meaning foreigner or Briton, from Anglian Old English walh, the word Northumbrians used for the Britons of Strathclyde. Alexander Waugh of East Gordon, Andrew...

• MacArthur & McArthur Gifts: For Home, Garden and Family Days

  Find a MacArthur gift that fits their home or a McArthur shirt with the right spelling. Compare real sizes, materials and prices before choosing.

• Irish Surnames from County Westmeath: Origins, History & Family Heritage

  County Westmeath in the heart of Ireland sits where Leinster meets Ulster and Connacht, and carries a surname landscape shaped by the Gaelic O'Melaghlin kings, the Norman Dillon and Nugent...

• Carbery Irish Surname: History, Origins & Heritage of a Cork Family

  The Carbery surname is a territorial name derived from the barony of Carbery in west County Cork — itself from the Irish Cairbre, an ancient personal name used as a...

• Craigmillar Castle History, Clan Preston Connections & Mary Queen of Scots

  Craigmillar Castle stands three miles from Edinburgh's city centre — a remarkably preserved medieval fortress built by Clan Preston, visited by Mary Queen of Scots, and the setting for one...

• Doherty & O’Doherty Irish Surname: Origins, Inishowen & Family History

  Doherty and O’Doherty come from Ó Dochartaigh of Inishowen, County Donegal. Explore the surname’s variants, Cahir O’Doherty’s 1608 rising, the separate Cork Ó Dubhartaigh name, and records for family research.

• Moriarty Irish Surname: History, Origins & Heritage of a Kerry Family

  The Moriarty surname comes from the Irish O Muircheartaigh, meaning descendant of Muircheartach, a personal name combining the Gaelic words for sea and skilled or expert — suggesting an ancestor...