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Irish surname
Mac Conmara
(anglicised as
MacNamara
or
McNamara
) is an Irish surname of a family of
County Clare
in Ireland. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the MacNamaras were one of the chiefly families of the
Dal gCais
or
Dalcassians
who were a tribe of the
Erainn
who were the second wave of Celts to settle in
Ireland
between about 500 and 100
BC
.
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McNamara family
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The McNamara family were an
Irish clan
claiming descent from the
Dal gCais
and, after the
O'Briens
, one of the most powerful families in the
Kingdom of Thomond
as
Lords
of Clancullen (a title later divided into East and West families). They are related to the
O'Gradys
, also descended from the Ui Caisin line of the Dal gCais.
The name began with the chieftain Cumara, of Maghadhair in county Clare. Cumara is a contracted form of Conmara ? hound of the sea. His son, Domhnall, who died in 1099, adopted the surname Mac Conmara, or son of Cumara, thus becoming the first of his name. The name has survived relatively unmodified as MacConmara in Irish and anglicised as MacNamara/McNamara.
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Naming conventions
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The name is a contraction of "Mac Cu Na Mara" meaning "Son of the Hound of the Sea".
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Male
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Daughter
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Wife
(Long)
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Wife
(Short)
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Mac Conmara
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Nic Conmara
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Bean Mhic Conmara
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Mhic Conmara
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People with the name
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- Sioda Cam MacConmara rebuilt
Quin Abbey
where many members of this clan were subsequently laid to rest.
- Donnchadh Ruadh Mac Conmara
(1715?1810) was a
Jacobite
poet
.
- Sean Buidhe Mac Conmara (c. 1750 ? 1836), more commonly known as John "Fireball" MacNamara,
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is remembered because of his daring exploits and his flair for the dramatic which has since featured in verse and in story.
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See also
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References
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- ^
Cairney, C. Thomas (1989).
Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland
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Jefferson, North Carolina
, United States, and London:
McFarland & Company
. pp. 61?69.
ISBN
0899503624
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McNamara at Araltas
, McNamara family history
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O Fiaich, Tomas (1986).
"Brian Mac Gurk, Dean of Armagh"
.
Seanchas Ardmhacha
.
12
(1): 69.
doi
:
10.2307/29745225
.
ISSN
0488-0196
.
JSTOR
29745225
.
Mac Conmara (the son of the sea-hound)
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"Mac Conmara"
. Sloinne. 5 December 2015.
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"Clare People: John "Fireball" MacNamara"
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County Clare Public Library Entry on "Fireball",
" John "Fireball" MacNamara (c. 1750-1836)"
,
County Clare Public Library
, 28/05/2014
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