Ulster Surnames with author Robert Bell
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Knowing the history of our ancestor's surnames can help us in research, particularly Irish research. In this episode I interview author Robert Bell of The Book of Ulster Surnames, reissued in 2021. Robert share why surname research matters and some pieces of Scots Irish history you won't want to miss.
Links:
[The Book of Ulster Surnames](www.amazon.com...) by Robert Bell
[The History of Ulster](www.amazon.com...) by Jonathan Bardon
[Place Names of Ulster](www.amazon.com...) by Jonathan Bardon
[A Dictionary of English Surnames](www.amazon.com...) by P.H. Reaney
[Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and History](www.amazon.com...) by George F. Black
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To reive as in the border reivers means to take in old English . Each English shire would have a local government official and regional tax collector - a shire reiver . This evolved into the word sherif .
I have owned The Book of Ulster Surnames since 1996 and have used many many times. My Great Great Grandfather, John Bell was born in Clones, County Monaghan in 1841. I have been able to drive through Clones 25 years ago.
Great interview - I purchased the book last year after your Irish podcast with Ulster Historical Foundation. Mr. Bell gives a nice long history of each surname plus other variations of the name. One of my surnames is Hackett which in the book is a variation of MacCaughey! No wonder I can't find some of these ancestors
I wouldn't have guessed that kind of name change was possible in a hundred years!
My husband and I have a common ancestor Joyce. This family originated in Scotland and the name was Joass. They moved to Northern Ireland and changed the name to Joyce. They migrated to America later.
Joyce is a West of Ireland surname.
Joyce is a west Ireland surname of Cambro-Norman origin. The Joyces emigrated from Wales at the time of the Cambro-Norman invasion of Ireland in the late 12th & early 13th centuries (1169 forward). I use the term Cambro-Norman rather than Anglo-Norman, because the Norman invaders of Ireland were from south Wales & were followers of Richard deClare, Earl of Pembroke (Pembrokeshire is in Wales).
My first name is Joyce I’m 77 years old raised in Pennsylvania Last names Mum was Graham and Dad Maitland. Raised Presbyterian in PA
My ancestors are McConnells from Tyrone, Daily’s as well. I could never find McConnell in Ireland until I connected it to Scots Irish and found McConnell in Scotland. We are Protestant as well. I’ve connected it back to the first McConnell immigrant and. A Quaker connection too. I love this kind of research , it’s just fascinating.
My grandfather Allen Mc Conville was baptized in he Church of England, but was raised Catholic by his Irish and Scottish mother when the emigrated from Newcastle UK to Brooklyn NY. Some of us are Anglican and Presbyterian, but mostly Catholic.
@@tommcconville4270 so I guess it’s not an either or eh?😁
I found the first Scottish immigrant to Ireland. He and his wife were from Durfeeshire. (Sp?) he would be my grandfather 6 x’s removed. They were only in Ireland for a generation before immigrating to the US which explains why there is very little information in Ireland. However his son Morris married an Irish woman and she had Morris Jr. then the whole family immigrated. It’s so rewarding to find this stuff.
Bell is my surname to
Names like Armstrong, Bell, Hume,Graham, Hume, are all from the Scottish Borders.
Those surnames are very common on Tyneside.
@@occidentadvocate.9759 Scottish borderers travel far,
A lot of 🇺🇸 US presidents have our blood too.
I am from Tyneside and most my friend are called those names
Proud to be an Armstrong from Ulster.
@@andyarmstrong1493 I'm proud to be a Scotsman from Ulster. My name is from county down(ballyroney).
Granddaddy (Mom's father) was Scots-Irish on his father's side (family emigrated in the early 1700s), and Pennsylvania Dutch on his mother's. He said they were Ulstermen from way back; the surname is a Sept of Clan Gunn. I will certainly have to visit with you and Mr. Bell again soon.
My grandfather was Cornelius Bradley. He was from Falagloon, Mahara, county Derry. We can only go back three generations. Mulholland was his mother’s maiden name.
My grandmas name was mattie pauline Bell strait. Her moms annie ruth bell. Im curious about our family tree all the time
Just found your channel. I have a bunch of Ulster Scots throughout PA early 1700s. Thanks for your content!
Good channel
As a proud Scotsman, living in Scotland, I would just like to point out that my ancient nation of Scotland is not actually in fact Irish, unless you discount 1,000 years of our history back to before the nation became Scotland.
Taking simply Ulster family names imo is like taking your favourite county of a US state to extract your information about the USA from that.
Bear in mind also that the spelling of any words was purely hit and miss up until even as recently as after the USA won its independence.
US attitudes to the spelling of English words has always been particularly cavalier.
How true. It's not wise to over generalize. Murray is a proud Scottish name, but also a common native Irish surname as well.
Our family names are maguire Mc auley rankin and madden which is apparently English for the Irish name maddigan. This would be a very interesting book to have.I know my father would appreciate a book such as this. 👍
Ma Auley is fun as it combines the Celtic Mac with the Viking Olaf; Olaf was King in Dublin.
My 2nd grt grandmother was a Bell.
My Ulster surname is McConville, Ulster Irish ancestry in County Down and County Armagh.
Surely it's more accurate to refer to Irish surnames and Plantation surnames rather than Ulster surnames as Ulster is very much an Irish province.
'Ulster' Irish surnames are found all over Ireland.
So interesting 🤔
The Border Wars: Historical Fiction, to get your head wrapped around the times: The Lymond Chronicles 1540's(+).. Sir Francis Crawford of Lymond. Scot Mercenary. The Lymond Chronicles, by Dorothy Dunnett.
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My name is Tom Mc Conville, we are an Ulster Irish clan that dates back probably 900 years or so in County Armagh and County Down.
McKane family, have information on them?!
How about Cahill?
A Munnster surname. A very common Irish surname.
Kane's and were still here
I'll just leave my comment here for someone to figure it out...
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