| Houlihan Family Ó hUallacháin Mac Uaileachain of Lusmagh, Ó hUallacháin of Siol nAnmchadha, Houlahan, Mac Uallacháin, Hoolahan, Ua hUallacháin, Oulahan, Cuolahan, etc. | |
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| Parent family | Uí Mháine (Hy Many) |
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| Earlier spellings | Ó hUallacháin, Mac Uallacháin |
| Etymology | "Of Uallachán" |
| Founder | Uallachán Mac Flann |
| Final head | Final known head: Henry Cuolahan Esq. |
| Historic seat | Siol Anmchadha Lusmagh, Garrycastle |
| Titles | Lord of Muintir Cionaetha/Munter Cinaith
Chief of Muintir Cionaetha/Munter Cinaith Chief of the Name, Ó hUallacháin Chief of Siol Anmchadha (former) King of Siol Anmchadha (former) Prince of Siol Anmchadha Lord of Siol Anmchadha Lord over Lusmagh |
| Style(s) | Mór hUallacháin (Lit. "Great Houlihan, or, The Houlihan") |
| Connected families | Ua Madadhan (O'Madden), of Connaught (Siol Anmchadha)
Hoolahan, Of Clan Colgan, King's County. Holahan, Of Kilkenny. Ó Treasaigh, Of Siol Anmchadha |
| Dissolution | Dormant since late 20th century |
The Houlihan dynasty is a noble house and clan descending from Uí Mháine in modern-day County Galway and County Offaly in Ireland. This is reflected in the patronymic naming system: "Uallachán, son of Flann, son of Flannchadh, son of Innrachtach, son of Maelduin, son of Donngal, son of Anmchadh, son of Eoghan Buac."[1][2][3]
The source of the name "hUallacháin" (Houlihan) is from the progenitor of the family Prince Uallachan Mac Flann:[1] "A rough-fettering lord of distinguished valour, venomous- weaponed, h-Uallachan."[4] An Irish warrior and Prince of Siol Anmchadha. His name means "Proud", or "Arrogant".[5]
There are likely more than 3 different main lines of the Houlihan name, which stem from different places. The name found in this article is the main line whom were "Chiefs of Siol Anmchadha in Hy-Maine" as listed in John O'Hart's Pedigree of the Irish Nation.[2]
At times, The Ó hUallacháin was the King and or Chief of Siol Anmchadha, as addressed in the "Annals of Ireland," and, "Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many." But The O'Houlihan specifically ruled over Lusmagh,[6][7] a parish East of the Shannon River, within the Barony of Garrycastle but not ruled by the Delbhna bEthra.[8][9]
- ^ a b "The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's Country". celt.ucc.ie. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ a b O'Hart, John (1892). Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation. University of Pittsburgh Library System. Dublin, J. Duffy and Co.; New York, Benziger Brothers.
- ^ "FamilyTreeDNA - Genetic Testing for Ancestry, Family History & Genealogy". www.familytreedna.com. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ O'Donovan, John (1843). The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's country. Now first published form the Book of Lecan, a MS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy; with a translation and notes ... by John O'Donovan. Robarts - University of Toronto. Dublin : Irish Archaeological Society.
- ^ "Hoolahan (No.3) family genealogy - Irish Pedigrees". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ O'Donovan, John (2008). Ordnance survey letters. Offaly : letters containing information relative to the antiquities of King's County collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1837-38. Dublin: Four Masters Press. ISBN 978-1-903538-11-1.
- ^ Cooke, Thomas Lalor (1875). The early history of the town of Birr, or Parsonstown : with the particulars of remarkable events there in more recent times, also the towns of Nenagh, Roscrea, Banagher, Tullamore, Philipstown, Frankford, Shinrone, Kinnetty and Ballyboy and the ancient septs, princes, and celebrated places of the surrounding country. Robarts - University of Toronto. Dublin : Robertson.
- ^ O'Clery, Michael; O'Clery, Cucogry; O'Mulconry, Ferfeasa; O'Duigenan, Cueogry; O'Clery, Conary; O'Donovan, John (1856). Annals of the kingdom of Ireland. University of California Libraries. Dublin : Hodges, Smith and co.
- ^ Cairney, C. Thomas (1989). Clans and families of Ireland and Scotland : an ethnography of the Gael, A.D. 500-1750. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-362-2.