The Irish standard., 1915-09-25
Irish Families
o'FIynn.

o'Flynn.
O'Flynn-Flynn. There are many
branches of this fine old family, some
of which cause commotion among
genealogists. With these family
Quarrels" we will have nothing to do,
at present. Our data covers the
broadcast field of research and it's
sources, of the most reliable author
ity, can hardly be honestly ques-
toned or disputed.
Of the Munster O'Flynn we know
that Carberry, younger son of Aodh
Dubh, sixteenth Christian king of Mum
ster, was prime ancestor; and that
sept in Munster called O'Flinn-|
"fian"; Irish, anglicized "blood"-was
further Englished, O'Flynn, Flynn,
Lynn and Blood, in Connacht; and
those held of same stock, in Ulster, be-
came known as O'Flinn, Finn, Linn
and Lynne. But there was another
clam I'd Flainn in Connacht, coming
from Cuornan, brother of Uadach,
ninth Christian King of Connacht.
This was Heremonian sept; where
as the first named was Heberian.
Fiachra Tort brother of Roghaw
| Mac Uais-modernized Mac Evoy-
was ancestor of O'F1ainn of Tuitre in
Ulster. But from Irhre, uncle of Mile
sius, still descended another sept of
the I'd Flainns or O'Flynns in Mum
ster, who were anciently located in
the territory of Carberry, in the west
of Cork county. This sept may be
COMPOUNDED with the first sept here
named because their founder was Car
berry; but it must be remembered,
that strange as it may seem, the CLAIMS
who derive descent from Ith are not
| accounted. by the annalists, of the
Milesian stock, Notwithstanding their
consanguinity. (a)
In Munster the family of Flynn or,
OFlynn, ranked as chiefs of Arda and
Hy-Baghamna; the former named ter
ritory was placed in the now barony
of Carberry and the latter in the ad-
Joining baronies of Ibane and Barry
roe. The Western or Connacht sept
of O'Flynn, were chiefs in Siol Maol-
ruin, large district in the barony of
Ballintuber. County Roscommon, in
which rose Sliabh vi Fhloinn-or 1.-THE
O'Flynns Mountains" in the
parishes of Kilkeeran, Kiltullagh and
extending to the parish of Ballynakil-
lin, County Galway; while the Ulster
O'Flynn, in conjunction with the
sturdy O'Donnellan, were chiefs of Vi
Tuirtre, a people seated on the east
side of the river Bann, and Tough
Neagh in Antrim. This territory was
known as the baronies of Toome and
Antrim, and now, as North Clanaboy.
In that bloody and marvellous cycle of
English Civilization and REFORM" by
which the Sassenach sought to teach
the Celt that he was not good enough
to live On Irish, or any other soil, and
this era, "fathered" by Henry Eighth,
"mcthered" by the sanity Elizabeth
and "god-fathered" by Cromwell, the
"revolutionist," every Irish sept or
clam. stoutly resisting this dirty and
deadly work. were scattered here and
there. To Hell or Connacht" was the
cry; they preferred Connacht. Among
the many great branches there existed
diversity Of design and symbolism
in their clan badges. They are each
specially recorded and we have them.
But our drawing presents the Mum
ster Heberian badge, which modern.
ism calls "coat-of-arms."
1t is as follows: "Az. a wolf pas
! SAINT. srgt. in chief, three bezants, or.
Crest: A hand couped, ppr. entwined
with, and holding a serpent, vert.
Motto: Honor arcemium virtutis est.
or Honor is the first or chief of vir-
tues We advise correct return to
the language Of our sires-the Gaelic,
"Onois tus buaidhe."
(a) But this territory. anciently
called Corcaluighe - 'the swampy
notwithstanding from Bandon to
Crookhaven and to the river of Ken
mare, was possessed, in common, by
the CLAIMS O'Baires-said to be
O'Barry-o'Conees. O'Deas. O'Dris-
coils. o'Fihillys. o'Flainns. o'Heas.
o'Henegans and O'Learys. Gaodal. or