Re: Hearn/Herron from Enniskillen
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Hearn/Herron from Enniskillen
Emily Thompson Roguski 6/03/01
Emily, Too confuse you further here is how it goes - Under an English Law passed in 1623 all Irish names were banned and similar sounding or meaning names were utilised and many of the O's and Mac's were dropped and also to gain any chance of getting employment. 800 years of oppression on all things Irish and Catholic occured under English rule, all rights were taken away with nearly all the land and education denied. The results are the trouble everyone is having soughting out whose what.
The name O Hearne / English was used in Co. Waterford as a variant for Aherne - Irish O hEachighearna who were a Sept of Gaelic Celts in Co. Clare from the Dal gCais Tuath / True Family.
Hearon then becomes a variant of Hearne – sometimes even Heeron is used for Heerin,
The O Ahernes / O Hern / O Hearne was anglicised from the name of the Irish Chief, Eachthianna "Lord of the Horses." The Native Family were from the Dal gCais / Dalcassians descended from a brother to Brian "Boru" of the Tributes the High King of Ireland, King of Munster and King of Thomond / Co. Clare who stopped the advance of the Vikings at Clontarf in 1014 AD. The family's Native irish territory was around Six Mile Bridge in Co. Clare then they migrated to Co. Limerick, Co. Cork and Co. Waterford. They are descended from CAS the 3rd King of Thomond and his 12 sons the ancestors of all the people / Families of East Co. Clare and are decended then from Ailill " Iluim" the 1st Gaelic King of Thomond in 137 AD. whose father , Mogha was the King of Southern Ireland. They then trace to hEber the Milesian Gaelic brother who came into Ireland in 1699 BC. then to Gaedhal " Glas" the ancestor of all the Gaelic Celts then to Magog the second son of Japheth the second son of Noah. All this history and culture was destroyed by the English and you can't blame the younger members of these Families for getting somewhat lost in the end.
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Re: Hearn/Herron from Enniskillen
Emily Thompson Roguski 6/04/01