O'Connell
Before 1650 the
O'Connells were Constables of
Ballycarbery Castle,
near Caherciveen, Co.Kerry.
Above is the ruin of
Ballycarbery Castle
on
1829 to 1842 map.
See modern
map
and
360 view.
See
plaque.
Geoffrey O'Connell,
of
Ballycarbery Castle,
W of
Caherciveen,
Iveragh Peninsula,
Co.Kerry.
See
wikitree.
He
mar Honora McCroghan.
He died 25 Apr 1639.
They had issue:
Daniel MacGeoffrey O'Connell.
See wikitree.
He
mar Alice Segrave
[dau of Christopher Segrave,
Mayor of Dublin].
The family was forced from Ballycarbery in 1650.
Daniel settled at Tarmons,
near Waterville,
end of Iveragh peninsula, SW Co.Kerry.
They had issue:
-
John O'Connell.
He mar c.1700 to Elizabeth Conway
[poss. descendant of Henry I].
He settled at
Derrynane,
near Waterville.
He died May 1740.
They had issue:
-
Donal Mor O'Connell.
Ancestor of Daniel O'Connell.
- Maurice O'Connell,
Maurice MacDaniel MacGeoffrey O'Connell.
See wikitree.
Took a lease
of Dunmaniheen,
Killorglin, Co.Kerry.
He mar Ellen O'Callaghan [dau of Col. Callaghan O'Callaghan,
of Clonmeen, Banteer, Co. Cork].
Captain in Army of James II.
(Would be in the war of 1689-1691.)
He died
1715.
They
had issue:
- Geoffrey O'Connell.
"Geoffrey of the Great Herds" ("Sheara na Moe Mor").
He died 1722.
Ancestor of Daniel O'Connell's wife.
"English Descent of Daniel O'Connell".
From
p.242
of
Notes and Queries, 4th Series VII, March 18, 1871.
This points out O'Connell has some English/Welsh Elizabethan settler ancestry and is not pure Irish.
Earlier ancestry
The early part of O'CONNELL
in
[Burkes Irish, 1976].
it notes that these early generations lack proof.
- Claimed descent from Earls of Desmond:
References
- O'CONNELL
on pp.890-900
of [Burkes Irish, 1976]
- O'CONNELL on
pp.521-523
of [Burkes Irish, 1912].
- O'CONNELL on
pp.336-338
of [Burkes Irish, 1899].
- O'CONNELL on
pp.565-569 of
[Burke's Commoners, vol.2, 1836].
- O'CONNELL
in [Burkes Peerage]
- O'CONNELL
on pp.590-592
of
[Foster's Royal Descents, vol.4, 1886]
- O'CONNELL
on pp.183-185
of [O'Hart, 1892, vol.1].
See text.
- O'CONNELL
on pp.325-327
of [O'Hart, 1892, vol.2].
See text.
Sources yet to be fully consulted
Sources yet to be consulted
O'Connell papers in UCD
