The Heberian Main Genealogical Line
It is the ultimate goal of the International O'Sullivan Clan to eventually allow all O'Sullivans/Sullivans in the world to determine exactly where they fit in the following genealogy. We will hopefully reverse some of the devastating effects that war and famine have had on our culture. By combining conventional genealogical research with yDNA testing we should be able to identify where each sub-branch of the clan sprouts from the main stem. If the Milesian tradition is valid, which I personally believe it to be, then a clear family tree should emerge. The research of Riobard O'Dwyer has been invaluable to this end. That is why I have expended such time, effort, and resources to preserve and disseminate his work (see Annals of Beara).
Clan members Shanna Sullivan Jones and Kathleen Sullivan Kerwin are presently creating a meaningful yDNA platform that should reveal significant genetic clusters to identify our various sub-branches. Some day we hope a simple cheek scrape test will reliably reveal to which O'Sullivan sept an individual belongs.
It is already known where certain sub-branches fit in the main stem. These sub-branches are listed in blue.
BC
c. 1461 Birth of Phoeniusa Farsaidh [1], king of Scythia
c. 1441 Birth of Niul [2], lord of Capacyront
c. 1421 Birth of Gaodhal [3], lord of Capacyront
c. 1396 Birth of Asruth [4], lord of Capacyront
c. 1371 Birth of Sruth [5], last lord of Capacyront
c. 1346 Birth of Heber Scut [6], king of Scythia
c. 1321 Birth of Beouman [7], king of Scythia
c. 1296 Birth of Ogaman [8], king of Scythia
c. 1271 Birth of Tait [9], last king of Scythia
c. 1246 Birth of Agnon [10], chief brigand of the Caspian Sea
c. 1221 Birth of Lamhfionn [11], last chief brigand of the Caspian Sea
c. 1196 Birth of Heber Glunfionn [12], king of Gothia
c. 1171 Birth of Agnon Fionn [13], king of Gothia
c. 1146 Birth of Febric Glas [14], king of Gothia
c. 1121 Birth of Nenuall [15], king of Gothia
c. 1101 Birth of Nuadhad [16], king of Gothia
c. 1081 Birth of Alladh [17], king of Gothia
c. 1061 Birth of Arcadh [18], king of Gothia
c. 1041 Birth of Deag [19], king of Gothia
c. 1021 Birth of Brath [20], last king of Gothia
c. 1001 Birth of Breoghan [21], king of Spain and Portugal
c. 981 Birth of Bile [22], king of Spain and Portugal
[Bile had a younger brother named Ithe, from whom descend the Ithian clans of Ireland. See above.]
c. 961 Birth of Milesius [23], last king of Spain and Portugal
c. 941 Birth of Heber Fionn [24], Joint Ard Ri of Ireland
[Heber was the oldest son of Milesius to survive the invasion of Ireland. He had a younger brother named Heremon, who also survived, from whom descend the Heremonian clans. An even younger brother named Ir was the first brother to die in the invasion, but he left an adult son named Heber Don, from whom descend the Irian clans. See above.]
c. 921 Birth of Conmaol [25], 12th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 901 Birth of Eochaidh Faobhar Glas [26], 17th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 881 Birth of Eanna Airgthach [27], 21st Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 861 Birth of Glas [28], king of Munster
c. 841 Birth of Ros [29], king of Munster
c. 821 Birth of Rotheachta [30], king of Munster
c. 801 Birth of Fearard [31], king of Munster
c. 781 Birth of Cas [32], king of Munster
c. 761 Birth of Munmoin [33], 25th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 741 Birth of Fauldergoid [34], 26th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 721 Birth of Cas Cedchaingnigh [35], king of Munster
c. 701 Birth of Failbhe Iolcorach [36], king of Munster
c. 681 Birth of Ronnach [37], king of Munster
c. 661 Birth of Rotheachta [38], 35th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 641 Birth of Eliomh Ollfhionach [39], 36th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 621 Birth of Art Imleach [40], 38th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 596 Birth of Breas Rioghacta [41], 40th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 571 Birth of Seidnae Innaridh [42], 43rd Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 546 Birth of Duach Fionn [43], 45th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 521 Birth of Eanna Dearg [44], 47th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 496 Birth of Lughaidh Iardhonn [45], 48th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 471 Birth of Eochaidh Uaircheas [46], 50th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 446 Birth of Lughaidh Laimhdhearg (Louis Red Hand) [47], 52nd Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 421 Birth of Art [48], 54th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 396 Birth of Oilill Fionn [49], 56th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 371 Birth of Eochaidh [50], 57th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 346 Birth of Lughaidh Lagha [51], 60th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 321 Birth of Reacht Righ-dearg [52], king of Munster
c. 296 Birth of Cobthach Caomh [53], king of Munster
c. 271 Birth of Moghcorb [54], 72nd Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 246 Birth of Fearcorb [55], 75th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 221 Birth of Adhambra Foltcain [56], 78th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 196 Birth of Niadhsedhaman [57], 83rd Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 171 Birth of Ionadmaor [58], 87th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 146 Birth of Lughaidh Luaighne [59], 89th Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 121 Birth of Cairbre Lusgleathan [60], king of Munster
c. 96 Birth of Duach Dalladh Deadha [61], 91st Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 71 Birth of Eochaidh Garbh [62], king of Munster
c. 49 Birth of Muireadach Muchna [63], king of Munster
c. 29 Birth of Loich Mor [64], king of Munster
c. 9 Birth of Eanna Muncain [65], king of Munster
AD
c. 11 Birth of Corb Olum (Dearg Theine) [66], king of Munster
c. 42 Birth of Dearg [67], king of Munster
c. 73 Birth of Mogh Neid [68], king of Munster
c. 104 Birth of Eoghan Mór [69], Joint Ard Ri of Ireland
c. 135 Birth of Oilill Olum [70], king of Munster
c. 170 Birth of Eoghan Mór II [71], crown prince of Munster
c. 215 Birth of Fiachaidh Muilleathan [72], king of Munster
c. 260 Birth of Oilill Flann-Beag [73], king of Munster
c. 300 Birth of Lughaidh [74], king of Munster
c. 340 Birth of Corc [75], king of Munster, lord of Cashel
c. 380 Birth of Nathfraoch [76], crown prince of Munster
c. 420 Birth of Aonghus [77], king of Munster, lord of Cashel
c. 455 Birth of Felim [78], king of Munster, lord of Cashel
c. 495 Birth of Crimthann [79], crown prince of Munster
c. 535 Birth of Aodh Dubh [80], king of Munster, lord of Cashel
c. 571 Birth of Fínghin [81], last king of Munster, last lord of Cashel
[Upon the death of Finghin, his younger brother Failbhe Flann became king, according to the laws of tanistry. The illustrious McCarthy Clan descends from Failbhe Flann.]
c. 606 Birth of Seachnasagh [82], lord of Knockgraffon
c. 641 Birth of Fiachra na Gaircedh [83], lord of Knockgraffon
c. 674 Birth of Flann Noba [84], lord of Knockgraffon
c. 714 Birth of Dubhinracht [85], lord of Knockgraffon
c. 754 Birth of Morough [86], lord of Knockgraffon
c. 794 Birth of Moghtigern [87], lord of Knockgraffon
c. 834 Birth of Maolura [88], lord of Knockgraffon
c. 878 Birth of Eochaid (Suilleabhainn) [89]
The Clann Ui Súilleabháin
c. 914 Birth of Lorcan [90], lord of Knockgraffon (Span: 40 years)
c. 954 Birth of Buadhach Áth Cró [91], lord of Knockgraffon (Span: 40 years)
c. 994 Birth of Aodh [92], lord of Knockgraffon (Span: 40 years)
c. 1034 Birth of Cathal [93], lord of Knockgraffon (Span: 40 years)
c. 1074 Birth of Buadhach Ó Súilleabháin [94], lord of Knockgraffon (Span: 40 years) [First individual to use the surname, Ó Súilleabháin.]
c. 1114 Birth of MacCraith [95], lord of Knockgraffon (Span: 40 years) [Died 1176 AD]
c. 1147 Birth of Donal Mór [96], last lord of Knockgraffon (Domhnall Mor of Carrig Finnihuighe). (Span: 33 years) (Died in 1214 AD at app. age of 67.)
c. 1182 Birth of Giolla Mochoda [97], (Span: 35 years) (Died 1214 AD at app. age of 32.) [Giolla Mochoda had a younger brother named Giolla na bhFlann from whom descends the O'Sullivan Beara sept. The Lawson family is a sub-branch of the Beara sept, descending from Lauras.]
The Ó Súilleabháin Mór
c. 1210 Birth of Dunlong [98], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 36 years)
c. 1248 Birth of Murtagh Mór [99], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 38 years) Murtagh Mór [99] had a younger brother named Giolla Mochoda, from whom descends the Ó Súilleabháin Mhic Giolla Mochoda sept.]
c. 1273 Birth of Bernard [100], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 25 years)
c. 1298 Birth of Buadach [101], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 25 years)
c. 1326 Birth of Dunlong II [102], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 28 years)
c. 1358 Birth of MeicRaith (Cragh) [103], The last Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 32 years) [MeicRaith had a younger brother, Ruairi, from whom descend the “Ó Súilleabháin Mór Sept”.]
The Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith
c. 1394 Birth of Donal [104], The Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (Span: 36 years)
c. 1430 Birth of Conor [105], The Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (Span: 36 years)
c. 1466 Birth of Eoin (Owen) [106], The Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (Span: 36 years)
c. 1502 Birth of Buodach [107], The Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (Span: 36 years)
c. 1538 Birth of Donogh (Dermot) [108], The Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (Span: 36 years)
c. 1574 Birth of Conor [109], The Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (Span: 36 years)
c. 1610 Birth of Eoin (Owen) [110], The Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (Span: 36 years)
c. 1646 Birth of Dermot [111], The Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (Span: 36 years)
The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (MhicRaith)
c. 1682 Birth of Eoin (Owen / John) [112], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 36 years) [Upon the death of 'The Ó Súilleabháin Mór' (MhicRuairi) in Tomies on April 16, 1754 AD, the official title, 'The Ó Súilleabháin Mór', reverted back to the descendants of MeicRaith.]
c. 1718 Birth of Dermot [113], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 32 years)
(Dermot [113] had a younger brother named Thomas Mac Grath of Glenaboy, Tallow, Co. Waterford.)
c. 1749 Birth of Sean (Eoin / John) [114], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór [114] (Span: 31 years)
c. 1770 Birth of Seamus [115], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 21 years)
c. 1791 Birth of Muircheartach Mór I (Murtagh Cragh) [116], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 21 years) *
1816 Birth of Muircheartach Mór II (Murtagh Crah) [117], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 25 years)
1857 Birth of Muircheartach Mór III (Mortimer James) [118], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 41 years)
1889 Birth of Donal Seosamh I (Daniel Joseph) [119], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 32 years) (+)
1920 Birth of Donal Seosamh II (Daniel Joseph) [120], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór (Span: 31 years)
1949 Birth of Donal Seosamh III (Daniel Joseph) [121D], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór [2004 - 2014] (Span: 29 years)
1955 Birth of Garraí Eoin Brian Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (Gary) [121G], The Ó Súilleabháin Mór [2014 - Present] (Span: 35 years)
* A remarkably shorter generation span was noted in the eighteenth century for the Ó Súilleabháin Murts of Doire Chonaire and there are several historical explanations for this phenomenon. One reason for this unusual fecundity was the introduction of the potato to Irish agriculture. This novel food source could grow prolifically on marginal land, allowing for one acre of potatoes to feed a family of six, with each individual consuming over ten pounds per day. Furthermore, the potato skins served as excellent fodder for pigs. The potato was the only crop that contained all of the nutrients necessary to sustain life. A diet of potatoes, supplemented only with buttermilk and bacon, could keep a large family alive and healthy. The tragic loss of many newborns to malnutrition and disease was markedly reduced.
Another reason for this population boom was that, although the Penal Laws were still to be found in the statute books, by the middle of the eighteenth century they were no longer being strictly enforced. This easing of restrictions allowed for Irish Catholic tenants to be granted short leases on small plots of land. Consequently, young men and women felt more comfortable getting married at an earlier age, setting up a home, and having children. This resulted in the population of Ireland doubling to five million people during the eighteenth century.
(+) Donal Seosamh I (Daniel Joseph) [119] had an older brother named Padraig (Patrick) [119-P] who moved to San Francisco, California. Patrick had four sons, the youngest of which had male issue. Patrick's son, John [120-P-4], had a son named Ray [121-P-4-J-1], who had a son named Brady [122-P-4-J-1-R-1]. Both Ray and Brady serve on the Derbhfine of the clan.
Note: Primogeniture, as recorded in An Leabhar Muimhneach (The Book of Munster), is documented to Dermot [111]. Two additional generations are identified in O’Donovan’s Ordinance Survey, Eoin/Owen (John Greath) [112] and Dermot (Darby a Sheáin) [113], the progenitors of the Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith of Doire Chonaire (Derryconnery), both of whom are also recorded in the Account Books B & C of the Bantry House Collection of the University College Cork (Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh), B. Estate Administration, 1. Rentals, 1.1 Ledgers, 440, 441; 1740 – 1775. Eoin/Owen (John Darby) [114], Seamus (James Crath) [115], and Muircheartach Mór I (Murty Crah) [116] are documented in the 1827 Tithe List for Doire Chonaire (Derryconnery). Muircheartach Mór I (Murty Cragh) [116] and Muircheartach Mór II (Mort Crath) [117] are listed in Griffiths Valuation for the Kilcasken Parish (1848 – 1864). Muircheartach Mór II (Mort Crath) [117], Muircheartach Mór III (Mortimer James) [118] and Daniel Joseph [119] are found in the church records for the parishes of Kilcasken and/or Adrigole, County Cork, Ireland. Daniel Joseph II [120] and all of his progeny were born in the United States and have American documentation. All dates are approximate before 1816.
The Documented Pedigree of the Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith of Doire Chonaire
Eoin (Owen / John) Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith [112]
Documentation for Eoin (Owen / John) (John Greath) Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (born c. 1682) was found in Account Books B & C of the Bantry House Collection of the University College Cork (Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh), B. Estate Administration, 1. Rentals, 1.1 Ledgers, 440, 441; 1740 – 1775. He is also recorded in O’Donovan’s Ordnance Survey in a letter from Thomas O’Connor of Killarney, dated August 29, 1841, listing the genealogical line of the Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith sept.
Dermot Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith [113]
Documentation for Dermot (Darby a Sheáin) Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (born c. 1718) was also found in Account Book C of the Bantry House Collection. He is also recorded in O’Donovan’s Ordnance Survey in a letter from Thomas O’Connor of Killarney, dated August 29, 1841, listing the genealogical line of the Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith sept.
Eoin (Owen / John) Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith [114]
Documentation for Eoin/Owen (John Darby) Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (born c. 1749) was found in the 1827 Tithe List for Doire Chonaire where he is listed as John Darby (Eoin, son of Dermot).
Séamus Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith [115]
Documentation for Séamus (James Crath) Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (born c.1770) was also found in the 1827 Tithe List for Doire Chonaire where he is listed as James Crath. James had two sons, Muircheartach [Murty Cragh (I)] and Dermot (Jerem), the two progenitors of the Ó Súilleabháin Murts and Ó Súilleabháin Jers of Doire Chonaire.
Muircheartach Mór Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith I [116]
Documentation for Muircheartach Mór [Murty Cragh (I)] Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (born c. 1791) was also found in the 1827 Tithe List for Doire Chonaire where he is listed as Murty Cragh. He is an adult property owner, according to this document. His estimated birth year was 1791, making him about 36 years old at this time. He is also registered in the Adrigole Parish Records as the father of John McGrath, who was baptized in Doire Chonaire on March 16, 1834. Murty Cragh (I) was about 43 years old when John was born. The wife of Murty Cragh (I) is identified as Ellen Shanahan in the Adrigole Parish Records. Murty Cragh (I) was about 25 years old when he sired his oldest son, Muircheartach Mór [Mort Crath (II)] in 1816. Murty Cragh (I) is also listed in Griffith’s Valuation for Kilcasken Parish (1848 – 1864).
Muircheartach Mór Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith II [117]
Documentation for Muircheartach Mór [Mort Crath (II)] Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (born 1816) was also found in the Adrigole Parish Records where his marriage to Mary Crath was recorded on May 4, 1841. He is listed as Mort Crath. He died on October 5, 1882 at the age of 66. He had suffered with stomach cancer for about one year prior to his death. His daughter-in-law, Catherine Sullivan (nee Daly) was present at his death. From this Kilcasken Parish Record obituary, we know that Mort Crath (II) was born in 1816. He is also listed in Griffith’s Valuation for Kilcasken Parish (1848 – 1864).
Muircheartach Mór Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith III [118]
Documentation for Muircheartach Mór [Mortimor James (III)] Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (born 1857) is also found in the Kilcasken Parish Records. His birth is registered as July 6, 1857. He married Catherine Daly. He died on February 7, 1940. His youngest son Liam (Willie) was present at his death. Mortimor James (III) had three older siblings, all of whom died in childhood. Mary was born in 1847, known as “Black ‘47” since it was the worst year of An Gorta Mhóir (the Great Hunger). John was born in 1850 and Michael was born in 1854, which were still bleak years for the people of Doire Chonaire.
Donal Seosamh Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith I [119]
Documentation for Donal Seosamh [Daniel Joseph (I)] Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (born 1889) is also found in the Kilcasken Parish Records. His birth is registered in the Civil Records as March 30, 1889 but Mr. O’Dwyer is certain that this date is wrong. His correct birthdate is February 9, 1889. He was baptized on February 10, 1889 by the Very Reverend Father John Mangan P.P., No. 498 in the Baptismal Book. His Godparents were Daniel Sullivan and Johanna Crowley. Daniel Joseph (I) had two older brothers: John, who died without issue in a lumberjack camp in Washington State, U.S.A., purportedly during an “axe fight”; and Patrick, whose youngest son, John, had a son named Ray, who had a son named Brady. Both Ray and Brady serve on the Derbhfine of the clan.
Donal Seosamh Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith II [120]
Documentation for Donal Seosamh [Daniel Joseph (II)] Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (born 1920) is an American birth certificate. Birth Record # 983 filed in Manhattan, New York City, New York, January 6, 1921 documenting the live birth of Daniel Joseph (II) on December 28, 1920
Garraí Brian Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith [121G]
Documentation for Garraí Brian [Gary Brian] Ó Súilleabháin MhicRaith (born 1955) is an American birth certificate.
|
