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Where did the Irish Cosgriff family come from? What is the Irish Cosgriff family crest and coat of arms? When did the Cosgriff family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Cosgriff family history? All Irish surnames have a unique and often romantic meaning. The name Cosgriff originally appeared in Gaelic as Mac Coscraigh or O Coscraigh, from the word "coscrach," which means victorious.The archives that survive today demonstrate the difficulty experienced by the scribes of the Middle Ages in their attempts to record these names in writing. Spelling variations of the name Cosgriff dating from that time include Cosgrove, Cosgrave, O'Cosgrove, O'Cosgrave, McCosgrove, McCosgrave and many more. First found in Leinster, where they held a family seat from ancient times. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cosgriff research. Another 491 words(35 lines of text) covering the years 1000, 1172, 1620, and 1641 are included under the topic Early Cosgriff History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Cosgriff Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. In the 18th and 19th centuries, thousands of Irish families fled an Ireland that was forcibly held through by England through its imperialistic policies. A large portion of these families crossed the Atlantic to the shores of North America. The fate of these families depended on when they immigrated and the political allegiances they showed after they arrived. Settlers that arrived before the American War of Independence may have moved north to Canada at the war's conclusion as United Empire Loyalists. Such Loyalists were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Those that fought for the revolution occasionally gained the land that the fleeing Loyalist vacated. After this period, free land and an agrarian lifestyle were not so easy to come by in the East. So when seemingly innumerable Irish immigrants arrived during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s, free land for all was out of the question. These settlers were instead put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Whenever they came, Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name Cosgriff or a variant listed above, including: Cosgriff Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
The Cosgriff Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Cosgriff Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname. This page was last modified on 25 May 2011 at 15:12. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
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