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Where did the Irish O'Beirne family come from? What is the Irish O'Beirne family crest and coat of arms? When did the O'Beirne family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the O'Beirne family history?

The Irish name O'Beirne was originally written in a Gaelic form as O Birn or O Beirn, from the Norse forename Bjorn.

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Those scribes in Ireland during the Middle Ages recorded names as they sounded. Consequently, in this era many people were recorded under different spellings each time their name was written down. Research on the O'Beirne family name revealed numerous spelling variations, including Bierne, O'Bierne, Biern, O'Biern, Beirne, O'Beirne, Beirn, O'Beirn, Birn, O'Birn, Birne and many more.

First found in Connacht, where they held a family seat from ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our O'Beirne research. Another 296 words(21 lines of text) covering the years 1747, 1748, 1789, 1812, 1823, 1850, 1853, and 1887 are included under the topic Early O'Beirne History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early O'Beirne Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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During the 19th century thousands of impoverished Irish families made the long journey to British North America and the United States. These people were leaving a land that had become beset with poverty, lack of opportunity, and hunger. In North America, they hoped to find land, work, and political and religious freedoms. Although the majority of the immigrants that survived the long sea passage did make these discoveries, it was not without much perseverance and hard work: by the mid-19th century land suitable for agriculture was short supply, especially in British North America, in the east; the work available was generally low paying and physically taxing construction or factory work; and the English stereotypes concerning the Irish, although less frequent and vehement, were, nevertheless, present in the land of freedom, liberty, and equality for all men. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Research into passenger and immigration lists has brought forth evidence of the early members of the O'Beirne family in North America:

O'Beirne Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Thomas OBeirne, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1849

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  • Paul O'Beirne, American saxophonist
  • Kate O'Beirne, American, is the Washington editor of National Review
  • Gerry O'Beirne, Irish musician, producer, and songwriter
  • Patrick Joseph O'Beirne (1900-1980), Irish professional footballer
  • Francis "Frank" O'Beirne (1898-1978), farmer, businessman, Irish Republican activist


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  2. Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
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  5. Tepper, Michael Ed & Elizabeth P. Bentley Transcriber. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Philadelphia 1800-1819. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986. Print.
  6. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  7. Heraldic Scroll and Map of Family names and Origins of Ireland. Dublin: Mullins. Print.
  8. Land Owners in Ireland. Genealogical Publishing. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1203-3).
  9. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
  10. MacLysaght, Edward. Irish Families Their Names, Arms and Origins 4th Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2364-7).
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The O'Beirne Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The O'Beirne 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.

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