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Where did the Irish O'Regan family come from? What is the Irish O'Regan family crest and coat of arms? When did the O'Regan family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the O'Regan family history? Irish surnames are linked to the long Gaelic heritage of the Island nation. The original Gaelic form of the name O'Regan is O Riagain. In County Waterford, the Gaelic form O Reagain is used.Official documents, crafted by early scribes and church officials, primarily contained names that were spelled according to their pronunciation. This lead to the problem of one name being recorded under several different variations, creating an illusion that a single person was many people. Among the many spelling variations of the surname O'Regan that are preserved in the archival documents of the time are Reagan, Regan, O'Regan, O'Reagan and others. First found in County Meath, where they held a family seat from very ancient times. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our O'Regan research. Another 249 words(18 lines of text) covering the year 1172 is included under the topic Early O'Regan History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early O'Regan Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. In the 18th and 19th centuries hundreds of thousands of Irish people immigrated to North American shores. The early settlers were enticed by the promise of their own land, but they were moderately well off in Ireland when they decided to emigrate. Therefore, they were merely carrying out a long and carefully thought out decision. The 1840s saw the emergence of a very different trend: thousands of extremely desperate people crammed into passenger boats hoping to find any type of opportunity. The Irish of this decade had seen their homeland severely stricken by crop failures which resulted in widespread disease and starvation. At whatever time the Irish immigrants came to North America, they were instrumental in the rapid development of the emerging nations of the United States and what would become known as Canada. An exhaustive search of passenger and immigration lists has revealed many persons bearing the name O'Regan, or one of its variants: O'Regan Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
O'Regan Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
O'Regan Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
The O'Regan Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The O'Regan 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 19 May 2012 at 14:32. ©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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