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Where did the Irish O'Sullivan family come from? What is the Irish O'Sullivan family crest and coat of arms? When did the O'Sullivan family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the O'Sullivan family history?
The old Gaelic name used by the O'Sullivan family in Ireland was O Suileabhain, which is partially derived from the word "suil," which means "eye." The surname probably means either one-eyed or hawk-eyed.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
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- First settlers to North America
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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'Sullivan that are preserved in the archival documents of the time are O'Sullivan, Sullivan and others.First found in the territory of Cahir in County Tipperary. The Sullivan spelling is by far the most common name in Munster, and is predominantly found in the counties of Cork and Kerry, with a smaller but still significant population in County Limerick.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our O'Sullivan research. Another 301 words(22 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1590, 1660, 1700, 1745, 1748, 1784, and 1837 are included under the topic Early O'Sullivan History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name O'Sullivan. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
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'Sullivan, or one of its variants:
O'Sullivan Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Andrew, Arthur, Daniel, Denis, John, Michael, Patrick, Simon, Timothy, and William O'Sullivan, who all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860
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- Dan O'Sullivan (b. 1968), professional NBA player
- John Francis O'Sullivan (1850-1907), Irish-American awarded the Medal of Honor during the Indian Wars
- Maureen O'Sullivan (b. 1911), Irish actress
- Denis O'Sullivan (b. 1948), Irish golfer
- Eddie O'Sullivan (b. 1958), head coach of the Ireland rugby union team
- David O'Sullivan (b. 1944), New Zealand cricket player
- Edward William O'Sullivan (1846-1910), Australian journalist and politician
- Vincent O'Sullivan (b. 1937), New Zealand poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, critic and editor
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The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Lamh foistenach abú
Motto Translation: The steady hand to victory.
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- Leyburn, James Graham. The Scotch-Irish A Social History. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1962. Print. (ISBN 0807842591).
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- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
- Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
- Harris, Ruth-Ann and B. Emer O'Keefe. The Search for Missing Friends Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in the Boston Pilot Volume II 1851-1853. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1991. Print.
- Kennedy, Patrick. Kennedy's Book of Arms. Canterbury: Achievements, 1967. Print.
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