Surnames of Irish origin have experienced many changes in their spellings and forms. Before being translated into English, Nanara appeared as Mac Conmara, which means "hound of the sea" or "warrior of the sea."
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Early Origins of the Nanara family
The surname Nanara was first found in County Clare (Irish: An Clár) located on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Munster, where MacConmara or MacNamara was chief of the territory of Clan Caisin, now the barony of Tullagh. The family was also sometimes styled chiefs of Clan Cuilean; derived from Cuilean, one of their chiefs in the eighth century. This ancient family have traditionally held the high office of hereditary marshals of Thomond.
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Early History of the Nanara family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Nanara research. Another 136 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1402, 1426, 1768, 1797 and 1826 are included under the topic Early Nanara History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Nanara Spelling Variations
One explanation for the many variations is that scribes and church officials frequently spelled the name as it sounded: an imprecise method at best. Understandably then, various spellings of the surname Nanara were found in the many archives researched. These included McNamara, McNamar, McNamarra, McNamard, Sheedy and many more.
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Early Notables of the Nanara family
Another 44 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Nanara Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Migration of the Nanara family
Suffering from poverty and racial discrimination, thousands of Irish families left the island in the 19th century for North America aboard cramped passenger ships. The early migrants became settlers of small tracts of land, and those that came later were often employed in the new cities or transitional work camps. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Although the immigrants from this period were often maligned when they arrived in the United States, they provided the cheap labor that was necessary for the development of that country as an industrial power. Early immigration and passenger lists have revealed many immigrants bearing the name Nanara: Augustine McNamara who arrived in St. John's Newfoundland in 1794; Bridget, Elizabeth, James, John, Martin, Mathew, Michael, Patrick, Timothy and William McNamara, who all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860..
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