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The name Flatley has undergone many variations in the time that has passed since its genesis. In Gaelic it appeared as Ó Flaithfhileadh, or Ó Flaithre which means prince poet. 1
The surname Flatley was first found in County Leinster, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Flatley research. Another 66 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1000 is included under the topic Early Flatley History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Lacking standardized spellings, scribes and church officials recorded people's name according to how they sounded. This practice often led to the misleading result of one person's name being recorded under several different spellings. Numerous spelling variations of the surname Flatley are preserved in the archival documents of the period. The various spellings of the name that were found include Flattery, Flatley and others.
More information is included under the topic Early Flatley Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Irish immigrants began to leave the English-controlled Ireland in sizable numbers during the late 18th century. Many of these Irish immigrated to British North America or the United States in the hopes of gaining their own tract of farmland. This pattern of migration grew steadily until the 1840s when the Great Potato Famine caused a great exodus of immigrants to North America. These immigrants differed from their predecessors in that they were desperately fleeing the disease and starvation that plagued their homeland, and many were entirely destitute when they arrived in North America. Although these penniless immigrants were not warmly welcomed when they arrived, they were critical to the rapid development of the United States and what would become known as Canada. Many went to populate the western frontiers and others provided the cheap labor the new manufacturing sector and the building of bridges, roads, railways, and canals required. A thorough examination of immigration and passenger lists has revealed some of the earliest people to arrive in North America with name Flatley or one of its variants: