The original Gaelic form of O'Manin was Ó Mainnin.
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Early Origins of the O'Manin family
The surname O'Manin was first found in County Galway (Irish: Gaillimh) part of the province of Connacht, located on the west coast of the Island.
Early History of the O'Manin family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our O'Manin research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the year 1172 is included under the topic Early O'Manin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
O'Manin Spelling Variations
The recording of names in Ireland in the Middle Ages was an inconsistent endeavor at best. The many regional dialects and the predominate illiteracy would have made common surnames appear unrelated to the scribes of the period. Research into the name O'Manin revealed spelling variations, including Mannion, O'Mannin, O'Mannion, Mannyan, Mennon and many more.
Early Notables of the O'Manin family
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Migration of the O'Manin family
In the late 18th century, Irish families began emigrating to North America in the search of a plot of land to call their own. This pattern of emigration grew steadily until the 1840s when the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s cause thousands of Irish to flee the death and disease that accompanied the disaster. Those that made it alive to the shores of the United States and British North America (later to become Canada) were, however, instrumental in the development of those two powerful nations. Many of these Irish immigrants proudly bore the name of O'Manin: Mary Mannon, who settled in New England in 1721; as well as Edward, James, John and Patrick Manion, who all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860..
