O cosgrave History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of O cosgrave

All Irish surnames have a unique and often romantic meaning. The name O cosgrave originally appeared in Gaelic as Mac Coscraigh or Ó Coscraigh, from the word "coscrach," which means victorious. 1

Early Origins of the O cosgrave family

Early History of the O cosgrave family

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O cosgrave Spelling Variations

Because early scribes and church officials often spelled names as they sounded, a person could have many various spellings of his name.Many different spelling variations of the surname O cosgrave were found in the archives researched. These included Cosgrove, Cosgrave, O'Cosgrove, O'Cosgrave, McCosgrove, McCosgrave and many more.

Early Notables of the O cosgrave family

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Migration of the O cosgrave family

In the 18th and 19th centuries, thousands of Irish families fled an Ireland that was forcibly held through by England through its imperialistic policies. A large portion of these families crossed the Atlantic to the shores of North America. The fate of these families depended on when they immigrated and the political allegiances they showed after they arrived. Settlers that arrived before the American War of Independence may have moved north to Canada at the war's conclusion as United Empire Loyalists. Such Loyalists were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Those that fought for the revolution occasionally gained the land that the fleeing Loyalist vacated. After this period, free land and an agrarian lifestyle were not so easy to come by in the East. So when seemingly innumerable Irish immigrants arrived during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s, free land for all was out of the question. These settlers were instead put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Whenever they came, Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name O cosgrave or a variant listed above, including: Anne Cosgrave, aged 34; Anne aged 12; Anne aged 18; Bridget aged 22; Bridget 50; Catherine, Ellen, Francis, Hannah, James, John, Julia, Margaret, Mary, Michael, Owen, Pat, Peter, Thomas, William Cosgrave, who all arrived in Quebec in 1848.