Part of the province of Ulster, County Donegal, has also been known as County Tyconnell (used 1922-1927). The name came from the town Donegal meaning ‘fort of the foreigners.’ Once home to the Clann Dálaigh, better known in English as the O’Donnell dynasty, around 1600, they were one of Ireland’s wealthiest and most potent native families. In 1585 the modern County Donegal was shired by order of the English Crown; however, full control was achieved after the Flight of the Earls in September 1607. During the Great Famine in the late 1840’s County Donegal was the worst affected part of Ulster.","England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It occupies more than half of the land of the area. It shares its borders with Wales to the West and Scotland the to its north. Laced by great rivers and small streams, England is a fertile land which has supported a thriving agricultural economy for millenia.","Ireland was first settled around 6000 BC by a race of Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherers who lived there. They tended to hunt such creatures as the megaceros, a giant variety of deer so large that their antlers spanned ten feet. ","Wales, or Cymru a region of rugged mountains, Moors and forests, is noted for its large coal deposits. Its people are known for their strong Celtic heritage and renowned choral groups. This region was originally populated by an Iberian people, who were overrun by the Celts in the 6th century BC.","Devon (Devonshire) is derived from Dummonia, it is located in the South West of England and borders Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset. It has a large coast line with both cliffs and sandy shores.","Shropshire or Salop is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, and Herefordshire.","This historic county of Yorkshire (County of York) is located in Northern England and is the largest in the whole England and the United Kingdom. Full of large stretches of countryside including well known Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors and the Peak District it is now surprise it was nicknamed “God’s own Country”.","With coast line along the English Channel and access routes to the Isle of Wright, Hampshire (Hants) has two of the largest cities well known in history, Southampton and Portsmouth which are administered separately. Originally named after Southampton which was a settlement, it is now one of the most affluent counties in England. Home to famous writers Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, as well as the childhood home of Florence Nightingale and birth place of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It has been occupied since the end of the last Ice Age around 12,000 BCE when sea levels were lower and the land bridge was too attached to Europe. ","Spain, which is presently a state that includes the Balearic and Canary Islands and is in southwestern Europe, was originally settled by the Iberians. In the first millennium BC, the Celts, who were from central Europe, invaded and began to mingle with the native Iberians. ","Most Welsh surnames are patronymic; that is, they are derived from a personal name of an ancestor. In the Middle Ages, the prefixes ap, ab (son of) and ferch (daughter of) were commonly found in Welsh surnames.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books2.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Northumberland England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/first_fleet_ship.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Lincolnshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Cumberland England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Lancashire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/scotland-med2.webp","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_donegal.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Devon England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Shropshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Yorkshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Hampshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","",null],"mode":"","s":"Anderson","sU":"ANDERSSO","oC":"SN","o":"Swedish","o2":"Scottish","cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/ANDERSSO/SN/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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