Located in the South West region, part of the province of Munster, County Kerry is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the county. Bordering a shoreline along the Atlantic Ocean, this county only borders two other counties, County Limerick and County Cork. The lakes of Killarney are deemed outstandingly beautiful in the Killarney National Park, a tourist area without a doubt. Several Irish surnames derive from septs who hail from the Kerry area, such as Falvey, Foley, McCarthy, Murphy, O'Connor, O'Moriarty, ","County Tipperary, (Tipperary, Cross Tipperary, Contae Thiobraid Árann)
Named after the town in the province of Munster, County Tipperary was established in the early 13th century. Referred to as the "Premier County" in the 1840s, a tribute to the nationalistic feeling in Tipperary. The editor of the Nation newspaper said, "where Tipperary leads, Ireland follows." Following the Norman invasion, the Kingdom of Munster was claimed as a lordship. By 1210, the sheriffdom of Munster shired into Tipperary and Limerick. "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" written by Jack Judge is based on Tipperary since his grandparents came from the county.","Connaught is the westernmost province of Ireland. In the modern era, the spelling changed to Connacht. This province has a population of approximately 424,000 today, and contains the counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon,","In the Ancient Origins of Ireland, Heremon, Heber, and Amergin, slew the Danan kings with the aid of Heber-Donn. Heber and Heremon divided the land between them and ruled as joint kings, calling the land 'Scotia', after their mother, and giving lands to Lughaide and Heber-Donn.","A Clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants, of a common ancestor. It is a common misconception that all members of a clan are related,","The Irish Potato Famine, also known as The Great Famine or Great Hunger lasted from 1845 to 1850 and resulted in a great exodus of Irish refugees fleeing to Britain, Australia, and North America, one of the most dramatic waves of Irish migration in history. It was one of the world's worst disasters in world history - over one million people died in a five year span.","Grattan and the Irish Volunteer army obtained an independent parliament in 1782. Continued Irish unrest and Wolfe Tone's rebellion in 1798 led to the Act of Union in 1800 and Irish representation in British Parliament. Daniel O'Connell's agitation resulted in the granting of Catholic Emancipation in 1829. The Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s decimated the population and caused mass emigration. ","County Donegal (Donegal, Contae Dhún na nGall)
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.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books2.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_kerry.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/island_of_ireland_sligo.webp?pos=floatRight","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/scotland-med2.webp?pos=floatRight","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/county_donegal.webp?pos=floatRight",null],"mode":"f","s":"McCahill","sU":"CAHILL","oC":"IR","o":"Irish","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/CAHILL/IR/McCahill/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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