O'Cahan

The O'Cahan (Irish: Ó Catháin 'descendants of Cahan') were a powerful sept of the Northern Uí Néill's Cenél nEógain in medieval Ireland. ^[1]

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Ancient Irish dynasties

Anglicisation

Anglicisation is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into, influenced by or dominated by the culture of England.

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Ó Maoláin is a Gaelic-Irish surname usually anglicised as Mullin, Mullins, Mullan, Mullane, Mallon, Moylan, Mullen and Mellon, any of which may have an "'O'" prefix. O'Cahan and Ó Maoláin are Irish families.

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Baron Keane

Baron Keane, of Ghuznee in Afghanistan and of Cappoquin in the County of Waterford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Battle of Down

The Battle of Down, also known as the battle of Drumderg (Irish: Druim Dearg) took place on or about 14 May 1260 near Downpatrick, in modern-day County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Branches of the Cenél nEógain

The Cenél nEógain or Kinel-Owen ("Kindred of Owen") are a branch of the Northern Uí Néill, who claim descent from Eógan mac Néill, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.

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Clan Buchanan

Clan Buchanan (Na Cananaich) is a Highlands Scottish Clan whose origins are said to lie in the 1225 grant of lands on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond to clergyman Sir Absalon of Buchanan by the Earl of Lennox.

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Clan Munro

Clan Munro (Clann an Rothaich) is a Highland Scottish clan.

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Clonfert

Clonfert is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland, halfway between Ballinasloe and Portumna.

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Connacht

Connacht or Connaught (Connachta or Cúige Chonnacht), is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland.

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County Antrim

County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster.

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County Donegal

County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region.

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County Galway

County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe) is a county in Ireland.

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County Tyrone

County Tyrone is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. O'Cahan and county Tyrone are O'Neill dynasty.

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Cumee na Gall O'Cahan

Cumee na Gall O'Cahan (Irish: Cú Maighe na nGall Ó Catháin) was a chief of the O'Cahan of Keenaght, Fir-na-Creeve and Fir Lee in modern-day County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Danny Boy

"Danny Boy" is a song with lyrics written by English lawyer Frederic Weatherly in 1910, and set to the traditional Irish melody of "Londonderry Air" in 1913.

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Donnell Ballagh O'Cahan

Donnell Ballagh O'Cahan (died 1627) was an Irish landowner in Ulster.

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Flight of the Earls

The Flight of the Earls (Imeacht na nIarlaí) took place in September 1607, when Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, and about ninety followers, left Ulster in Ireland for mainland Europe. O'Cahan and Flight of the Earls are O'Neill dynasty.

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Gaelic nobility of Ireland

This article concerns the Gaelic nobility of Ireland from ancient to modern times. O'Cahan and Gaelic nobility of Ireland are ancient Irish dynasties.

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Give Me Your Hand

"Give Me Your Hand" (Irish: Tabhair dom do Lámh) is a tune from early 17th century Ireland by Rory Dall O'Cahan.

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Harp

The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers.

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Ireland in the Middle Ages

Ireland in the Middle Ages may refer to.

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Irish language

Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.

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Irish Rebellion of 1641

The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was an uprising in Ireland, initiated on 23 October 1641 by Catholic gentry and military officers.

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Kane (surname)

Kane is a surname of English or Irish origin.

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Keane (surname)

Keane is an Irish surname.

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Keane baronets

The Keane Baronetcy, of Belmont in the County of Waterford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Keenaght (barony)

Keenaght is a barony in the mid-northerly third of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Limavady

Limavady is a market town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with Binevenagh as a backdrop.

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Londonderry Air

The "Londonderry Air" is an Irish air (folk tune) that originated in County Londonderry, first recorded in the nineteenth century.

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Manus O'Cahan's Regiment

Manus O'Cahan's Regiment of Foot was an Irish regiment which served during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the mid-1640s.

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McCloskey

McCloskey is an Irish surname.

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Northern Uí Néill

The Northern Uí Néill was any of several dynasties in north-western medieval Ireland that claimed descent from a common ancestor, Niall of the Nine Hostages.

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O'Kane

O'Kane is an Irish surname, anglicised from the Irish Ó Catháin, and was the name of a significant clann in Ulster, a province of Ireland.

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O'Neill dynasty

The O'Neill dynasty (Irish: Ó Néill) are a lineage of Irish Gaelic origin that held prominent positions and titles in Ireland and elsewhere.

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Plantation of Ulster

The Plantation of Ulster (Plandáil Uladh; Ulster Scots: Plantin o Ulstèr) was the organised colonisation (plantation) of Ulstera province of Irelandby people from Great Britain during the reign of King James VI and I. Most of the settlers (or planters) came from southern Scotland and northern England; their culture differed from that of the native Irish.

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Robert Monro

Robert Monro (died 1680), was a famous Scottish General, from the Clan Munro of Ross-shire, Scotland.

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Rory Dall O'Cahan

Ruairí Dall Ó Catháin (anglicized: Rory Dall O'Cahan) may have been an Irish harper and composer.

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Sept

A sept is a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish family.

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Surrender and regrant

During the Tudor conquest of Ireland (c.1540–1603), "surrender and regrant" was the legal mechanism by which Irish clans were to be converted from a power structure rooted in clan and kin loyalties, to a late-feudal system under the English legal system.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Cahan

Also known as Clan Kane, Ó Catháin, O'Cahan family, O'Cahans, O'Ceann, Uí Catháin.

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O'Cahan

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Ancient Irish dynasties

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