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From: Jennifer Lambert Tracey <>
Subject: MacLoughlin of Roscommon
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 23:08:10 +1100


Does any one have a Mabel MacLoughlin and Jane O'Connor in their
Roscommon branches? Would you please contact me if you do?

I found the following information interesting, trust you do too!

The MacLoughlins of Roscommon were related to the O'Connors and the
MacDermotts, and assumed the surname "MacLochlainn" from an ancestor
named Lochlan in about the 12th century. The family descends from Tadhg
or Tiege
Oge, a younger brother of Diermod, from whom the MacDermotts took
their name (+1165). Both the MacDermotts and the MacLoughlins of
Roscommon were a branch of the O'Connors of Connacht, descended from
Brian, the eldest half-brother of Nial 'of the Nine Hostages' who died
in 405 A.D. Known by the tribal appelation of Connachta, or descendants
of Conn 'of the Hundred Battles ,' from which the province of Connacht
took its name, the kings of Connacht were for the most part excluded
from the High Kingship of Ireland, which in theory
alternated between the kings of the northern and southern Ui Neill
(descendants of Niall 'of the Nine Hostages'). Of this line only
Torlogh O'Connor (+1156) and his son, Rory (+1198) were powerful enough
to break the monopoly their Ui Neill kinsmen exercised on the High
Kingship of Ireland.

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Jennifer Lambert Tracey BA (ANU);M App Sc(UC)
HERITAGE ARCHAEOLOGY
Archaeological & Heritage Assessment Consultants
PO Box 4265
KINGSTON, ACT. AUSTRALIA 2604
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