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From: Kathleen L Johnson <>
Subject: Re: Search for surname CUOLAHAN
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 13:05:43 -0400


>Frustrating? You bet!
>The Irish name was rendered into more than one English name, but
>this should answer some of your questions;

With all the name changes listed below, how do I find out when the
spelling CUOLAHAN became something else? My dad's last name is CUOLAHAN.
My grandfather's last name was CUOLAHAN. How do I find family members
with a different spelling? I cannot even locate my granfather's
records...or those of his siblings...in Ireland, so the trail is cold.

I do appreciate all this information.....it is amazing to see all the
changes made from one name. I am grateful to have learned so much from
you...and others on the list. Thank you sooooooo much.

*Kathi*

>O'h-Uallachain = uallach, ("proud, haughty, merry, supple, vain")
>uallchan = ("a coxcomb, a fop")
>===============
>Ancient name: Modern:
>
>O'h-Uallachain - MacUallachain, MacCuolahan, Nolan *
>O'h-Uallachain - O'Holohan - Co Offaly - of Clan Colgan with the
>O'Hennessy's
>O'h-Uallachain - Houlihan - West Munster and Thomond
>O'Nuallain - NOLAN, Co Carlow - princes of Foharta
>
>* This is not the NOLAN or NOWLAN family that was transplanted
>from co. Waterford to Galway, during the Cromwellian Settlement.
>=============
>Here is an excellent example of why folks should NOT get hung up on
>one particular spelling of an anglicization of an Irish name!!!!
>
>O'h-Uallachain: After being dispossessed of their territory in
>Hy-Maine in Connaught, branches settled in Dublin, Galway, Kildare,
>Kilkenny,
>King's County, Mayo, Meath, and Westmeath; and assumed one of
>the following sirnames; I count 42!
>
>Colaghan, Coolacan, Collaghan, Halahan, Halegan, Halligan, Holahan,
>Holhane, Holhgane, Holighan, Holland, Holligan, Hoolaghan,
>Hoolaghane, Hoolahan, Houlaghan, Houlaghane, Houlahan, Howlegan,
>Howlan, Hulegan, Huolaghane, Olehan, Oulahan, Oullaghan,
>Oullahan, Woolahan, and Merrie, Merry, FitzMerry, Mac-Merry,
>Nolan (of Mayo), Noland (in England), Proud, Proude, Soople,
>Suple, Supple, Vain,
>Vane, Whelton, and Wilton.
>----------
>
>Callaghhan, as someone suggested, was; CEALLACHAN
>
>See HOOLAHAN, HOLAHAN, NOLAN, NOWLAND, etc. pedigrees in vol. 1
>of "Irish Pedigrees", by J. O'Hart. (These 2 vols. are in many
>of your LDS Family History Center libraries.)
>
>Patrick Traynor, in California's gold-rush country.
>
>

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