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McShanes for Keith

Gosh, there is so much

http://www.clanmcshane.org/history.html

Clan McShane (MacSeain, Johnson, McSean, Shane, O'Cheyne, MacEoghan, McOwen)

A traditional Ulster herding/warrior clan descending originally from Niall of the Nine Hostages. Closely linked and blood related to The O'Neills Mor, Clanaboy and the Fews. McShanes hereditary title is that of "a Chief of Moy Ith or Mag Itha", which is a plain going from the eastern Donegal border to southern Derry through Tyrone.

Originally centered in the area to the west of the shore of Lough Neagh, between Dungannon and Maghera (Counties Derry and Tyrone). Large septs range from Strabane, northern Donegal, Down, Antrim, Armagh, Fermanagh, Monaghan, and Cork.

Literary references date from the 13th, 16th, 17th centuries, then a regular history unfolds from the 18th century forward. Today, the family is represented in 8 separate counties. The head of the clan is Major Jameson Riley Johnson, of the Desertmartin McShane line.

Hi Shimms ,
anything for Dower , i did google earlier on ,
but only found about dower houses and such like .
Dower came from Waterford Eire ,
Cutie

Brill Mel, am pleased :)) xxx

Will look Keith, hang on hun. xxx

Anything for McSHANES

Thats them Shims my inlaws came to England as Malcahy have several variations of surname in two generations

The Origins of the Mulcahy Family Name:

There are multitude of rich histories underlying the many Irish surnames in use today. The name Mulcahy originally appeared in Gaelic as O Maolchathaigh, which means "a descendant of a devotee of St. Cathach." The surname is not, as is often believed, derived from "Cathach," meaning "warlike."

Pronunciation, rather than spelling, was what guided scribes and church officials in recording names, a practice that often led to the misleading result of one person's name being recorded under several different spellings. Numerous spelling variations of the surname Mulcahy are preserved in documents that were examined for evidence of the family's history. The various spellings of Mulcahy included Mulcahey, O'Mulcahey, Mulcahy, O'Mulcahy, Mulcahee, Mulkey, McMulkey and many more.

http://www.familylobby.com/mulcahyfamily/default.asp