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    The document discusses the origins and history of the Gallagher surname. It begins by mentioning early records of the name "Gallchubhair" in manuscripts from the 10th century. It was first given as a founding surname in Ireland during this time. Like the surname O'Connor, Gallagher appears to be a compound word with the same suffix. The name is most common in County Donegal and among Irish immigration to the United States. The document then traces the lineage back to the 5th century king Niall Noígiallach and his descendant Conall Gulban, who founded the kingdom of Tir Chonaill from which the surname is descended.

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    The document discusses the origins and history of the Gallagher surname. It begins by mentioning early records of the name "Gallchubhair" in manuscripts from the 10th century. It was first given as a founding surname in Ireland during this time. Like the surname O'Connor, Gallagher appears to be a compound word with the same suffix. The name is most common in County Donegal and among Irish immigration to the United States. The document then traces the lineage back to the 5th century king Niall Noígiallach and his descendant Conall Gulban, who founded the kingdom of Tir Chonaill from which the surname is descended.

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    The document discusses the origins and history of the Gallagher surname. It begins by mentioning early records of the name "Gallchubhair" in manuscripts from the 10th century. It was first given as a founding surname in Ireland during this time. Like the surname O'Connor, Gallagher appears to be a compound word with the same suffix. The name is most common in County Donegal and among Irish immigration to the United States. The document then traces the lineage back to the 5th century king Niall Noígiallach and his descendant Conall Gulban, who founded the kingdom of Tir Chonaill from which the surname is descended.

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    The earliest recorded incidence of the name is in a fragment of a manuscript presently in the Royal Library of

    Brussels, which states the name "Gallchubhair". [7] A similarly earlier mention occurs in the Annals of the Four
    Masters, where it is recorded that Mael Cobo Úi Gallchobhar, abbot of Scrin Adamnain, died in 1022 AD.[8]
    Gallchobhar was the one given the role of founding father of the clan at the advent of widespread surname
    usage in Ireland, which began around the 10th century. [9]

    As with the modern Irish surname Ó Conchúir, frequently anglicised as O'Conor, Ó Gallchóir similarly appears
    to be a conjoined/compound word and shares in common with O'Connor, the same suffix. With O'Conner
    likewise starting out in the original Irish as Conchobhar/Conchubhar (Con-chobhar meaning "lover of
    canines"). The original Irish spelling, Ó Gallchobhar, draws from this same compound naming convention.

    It is the most common surname in County Donegal (Dún na nGall means "fort of the foreigner"), and thus is
    very common in Derry, and is the fourteenth-most-common by birth records in Ireland. In the United States,
    it was ranked by the 2000 US Census as the 433rd-most-common name out of over 68,000 surnames found.[10]
    According to Professor Edward MacLysaght, in the mid-20th century Gallagher was one of the most common
    Irish surnames, most of the recorded births being located in the northern province, Ulster, and the western
    province, Connacht, with the majority being recorded in the homeland of the sept—County Donegal in
    Ulster.[11] In 1890 it was ranked the 12th-most-common surname in Ireland, while in 1996 it was 20th. [12]

    Male Daughter Wife (Long) Wife (Short)


    Ó Gallchobhair Ní Ghallchobhair Bean Uí Ghallchobhair Uí Ghallchobhair
    Ó Gallachóir Ní Ghallachóir Bean Uí Ghallachóir Uí Ghallachóir
    History[edit]
    Origins[edit]
    See also: Leabhar na nGenealach and John O'Donovan (scholar) § Legacy

    Conall Gulban, son of Niall Noígiallach, founded the kingdom of Tír Chonaill (Tyrconnell) in the 5th century. It
    comprises much of what is now County Donegal, and several surrounding areas. The following is a pruned
    and truncated version of the Conall Gulban family tree with Conall Gulban's brothers Eógan, to Lóegaire, also
    displayed. For clarity's sake the number of Conall Gulban's sons, grandsons and great-grandsons are not
    listed. Gallchobar is descended from Mael Coba brother of Domnall mac Áedo.[13]

    Genetic analysis of Gallagher Y chromosome haplogroups can trace back their origin to a single medieval, 5th-
    century individual, lending credence to the legend of Niall Noígiallach.[1]

    The prefix Mac means 'son of' and the now more popular Ua (later Ó') means 'grandson of, or, of the
    generations of'.[14]

    Niall Noígiallach, died c. A.D.455. |


    |________________________________________________________________________________
    | | | | | |
    | | | | | |
    Conall Gulban Eógan Cairpre Fiacha Conall Cremthainne Lóegaire |
    | | | | | |
    | | | | | | Cenél
    nEógain | Cenél Fiachach | Cenél Lóegaire |
    | | | Cenél Cairpre
    / \ | / \ |
    / \ | Clann Cholmáin Síl nÁedo
    Sláine | Cenél Conaill of In Fochla |
    |_________________________________________________ | | Fergus
    Cennfota | |_________________________________________________ | |
    Sétna |
    |_________________________________________________ |
    | | | |Ainmuire mac Sétnai, d.
    569 Lugaid Rí/King of Ireland | |
    Cenél Lugdach
    |__________________________________________________ | |
    Áed (mac Ainmuirech), d. 598 |
    |__________________________________________________________ |
    | | | | | |
    | Domnall, d. 642 Conall Cu, Mael Coba, d. 615, Cumuscach, d. 597 |
    | |_____________ |
    | | | | | |
    Cellach Conall Cael | | both died 658 & 654
    | | | ~ |
    | | Gallchobar |
    (Clann Ua Gallchobair) |
    |___________________________________________________________ | |
    Óengus, died 650 | |Further Cenél Conaill.

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