Allene, Let me admit, that although the existing DNA evidence does not support the rumor, it is tempting to believe there could be an Irish genetic presence in the Hebrides. For instance, the Outer Hebrides are not far from Ireland, and while the big northern islands became predominantly Presbyterian following the Reformation, the smaller southern islands remained Catholic, to this day. That is not evidence, but it is an interesting coincidence. Doug On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Allene Goforth <agoforth@moscow.com>wrote: > Bernard, > > I have heard that story before, although the version I heard had the > Morrisons of Harris in the Outer Hebrides as the descendants. The > Benbecula U106, L48 McPhersons in my project who are matching a small > group of Harris and Pabbay Morrisons are believed to be descendants of > the MacMhuirich bards to the Lords of the Isles and later to Clanranald. > > Yes, we had a neat little Highland Games picture of the clans for a long > time, especially in North American. DNA testing is blowing all that out > of the water, and what an interesting show it is turning out to be. > Allene > > On 7/19/2011 6:40 AM, Bernard Morgan wrote: > > > > Scottish Morrisons in the area of southern Inner Hebrides are Irish > O'Muirgheasain, who were famed bards to the Hebridean lords (MacLeod& > MacLean). > > See "O'Muirgheasain Bardic Family" in Notes&' Queries of the Society of > West Highland and Island Historical Research, vi (1978), 3-7. > > > > ps. Rogellus Obrolchan was secretary to Alexander Lord of the Isles in > 1426. > > > > (My opinion is Scottish history became Anglo-centric and the Irish sort > only pure Irishness, so we left to rediscover the past world of western > seas.) > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello, Bernard, There is a persistent rumor floating around on the Internet, that members of the Irish O'Muirgheasain family migrated to the Hebrides, the Isle of Lewis in particular, and became one of the Morrison families there, but not to be confused with the Morrisons there who trace their family back to a Norwegian man and Irish woman. Because the Hebrides are not far from Ireland, it is possible and likely that sailors, including O'Muirgheasain sailors, did travel to and possibly migrate to the Hebrides. However, the Morrison Society of North America's database includes about 350 Morrisons, distributed throughout the Hebrides, Northern Ireland and Scotland, and while genetically I am from northern Ulster, which is the home of the O'Muirgheasain family that I likely belong to, I do not match any of the Morrisons in the MSNA database, and so I cannot believe the O'Muirgheasain/Morrison/Hebrides rumor. It could be true, as perhaps the MSNA database could be incomplete. Doug On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Bernard Morgan <bernardmorgan@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > Scottish Morrisons in the area of southern Inner Hebrides are Irish > O'Muirgheasain, who were famed bards to the Hebridean lords (MacLeod & > MacLean). > See "O'Muirgheasain Bardic Family" in Notes &' Queries of the Society of > West Highland and Island Historical Research, vi (1978), 3-7. > > ps. Rogellus Obrolchan was secretary to Alexander Lord of the Isles in > 1426. > > (My opinion is Scottish history became Anglo-centric and the Irish sort > only pure Irishness, so we left to rediscover the past world of western > seas.) > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

[R-M222] 111-Marker results Sandy, Thanks for the update on the 111 markers. Doug McKee, my husband, had his second 111 markers match, just barely, with a Duncan showing up at 9gd on the 111 total. McCombs and my husband, Doug, are 7gd at 111 markers. We also recently hit at 23andme on the Relative Finder on the "blue bar". I checked out the McGee DNA web site yesterday and Doug McKee matched Dean McGee's modal for McGee better than any of his other testers that have 111 markers tested. Go figure on that. On the latest test of 68-111 Doug was only 2 off their modal. That being 522 where Doug is 12 and McGee modal is 11 and 461 where Doug is 13 and McGee modal is 12. Total 9gd on 111 McGee modal. On our FTDNA McKee Group, Doug had another match at 23andme with a female cousin of McKee member of our FTDNA group (on the "blue bar"). On 23andme's Haplogroup Tree Mutation Mapper by Brian Naughton: Doug is R1b1b2a1a2f2, M222: variant .............................call.............anc.............der rs 20321 (M222)............A...................G...............A L21+ P312 no call L52+ P311+ L11+ P310+ L51+ L23 no call L49+ S3+ M269+ P297+ P25+ M343 no call P286+ P225+ M173+ P242 no call P238+ P236+ P234+ P233+ M306+ P285 no call P224+ M207+ P227+ P280+ P232+ P229 no call P228+ P226+ P282+ P281+ M45+ M74 no call P244+ P283 no call ....................... ..........results keeps going back and back, further and further. Then, Brian's program reports on the mtDNA where Doug is U4a2. I still do not understand much about DNA but I enjoy the search and the effort to figure it out or, better yet, talk to folks who do understand it all. Seems like a really good test here from 23andme by this fellow named Brian Naughton. Dr. Ann Turner had commented about it in a post she was responding to on 23andme and following her lead I found this test. Since, it saved me the Deep Clade on FTDNA as far as I am concerned I then ordered Family Finder. Thanks for your work here Sandy. I always enjoy your posts and your exchanges with Bill and John. It is a boring morning when I don't have posts by you folks to drink my early morning coffee with. When you disagree and are able to talk about it and air it out I enjoy it even more. Your exchanges with John and Jerry on the Celtic and Gaelic side of the table are even more entertaining and educational. Now where else can one go and enjoy all that in one digest? Sometimes, you just have to take a break and play the Galway Gal from PS.............or something. I just cannot imagine the list without John writing about all this wonderful Irish history........now, where else are you going to get that? Like a good TV series when they change cast members or like 2 and 1/2 men without Charlie. Some things just work great the way they are. Linda McKee

I've just done an update of 111-marker results for M222 and have posted a file at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2733445/OMM111.csv It's a comma-separated file that uploads into Excel. The columns are Surname Kit number Surname Kit number GD over 111 markers Number of off-modal matches over 111 markers There are now plenty McGonigals and variants, and I see there's a Fuller that seems quite close to them. This time I've included Hannan, and instead of excluding Burns because of the null value for one of his markers, I've changed the zero to 11. Apart from Fuller, there may also be a link between McKenzie 26794 and McGonigal from pre-surname times. Sandy

Hello, Allene, Yes, I had never heard of what I apparently am! Yes, DNA results, along with an extensive database to compare them to, really are an eye-opener. Wow! Yes, adoptions certainly can cause confusion, and often the adoptees are the last to learn of their own family history, if they ever learn about it at all. My sympathy goes out to those who are involved in such a search. Yes, I clicked on the Niall link on my FT home page, but the link to M222 is not so obvious, and my suggestion is that it be given greater prominence. Just as I had never heard of such a thing, it seems quite likely that most others have never heard of the Niall marker and its significance, either. The thing is, the Niall marker is not optional, a person either has it or does not, and those who have it have it permanently, well, at least for their lifetime. And so on their first learning that they have such a thing, perhaps a hearty welcome to the M222 club could be a good beginning for them, and perhaps that could spur their interest into further research and participation. You see, the M222 club is populated by real humans, such as we are, and is not just another dry, dull and all-too-easily ignored web page of statistics. So, by immediately putting a human face on it including contact with real humans, perhaps the M222 club could boost its active membership. Doug On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Allene Goforth <agoforth@moscow.com> wrote: > Hi Doug, > > Thank you for sharing your interesting story. I am not a bit surprised > to hear that there are Irish Morrisons. I would have been surprised in > pre-DNA days though because I grew up around Scottish Morrisons. DNA > testing has shown over and over again just how diverse those old clans > really are. It's exciting to watch their true history unfolding little > by little with DNA testing. I'm glad you found a match to someone with > your surname. My brother (a MacPherson) was tested over 6 years ago, but > matches McInnis instead of MacPherson (via I think the first marriage of > my g-g-g grandmother and a later marriage and informal adoption of > children by a MacPherson). The Macpherson project has everything from > M222 to African American to Viking, and so on. > > BTW, about that Niall of the Nine Hostages icon on your personal page, > have you tried clicking on it? It will open into a new window with > background information on the Trinity College study. M222, however, > appears to predate Niall. > > Allene > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Don't see the Campbell's at all this time??? Are there so few? Janine ----- Original Message ----- From: Alexander Paterson<mailto:alexanderpatterson@btinternet.com> To: dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com<mailto:dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com> Sent: July 19, 2011 5:53 AM Subject: [R-M222] 111-Marker results I've just done an update of 111-marker results for M222 and have posted a file at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2733445/OMM111.csv<http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2733445/OMM111.csv> It's a comma-separated file that uploads into Excel. The columns are Surname Kit number Surname Kit number GD over 111 markers Number of off-modal matches over 111 markers There are now plenty McGonigals and variants, and I see there's a Fuller that seems quite close to them. This time I've included Hannan, and instead of excluding Burns because of the null value for one of his markers, I've changed the zero to 11. Apart from Fuller, there may also be a link between McKenzie 26794 and McGonigal from pre-surname times. Sandy R1b1c7 Research and Links: http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/<http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, Steven, Before my recent discovery that I am Irish, and that my Morrison family likely is Irish, not certainly but likely, I had never heard of an Irish Morrison. However, when the Secretary of the Morrison Society of North America heard that my family was from Northern Ireland, or at least the few generations of it that I was aware of, he told me that he was particularly interested in the results of my Y-DNA test because his Morrison family was from Northern Ireland, too, County Antrim. But let me give him credit as a good man, as he remained supportive of my research even after it became clear that I likely am not a Scottish Morrison but an Irish Morrison. And another Irish Morrison and I could be the first of our kind at the MSNA. Whereas until recently I had never heard of an Irish Morrison, I am now acutely aware of the distinction between Irish and Scottish Morrisons, of same name but different families. Doug On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Steven Lominac <stevelominac@hotmail.com>wrote: > > I've heard of at least one prominent Irish Morrison, Marion Mitchell > Morrison aka the American actor, John Wayne...According to Wiki his 2nd > great grandfather was born in Northern Ireland and emigrated to America in > 1782. > > "Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa.[4] His middle > name was soon changed from Robert to Mitchell when his parents decided to > name their next son Robert.[5][6][7][8][9] > Wayne's father, Clyde Leonard Morrison (1884–1937), was the son of American > Civil War veteran Marion Mitchell Morrison (1845–1915). Wayne's mother, the > former Mary "Molly" Alberta Brown (1885–1970), was from Lancaster County, > Nebraska. Wayne was of Presbyterian Scots-Irish descent through his second > great-grandfather Robert Morrison, who was born in County Antrim, Northern > Ireland and emigrated to the United States in 1782.[10][11]" > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:11:50 -0400 > > From: tuulen@gmail.com > > To: dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [R-M222] New Tactics > > > > John, > > > > Yes, my name is Morrison, and until recently I had simply assumed that my > > father's family had originated somewhere in Scotland. That is, Morrison > is > > a Scottish name, right? After all, who has ever heard of an Irish > Morrison? > > Certainly, I had not! > > > > About the only thing I knew about my Morrison family was that a few > > generations had lived in Northern Ireland, and I blindly assumed that > they > > had migrated there during the great British migration to the Plantation > of > > Ulster in the early 17th century. > > > > But now after my research, including DNA evidence, the Family Tree > database > > and Internet searches, it turns out that my assumption about my family's > > migration to the Plantation of Ulster could be true, after all, but in a > way > > which I had never expected. And not only am I now aware of Irish > Morrisons, > > but in fact I apparently am one! > > > > Just earlier today I sent a note to my cousin Kirk, he being my father's > > sister's son and he being the family historian, but I had the Y-DNA > sample > > and so I got involved. Here is that note. > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > > Kirk, > > > > I think my research has reached a reasonably good conclusion, for the > > moment, but I have run out of tangible avenues to explore, as all else > then > > becomes based on speculation. > > > > Evidence upon evidence points to our Morrison family as having an Irish > > origin, at least in a genetic sense. We are Morrisons and our genetic > > origin is centered on Counties Donegal and Derry as they were perhaps a > > thousand years ago, or more. The question is just *when* we became > > Morrisons, for not only is there an historic Morrison family of northern > > Ulster, which in Ireland can be traced back about a thousand years, but > it > > was from that same region of Ulster where many Irish migrants eventually > > settled in the Lowlands of Scotland, south of Glasgow. For instance, I am > > of a distinctly Irish haplotype subgroup known as R-M222, "Niall of the > Nine > > Hostages", and research on that subgroup shows a current concentration of > > that subgroup's distribution as being centered not only in all of Ulster, > > but in all of Lowland Scotland, too. And both Ulster Ireland and Lowland > > Scotland have ancient, but unrelated, Morrison families. > > > > R-M222 has been identified as being of Irish origin, and then later > > distributed, particularly to Lowland Scotland. > > > > Therefore, my best speculation goes like this. 1) There is no doubt or > > question that we are genetically related to other families known to have > > populated northern Ulster a thousand years ago, and there is known to > have > > been a similarly ancient O'Muirgheasain family there which eventually > > adopted the names Bryson and Morrison, and many variants thereof. Given > > that many Irish of that region are known to have eventually migrated to > > Lowland Scotland, and given that the Morrison name is also known to have > > existed as a Scottish name in Lowland Scotland, there is a possibility > that > > Irish Morrisons could have migrated to Lowland Scotland and then could > most > > naturally have identified themselves as Morrisons, there. Then, the > > Plantation of Ulster, beginning in the early 17th century, an event where > > significant numbers of British and particularly Scottish families and > > individuals migrated to what had by then become Northern Ireland, could > have > > been when our Morrison family returned to Ireland, or by then Northern > > Ireland. 2) Alternatively, until our parents were born, Kirk, our > Morrison > > family never left Ireland, at all. > > > > Most unfortunately, establishing any sort of a reliable family > relationship > > paper-trail to only a few hundred years ago could be somewhere close to > > impossible, and highly unlikely. > > > > >From what I can see, apparently the O'Muirgheasain name vanished a few > > hundred years ago, or more. Apparently in its place, a circa 1650 census > in > > Co. Donegal records an O'Mrisane, and apparently by then other variants > of > > what eventually became the Morrison name were in use, too, eventually > > including O'Morrison. Just remember to include O' in your searches! > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > > John, it seems fair to assume that I belong to an Irish Morrison family, > > originally. There is a possibility that my family could have migrated to > > Lowland Scotland and THEN have adopted the Morrison name, but if I were a > > gambler I would not bet on that. The odds are in favor of an Irish > Morrison > > beginning, then POSSIBLY migrating to Scotland before eventually > migrating > > back to Ireland in the 17th century, but then there are equal odds, if > not > > greater odds, that my Morrison family never left Ireland, at all, until > my > > grandfather migrated to Scotland where my father and his older sister > were > > born, before my grandparents and their children migrated to the US where > my > > cousins, younger brother and I were born. > > > > I can trace my father's family back to County Armagh where my > > g-g-grandfather was born in 1821, and his father was born in 1792, BUT I > do > > not know where my g-g-g-grandfather was born. > > > > So, until further evidence appears, I can identify my genetic origin with > > confidence, but the origin of the Morrison name remains less certain, > likely > > Irish, but only likely. > > > > Doug > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM, <Lochlan@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 7/18/2011 7:31:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > > tuulen@gmail.com writes: > > > > > > So, when that message shows up on somebody's home page, then a > > > noticeable reference to the M222 page could be made at the same time, > > > a website link saying that the M222 project is the way for them to go. > > > > > > I suspect that's something that I would have to try and talk FTDNA into > > > doing. It's worth a try. > > > > > > You're a Morrison, aren't you? Any idea of where your ancestors came > from > > > in Ireland? > > > > > > The reason I ask is Morrison is a common surname in the Donegal, > Tyrone, > > > L'Derry area of NW Ireland. MacLysaght mentions it as an English > surname, > > > but then goes on to state that Bryson is used as the anglicised form of > O > > > Muirgeasain, first anglicised as O'Mrisane and later O'Morison. He > states > > > Bryson is mainly found in Donegal and Derry. There's a similar > reference > > > in > > > the "Gaelic Families of Co. Donegal", a chapter in Donegal history and > > > society. Apparently the O Muirgeasains were primarily associated with > the > > > church. Thereis a referencee to them as herenaghs in Inishowen. > > > > > > The 1665 Hearth Money Rolls for Donegal have several spellings of the > > > name: > > > > > > o'Morison (Morison, Mreesan, O'Moressan) > > > > > > In the 1659 census the name is O Mrisane (7). > > > > > > This variation explains the Bryson use. It came from dropping the O in > > > Mrisane. > > > > > > Others are listed in a 1609 pardon list described by Brian Bonner as > the > > > standing army of Sir Cahir O'Doherty. > > > > > > O Murghesan (O Murgesan) > > > > > > 1609 Inquisition at Liffer > > > > > > Clounemanny parish, containing 5 1/2 ballibetaghs of 4 qrs. each, of > which > > > 6 qrs. > > > are church land, 3 of which were given in Collumkill's time, the bishop > > > receives > > > out of two of these 3 qrs. the like rents proportionably as out of the > > > herenagh > > > land in the preceding parishes, the third qr named Donally is free to > > > Donnogh O'Morreesen, who is the abbot's corbe and the bishop's herenagh > of > > > those > > > qrs., the other 3 qrs. were given by the O'Dogherties and O'Donnells to > > > Collumkill as a dedication towards his vestments when he went to war, > > > which said > > > 3 qrs., together with the other third qr., being free, were given to > the > > > ancestors > > > of the said Donogh, who were Collumkill's servants, and are now in the > > > possession > > > of sir Ralph Bingley, knt., the herenagh paid a yearly pension of 10s > Eng. > > > to the bishop of Derry out of the bishop's thirds of the tithes, and > > > collected > > > all the bishop's duties in Enishowen; this parish has a parson, vicar, > > > tithes, and > > > repairs as in that of Faughan, the vicar has 3 gorts of glebe, and the > > > keeper of the > > > missagh or ornaments left by Collumkill has 4 gorts of glebe; > > > > > > Clonmany parish is in the Inishowen Peninsula, formerly called > O'Doherty's > > > country. > > > > > > Bonner further describes them in "Where Aileach Guards" as "the > collector > > > of the bishop's dues in Inish Eoghain (O Muireasain) and "Keepers of > the > > > Miosach of Colm Cille (O Muireasain of Clonmany)". > > > > > > There is a pedigree in the O'Clery Book of Genealogies for (col. b) > > > Genelaigh o Muirghiusa, which would actually be O'Morrisey. MacLysaght > > > states > > > there are complications between this name and Morrison and refers to > Irish > > > Families and More Irish families but I don't have copies of these. This > > > is a > > > Cenel Eoghain pedigree though. I don't know if it could apply to the > > > O'Morisons of Inishowen or not. > > > > > > 581. Aedh m Muiredhaigh m Donngusa m Duib uinsenn m Mail eoin m > Ainbeith m > > > Fogartaigh m Mael roid m Fir moir m Muirghuisa (a raiter an sloinnedh) > m > > > Cobhtaigh m Tnuthghail m Duibh doire m Sarain m Tighernaigh m > Muiredaigh m > > > Eoghain. > > > > > > > > > >From the 1609 pardon list. > > > > > > > > > Donnough, Ferdorcha, and > > > > > > Donell O Murghesan, Owin O Murgesan, Art O Murghesan > > > Conor O Murgesan, > > > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > Most of these references came from my Clan McLaughlin web site. You > might > > > be able to find more. > > > > > > _http://clanmaclochlainn.com/_ (http://clanmaclochlainn.com/) > > > > > > Many came from the section Donegal Soures. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > > > > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Doug, You mentioned your interest in the language. Cumann Carad na Gaeilge / The Philo-Celtic Society provides free Irish Gaelic courses on the internet at all levels at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philo-celticsociety/ We're on summer break now but many students are reviewing the last term's material (February 1 to June 17) in preparation for the Fall term beginning September 1. There is also the Scottish Gaelic group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scottish_gaelic_group/ Le gach dea-ghui/ Best, Jerry ________________________________ From: tuulen <tuulen@gmail.com> To: dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, July 19, 2011 1:05:29 AM Subject: Re: [R-M222] New Tactics John, As could be obvious by my earlier ignorance in regard to Irish Morrisons, I know little of Irish history, but let me balance that by admitting that I know little of Scottish history, too. And only now am I beginning to explore them. To make that just a bit easier, apparently surnames are not much more than a thousand years old, and relatively few names are older than that. I do have an interest in languages, although I know nothing of Irish, but seeing as my genetic lineage begins in northern Ulster, and seeing as Co. Donegal is home to one of Ireland's gaeltacht regions, I could have honest reason to study Irish, and maybe even learn some of it. Doug On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:52 PM, <Lochlan@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 7/18/2011 10:13:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > tuulen@gmail.com writes: > > So, until further evidence appears, I can identify my genetic origin with > confidence, but the origin of the Morrison name remains less certain, > likely > Irish, but only likely. > > That was well done. I was struck by the references to Columcille in the > sources I saw. His church in the city of Derry had numerous connections > with Iona in Scotland. In particular I have some data showing connections > between another Inishowen family, the O'Brollaghans, and Iona. > > This doesn't have anything to do with O'Morrisons but is interesting (to me > at least). > > The O Brolchain Family > Notes from Reeves "Life of St. Columba," by Adamnan > > XLVII - Flaithbertach Coarb 1150-1175. [Introduction, p. clxxx] > > Surnamed Ua Brolchain. The family of Ua Brolchain were descended > from Suibhne Meann, who wqas king of Ireland in 615, and belonged > to the Cinel Feradhaich, a clan so called from Feradhach, grandfather > of that Suibhne Meann, and fourth in descent from Eoghan, the founder > of the Cinel-Eoghain race. The Cinel Feradhiach are now territorially > represented by the barony of Clogher, in the south of the county of > Tryone. The first of the O'Brolchan family who is mentioned in the > Annals was Maelbrighde Ua Brolchan, styled prim saer Erren ["chief mason > of Ireland"- Od Vers],, whose obit is entered in the ann. Ult. at 1029. > >From him probably the masonic art of the family was derived, which was > cultivated by Flaherty, and practiced by Donnell, with such success. > The next was Maeliosa, the lector whose obit is entered above at 1086. > He spent a part of his early life at Both-chonais in Inishowen, in the > neighbourhood of which some of his writings were preserved in Colgan's > time; and afterwards he founded a church seemingly at Lismore, called > the derteac Maeiliosa, "Oratory of Maeliosa," which was burned in 1116. > He died on the 16th of January, justly celebrated for his learning > (Colgan, Acta SS. p. 108). His son, Aedh, succeeded him in the calling > of professor, and died in 1095. Two years afterwards a son of Maelbrighde, > surnamed Mac-an-tsaeir, who was bishop of Kildare, died. Maelcolaim Ua > Brolchain, bishop of Armagh, died in 1122; and Maelbrighde Ua Brolchain, > also bishop of Armagh, died, Jan. 29, 1139. The latter was probably > father of the coarb Flaithbertach, whom the Annals of Ulster, aqt 1164, > called Flaithbertach mac in epsuic hUi Brolcain, "Flaithbertach, son of > the bishp Ua Brolchan," a lineage by no means in accordance with the > delicacy of the Four Masters, and which, when copying the entry, they > divest of its objectional character, in simply calling him Flaithbertach > Ua Brolchain. Domhnall Ua Brolchain was prior of Derry, and died Apr. 27, > 1202. His name is inscribed on one of the capitals in the cathedral of > Hy, in the form Donaldus Obrolcan (vid. 1202, App. III). Finn Ua Brolchan > was steward of O'Donnell in 1213; and Flann Ua Brolchain was coarb of > Columcille in 1219. In 1548 died Sir John Obrolchan, rector of Kildalton, > in Islay (Orig. Paroch. vol. ii. p 269) The name was afterwards writtten > O'Brollaghan, and is now corrupted, in Ulster, to Bradley. Through > the influence of Gilla-mac-Liag of Gelasius, the abbot of Armagh, who > had himself been previously abbbot of Derry (an. 1137) , Flaithbertach > Ua Brolchain was raised to the dignity of bishop in 1158, as is thus > recorded by the Four Masters: "A Synod of the clergy of Ireland was > convened at Bri-mic-Taidhg, in Meath, where there were present 25 bishops, > with the Legate of the coarb of Peter, to ordain rules and good morals. > It was on this occasion that the clergy of Ireland, with the coarb of > Patrick, ordered a chair, like every other bishop's, for the coarb of > Columcille, Flaithbertach Ua Brolchain, and the arch-abbacy of the > churches of Ireland in general." He was a zealous advancer of the > welfare of Derry, and during his incumbency many important additions > were made to its ecclesiastical buildings; to precure funds for which, > the abbot had, during the years 1150, 1151, 1153, 1161, visited, and > obtained contributions from various territories in Ulster and Ossory. > After a long life spent in the enregetic discharge of his duties, he > died in 1175, at which year his obit is thus recorded by the Four > Masters: "Flaithbertach Ua Brolchain, coarb of Columcille, a tower > of wisdom and hospitality, a man on whom, on account of his goodness > and wisdom, the clergy of Ireland had bestowed a bishop's chair, and > to whom the abbacy of Hy (comhorbus Uae) had been offered (an. 1164), > died in righteousness, after exemplary sickness, in the Duibhregles > of Columcille; and Gilla-mac-Liag Ua Branain was appointed to his > place in the abbacy." > > Donal O Brolchain [1202] > > "The unusual record on the capital of the tower column, DONALDUS OBROLOHAN > FECIT HOC OPUS, and the coincidence of that record with the obit of > Domhnall Ua Brolchain in the annals of Ulster at 1203, and of the Four > Masters at 1202, the same name in its Irish form, are sufficient, if not > to satisfy the mind, at least to afford material for reasonable conjecture, > > as to the builder." > > > Surnames of Scotland > Black > > O'Brolachain > > Flaitbheartach Ua Brolchain was offered the abbacy of Colum-cille > in Iowa in 1164 (AFM, s.a.) but declined it. Domhnall Ua Brolchain, > prior of Derry, perhaps a relative of Flaithbheartach, became abbot > of Iona and was builder of the Bell Tower there, or at least of the > lower part of it. He died in 1203 (AU.). The mutilated inscription > in Lombardic letters on the southeast pier of the cathedral reads: > "Donaldus O'Brolchan fecit hoc opus." Abbot Donald came of a famous > family of masons of whom the earliest recorded is Maelbrighde Ua > Brolchan, styled prim saer Erann, i.e. 'chief mason of Ireland.' > (Adamnan, VC, p. 405). He died in 1029 (A.U. s.a.) The rectory of > S. John the Evangelist at Kildaltane, Islay, was vacant in 1549 > by the decease of Sir John Obrolchan (OPS, II, p. 269). Archibald > McBrolachin was one of the tenants in Iona, 1677, and Lauchlan duy > McBrolachan appears as merchant in Campbeltown, 1778 (Argyll). > The name has been Englished Bradley and Brodie (Brody), although > these names have no connection with it either in root or > meaning. > > What I found interesting about this was there were O'Brollaghans > (O'Brolchans) in Scotland long after known contact at Iona in the 13th > century yet > prior to the Irish exodus of the 1800s.. > > The O'Brollaghans were another Inishowen family, mostly connected to the > church in Derry. The first two known Bishops of Derry were both > O'Brollaghans, 1107-1139. > > > John > > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > R1b1c7 Research and Links: http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Doug, I've been to South Uist, Benbecula, and North Uist, so I understand about the religious division between north and south. My g-g-g-grandfather Allan MacDonald was a Catholic from the Clanranald family on South Uist, most of whom converted to Presbyterianism. He emigrated to Cape Breton Island in 1823. I think there was more blurring along religious lines than I once thought. Also, my Highland M222 MacAdam lines (emigrated to PEI and Nova Scotia) are Catholics, but they have distant connections, probably predating the Reformation, to the Presbyterian McAdams of the Scottish Lowlands. Allene On 7/19/2011 8:35 AM, tuulen wrote: > Allene, > > Let me admit, that although the existing DNA evidence does not support the > rumor, > it is tempting to believe there could be an Irish genetic presence in the > Hebrides. > For instance, the Outer Hebrides are not far from Ireland, and while the big > northern > islands became predominantly Presbyterian following the Reformation, the > smaller > southern islands remained Catholic, to this day. > > That is not evidence, but it is an interesting coincidence. > > Doug > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Allene Goforth<agoforth@moscow.com>wrote: > >> Bernard, >> >> I have heard that story before, although the version I heard had the >> Morrisons of Harris in the Outer Hebrides as the descendants. The >> Benbecula U106, L48 McPhersons in my project who are matching a small >> group of Harris and Pabbay Morrisons are believed to be descendants of >> the MacMhuirich bards to the Lords of the Isles and later to Clanranald. >> >> Yes, we had a neat little Highland Games picture of the clans for a long >> time, especially in North American. DNA testing is blowing all that out >> of the water, and what an interesting show it is turning out to be. >> Allene >> >> On 7/19/2011 6:40 AM, Bernard Morgan wrote: >>> Scottish Morrisons in the area of southern Inner Hebrides are Irish >> O'Muirgheasain, who were famed bards to the Hebridean lords (MacLeod& >> MacLean). >>> See "O'Muirgheasain Bardic Family" in Notes&' Queries of the Society of >> West Highland and Island Historical Research, vi (1978), 3-7. >>> ps. Rogellus Obrolchan was secretary to Alexander Lord of the Isles in >> 1426. >>> (My opinion is Scottish history became Anglo-centric and the Irish sort >> only pure Irishness, so we left to rediscover the past world of western >> seas.) >>> R1b1c7 Research and Links: >>> >>> http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> R1b1c7 Research and Links: >> >> http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bernard and Doug, We had a Morrison on Benbecula tested recently to see if he'd match the Benbecula McPhersons, but he turned out to be a Viking, so may be from the Morrisons who trace their family to the Norwegian man and the Irish woman. I am far from an expert on either Irish or Scottish history, but I think it is quite possible that the O'Muirghesians are like other clans--more diverse than we think. Allene

Bernard, I have heard that story before, although the version I heard had the Morrisons of Harris in the Outer Hebrides as the descendants. The Benbecula U106, L48 McPhersons in my project who are matching a small group of Harris and Pabbay Morrisons are believed to be descendants of the MacMhuirich bards to the Lords of the Isles and later to Clanranald. Yes, we had a neat little Highland Games picture of the clans for a long time, especially in North American. DNA testing is blowing all that out of the water, and what an interesting show it is turning out to be. Allene On 7/19/2011 6:40 AM, Bernard Morgan wrote: > > Scottish Morrisons in the area of southern Inner Hebrides are Irish O'Muirgheasain, who were famed bards to the Hebridean lords (MacLeod& MacLean). > See "O'Muirgheasain Bardic Family" in Notes&' Queries of the Society of West Highland and Island Historical Research, vi (1978), 3-7. > > ps. Rogellus Obrolchan was secretary to Alexander Lord of the Isles in 1426. > > (My opinion is Scottish history became Anglo-centric and the Irish sort only pure Irishness, so we left to rediscover the past world of western seas.) > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I've heard of at least one prominent Irish Morrison, Marion Mitchell Morrison aka the American actor, John Wayne...According to Wiki his 2nd great grandfather was born in Northern Ireland and emigrated to America in 1782. "Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa.[4] His middle name was soon changed from Robert to Mitchell when his parents decided to name their next son Robert.[5][6][7][8][9] Wayne's father, Clyde Leonard Morrison (1884–1937), was the son of American Civil War veteran Marion Mitchell Morrison (1845–1915). Wayne's mother, the former Mary "Molly" Alberta Brown (1885–1970), was from Lancaster County, Nebraska. Wayne was of Presbyterian Scots-Irish descent through his second great-grandfather Robert Morrison, who was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and emigrated to the United States in 1782.[10][11]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne > Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:11:50 -0400 > From: tuulen@gmail.com > To: dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [R-M222] New Tactics > > John, > > Yes, my name is Morrison, and until recently I had simply assumed that my > father's family had originated somewhere in Scotland. That is, Morrison is > a Scottish name, right? After all, who has ever heard of an Irish Morrison? > Certainly, I had not! > > About the only thing I knew about my Morrison family was that a few > generations had lived in Northern Ireland, and I blindly assumed that they > had migrated there during the great British migration to the Plantation of > Ulster in the early 17th century. > > But now after my research, including DNA evidence, the Family Tree database > and Internet searches, it turns out that my assumption about my family's > migration to the Plantation of Ulster could be true, after all, but in a way > which I had never expected. And not only am I now aware of Irish Morrisons, > but in fact I apparently am one! > > Just earlier today I sent a note to my cousin Kirk, he being my father's > sister's son and he being the family historian, but I had the Y-DNA sample > and so I got involved. Here is that note. > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Kirk, > > I think my research has reached a reasonably good conclusion, for the > moment, but I have run out of tangible avenues to explore, as all else then > becomes based on speculation. > > Evidence upon evidence points to our Morrison family as having an Irish > origin, at least in a genetic sense. We are Morrisons and our genetic > origin is centered on Counties Donegal and Derry as they were perhaps a > thousand years ago, or more. The question is just *when* we became > Morrisons, for not only is there an historic Morrison family of northern > Ulster, which in Ireland can be traced back about a thousand years, but it > was from that same region of Ulster where many Irish migrants eventually > settled in the Lowlands of Scotland, south of Glasgow. For instance, I am > of a distinctly Irish haplotype subgroup known as R-M222, "Niall of the Nine > Hostages", and research on that subgroup shows a current concentration of > that subgroup's distribution as being centered not only in all of Ulster, > but in all of Lowland Scotland, too. And both Ulster Ireland and Lowland > Scotland have ancient, but unrelated, Morrison families. > > R-M222 has been identified as being of Irish origin, and then later > distributed, particularly to Lowland Scotland. > > Therefore, my best speculation goes like this. 1) There is no doubt or > question that we are genetically related to other families known to have > populated northern Ulster a thousand years ago, and there is known to have > been a similarly ancient O'Muirgheasain family there which eventually > adopted the names Bryson and Morrison, and many variants thereof. Given > that many Irish of that region are known to have eventually migrated to > Lowland Scotland, and given that the Morrison name is also known to have > existed as a Scottish name in Lowland Scotland, there is a possibility that > Irish Morrisons could have migrated to Lowland Scotland and then could most > naturally have identified themselves as Morrisons, there. Then, the > Plantation of Ulster, beginning in the early 17th century, an event where > significant numbers of British and particularly Scottish families and > individuals migrated to what had by then become Northern Ireland, could have > been when our Morrison family returned to Ireland, or by then Northern > Ireland. 2) Alternatively, until our parents were born, Kirk, our Morrison > family never left Ireland, at all. > > Most unfortunately, establishing any sort of a reliable family relationship > paper-trail to only a few hundred years ago could be somewhere close to > impossible, and highly unlikely. > > >From what I can see, apparently the O'Muirgheasain name vanished a few > hundred years ago, or more. Apparently in its place, a circa 1650 census in > Co. Donegal records an O'Mrisane, and apparently by then other variants of > what eventually became the Morrison name were in use, too, eventually > including O'Morrison. Just remember to include O' in your searches! > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > John, it seems fair to assume that I belong to an Irish Morrison family, > originally. There is a possibility that my family could have migrated to > Lowland Scotland and THEN have adopted the Morrison name, but if I were a > gambler I would not bet on that. The odds are in favor of an Irish Morrison > beginning, then POSSIBLY migrating to Scotland before eventually migrating > back to Ireland in the 17th century, but then there are equal odds, if not > greater odds, that my Morrison family never left Ireland, at all, until my > grandfather migrated to Scotland where my father and his older sister were > born, before my grandparents and their children migrated to the US where my > cousins, younger brother and I were born. > > I can trace my father's family back to County Armagh where my > g-g-grandfather was born in 1821, and his father was born in 1792, BUT I do > not know where my g-g-g-grandfather was born. > > So, until further evidence appears, I can identify my genetic origin with > confidence, but the origin of the Morrison name remains less certain, likely > Irish, but only likely. > > Doug > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM, <Lochlan@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > > In a message dated 7/18/2011 7:31:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > tuulen@gmail.com writes: > > > > So, when that message shows up on somebody's home page, then a > > noticeable reference to the M222 page could be made at the same time, > > a website link saying that the M222 project is the way for them to go. > > > > I suspect that's something that I would have to try and talk FTDNA into > > doing. It's worth a try. > > > > You're a Morrison, aren't you? Any idea of where your ancestors came from > > in Ireland? > > > > The reason I ask is Morrison is a common surname in the Donegal, Tyrone, > > L'Derry area of NW Ireland. MacLysaght mentions it as an English surname, > > but then goes on to state that Bryson is used as the anglicised form of O > > Muirgeasain, first anglicised as O'Mrisane and later O'Morison. He states > > Bryson is mainly found in Donegal and Derry. There's a similar reference > > in > > the "Gaelic Families of Co. Donegal", a chapter in Donegal history and > > society. Apparently the O Muirgeasains were primarily associated with the > > church. Thereis a referencee to them as herenaghs in Inishowen. > > > > The 1665 Hearth Money Rolls for Donegal have several spellings of the > > name: > > > > o'Morison (Morison, Mreesan, O'Moressan) > > > > In the 1659 census the name is O Mrisane (7). > > > > This variation explains the Bryson use. It came from dropping the O in > > Mrisane. > > > > Others are listed in a 1609 pardon list described by Brian Bonner as the > > standing army of Sir Cahir O'Doherty. > > > > O Murghesan (O Murgesan) > > > > 1609 Inquisition at Liffer > > > > Clounemanny parish, containing 5 1/2 ballibetaghs of 4 qrs. each, of which > > 6 qrs. > > are church land, 3 of which were given in Collumkill's time, the bishop > > receives > > out of two of these 3 qrs. the like rents proportionably as out of the > > herenagh > > land in the preceding parishes, the third qr named Donally is free to > > Donnogh O'Morreesen, who is the abbot's corbe and the bishop's herenagh of > > those > > qrs., the other 3 qrs. were given by the O'Dogherties and O'Donnells to > > Collumkill as a dedication towards his vestments when he went to war, > > which said > > 3 qrs., together with the other third qr., being free, were given to the > > ancestors > > of the said Donogh, who were Collumkill's servants, and are now in the > > possession > > of sir Ralph Bingley, knt., the herenagh paid a yearly pension of 10s Eng. > > to the bishop of Derry out of the bishop's thirds of the tithes, and > > collected > > all the bishop's duties in Enishowen; this parish has a parson, vicar, > > tithes, and > > repairs as in that of Faughan, the vicar has 3 gorts of glebe, and the > > keeper of the > > missagh or ornaments left by Collumkill has 4 gorts of glebe; > > > > Clonmany parish is in the Inishowen Peninsula, formerly called O'Doherty's > > country. > > > > Bonner further describes them in "Where Aileach Guards" as "the collector > > of the bishop's dues in Inish Eoghain (O Muireasain) and "Keepers of the > > Miosach of Colm Cille (O Muireasain of Clonmany)". > > > > There is a pedigree in the O'Clery Book of Genealogies for (col. b) > > Genelaigh o Muirghiusa, which would actually be O'Morrisey. MacLysaght > > states > > there are complications between this name and Morrison and refers to Irish > > Families and More Irish families but I don't have copies of these. This > > is a > > Cenel Eoghain pedigree though. I don't know if it could apply to the > > O'Morisons of Inishowen or not. > > > > 581. Aedh m Muiredhaigh m Donngusa m Duib uinsenn m Mail eoin m Ainbeith m > > Fogartaigh m Mael roid m Fir moir m Muirghuisa (a raiter an sloinnedh) m > > Cobhtaigh m Tnuthghail m Duibh doire m Sarain m Tighernaigh m Muiredaigh m > > Eoghain. > > > > > > >From the 1609 pardon list. > > > > > > Donnough, Ferdorcha, and > > > > Donell O Murghesan, Owin O Murgesan, Art O Murghesan > > Conor O Murgesan, > > > > > > > > John > > > > Most of these references came from my Clan McLaughlin web site. You might > > be able to find more. > > > > _http://clanmaclochlainn.com/_ (http://clanmaclochlainn.com/) > > > > Many came from the section Donegal Soures. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Doug, Thank you for sharing your interesting story. I am not a bit surprised to hear that there are Irish Morrisons. I would have been surprised in pre-DNA days though because I grew up around Scottish Morrisons. DNA testing has shown over and over again just how diverse those old clans really are. It's exciting to watch their true history unfolding little by little with DNA testing. I'm glad you found a match to someone with your surname. My brother (a MacPherson) was tested over 6 years ago, but matches McInnis instead of MacPherson (via I think the first marriage of my g-g-g grandmother and a later marriage and informal adoption of children by a MacPherson). The Macpherson project has everything from M222 to African American to Viking, and so on. BTW, about that Niall of the Nine Hostages icon on your personal page, have you tried clicking on it? It will open into a new window with background information on the Trinity College study. M222, however, appears to predate Niall. Allene

Thank you for the new list, Sandy. Allene

Hello, Allene, With thanks to the Internet, it did not take long for me to discover that in Scotland the Morrison name had been popularly adopted by at least a few, otherwise unrelated groups of people, and that historical records of any kind could be sketchy, inaccurate, or non-existant. I needed expert help, so I contacted the Morrison Society of North America, and I was invited to join the Morrison DNA research project, obviously necessary in order to tell what Morrison came from which Morrison family. But then came a colossal surprise. Yes, my name is Morrison, but I do not match any of the known Morrison DNA groups of the MSNA. Huh? What? At Family Tree, however, I do have one 35/37 match to another Morrison. He and I exchanged e-mail, and it turns out that his grandfather was from Northern Ireland. Small world, eh? I have not asked him, but if he and I joined the MSNA, then we would form the FIRST Irish Morrison group in the history of the MSNA. But really, there could be Scottish Morrisons who could be interested to learn of the existence of Irish Morrisons, just as I did. There really are Irish Morrisons, and apparently I am one of them! Let me add that I have exchanged many e-mails about all of this with the Secretary of the MSNA, and he has been very supportive. Doug On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Allene Goforth <agoforth@moscow.com>wrote: > I used to think of Morrison as only Scottish too. Some Benbecula > McPhersons in my project are matching to Morrisons on Pabbay and Harris > in the Western Isles, but they are U106, not M222. They may have been in > northern Ireland before they came to the Western Isles though. > > Allene > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

John, As could be obvious by my earlier ignorance in regard to Irish Morrisons, I know little of Irish history, but let me balance that by admitting that I know little of Scottish history, too. And only now am I beginning to explore them. To make that just a bit easier, apparently surnames are not much more than a thousand years old, and relatively few names are older than that. I do have an interest in languages, although I know nothing of Irish, but seeing as my genetic lineage begins in northern Ulster, and seeing as Co. Donegal is home to one of Ireland's gaeltacht regions, I could have honest reason to study Irish, and maybe even learn some of it. Doug On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:52 PM, <Lochlan@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 7/18/2011 10:13:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > tuulen@gmail.com writes: > > So, until further evidence appears, I can identify my genetic origin with > confidence, but the origin of the Morrison name remains less certain, > likely > Irish, but only likely. > > That was well done. I was struck by the references to Columcille in the > sources I saw. His church in the city of Derry had numerous connections > with Iona in Scotland. In particular I have some data showing connections > between another Inishowen family, the O'Brollaghans, and Iona. > > This doesn't have anything to do with O'Morrisons but is interesting (to me > at least). > > The O Brolchain Family > Notes from Reeves "Life of St. Columba," by Adamnan > > XLVII - Flaithbertach Coarb 1150-1175. [Introduction, p. clxxx] > > Surnamed Ua Brolchain. The family of Ua Brolchain were descended > from Suibhne Meann, who wqas king of Ireland in 615, and belonged > to the Cinel Feradhaich, a clan so called from Feradhach, grandfather > of that Suibhne Meann, and fourth in descent from Eoghan, the founder > of the Cinel-Eoghain race. The Cinel Feradhiach are now territorially > represented by the barony of Clogher, in the south of the county of > Tryone. The first of the O'Brolchan family who is mentioned in the > Annals was Maelbrighde Ua Brolchan, styled prim saer Erren ["chief mason > of Ireland"- Od Vers],, whose obit is entered in the ann. Ult. at 1029. > >From him probably the masonic art of the family was derived, which was > cultivated by Flaherty, and practiced by Donnell, with such success. > The next was Maeliosa, the lector whose obit is entered above at 1086. > He spent a part of his early life at Both-chonais in Inishowen, in the > neighbourhood of which some of his writings were preserved in Colgan's > time; and afterwards he founded a church seemingly at Lismore, called > the derteac Maeiliosa, "Oratory of Maeliosa," which was burned in 1116. > He died on the 16th of January, justly celebrated for his learning > (Colgan, Acta SS. p. 108). His son, Aedh, succeeded him in the calling > of professor, and died in 1095. Two years afterwards a son of Maelbrighde, > surnamed Mac-an-tsaeir, who was bishop of Kildare, died. Maelcolaim Ua > Brolchain, bishop of Armagh, died in 1122; and Maelbrighde Ua Brolchain, > also bishop of Armagh, died, Jan. 29, 1139. The latter was probably > father of the coarb Flaithbertach, whom the Annals of Ulster, aqt 1164, > called Flaithbertach mac in epsuic hUi Brolcain, "Flaithbertach, son of > the bishp Ua Brolchan," a lineage by no means in accordance with the > delicacy of the Four Masters, and which, when copying the entry, they > divest of its objectional character, in simply calling him Flaithbertach > Ua Brolchain. Domhnall Ua Brolchain was prior of Derry, and died Apr. 27, > 1202. His name is inscribed on one of the capitals in the cathedral of > Hy, in the form Donaldus Obrolcan (vid. 1202, App. III). Finn Ua Brolchan > was steward of O'Donnell in 1213; and Flann Ua Brolchain was coarb of > Columcille in 1219. In 1548 died Sir John Obrolchan, rector of Kildalton, > in Islay (Orig. Paroch. vol. ii. p 269) The name was afterwards writtten > O'Brollaghan, and is now corrupted, in Ulster, to Bradley. Through > the influence of Gilla-mac-Liag of Gelasius, the abbot of Armagh, who > had himself been previously abbbot of Derry (an. 1137) , Flaithbertach > Ua Brolchain was raised to the dignity of bishop in 1158, as is thus > recorded by the Four Masters: "A Synod of the clergy of Ireland was > convened at Bri-mic-Taidhg, in Meath, where there were present 25 bishops, > with the Legate of the coarb of Peter, to ordain rules and good morals. > It was on this occasion that the clergy of Ireland, with the coarb of > Patrick, ordered a chair, like every other bishop's, for the coarb of > Columcille, Flaithbertach Ua Brolchain, and the arch-abbacy of the > churches of Ireland in general." He was a zealous advancer of the > welfare of Derry, and during his incumbency many important additions > were made to its ecclesiastical buildings; to precure funds for which, > the abbot had, during the years 1150, 1151, 1153, 1161, visited, and > obtained contributions from various territories in Ulster and Ossory. > After a long life spent in the enregetic discharge of his duties, he > died in 1175, at which year his obit is thus recorded by the Four > Masters: "Flaithbertach Ua Brolchain, coarb of Columcille, a tower > of wisdom and hospitality, a man on whom, on account of his goodness > and wisdom, the clergy of Ireland had bestowed a bishop's chair, and > to whom the abbacy of Hy (comhorbus Uae) had been offered (an. 1164), > died in righteousness, after exemplary sickness, in the Duibhregles > of Columcille; and Gilla-mac-Liag Ua Branain was appointed to his > place in the abbacy." > > Donal O Brolchain [1202] > > "The unusual record on the capital of the tower column, DONALDUS OBROLOHAN > FECIT HOC OPUS, and the coincidence of that record with the obit of > Domhnall Ua Brolchain in the annals of Ulster at 1203, and of the Four > Masters at 1202, the same name in its Irish form, are sufficient, if not > to satisfy the mind, at least to afford material for reasonable conjecture, > > as to the builder." > > > Surnames of Scotland > Black > > O'Brolachain > > Flaitbheartach Ua Brolchain was offered the abbacy of Colum-cille > in Iowa in 1164 (AFM, s.a.) but declined it. Domhnall Ua Brolchain, > prior of Derry, perhaps a relative of Flaithbheartach, became abbot > of Iona and was builder of the Bell Tower there, or at least of the > lower part of it. He died in 1203 (AU.). The mutilated inscription > in Lombardic letters on the southeast pier of the cathedral reads: > "Donaldus O'Brolchan fecit hoc opus." Abbot Donald came of a famous > family of masons of whom the earliest recorded is Maelbrighde Ua > Brolchan, styled prim saer Erann, i.e. 'chief mason of Ireland.' > (Adamnan, VC, p. 405). He died in 1029 (A.U. s.a.) The rectory of > S. John the Evangelist at Kildaltane, Islay, was vacant in 1549 > by the decease of Sir John Obrolchan (OPS, II, p. 269). Archibald > McBrolachin was one of the tenants in Iona, 1677, and Lauchlan duy > McBrolachan appears as merchant in Campbeltown, 1778 (Argyll). > The name has been Englished Bradley and Brodie (Brody), although > these names have no connection with it either in root or > meaning. > > What I found interesting about this was there were O'Brollaghans > (O'Brolchans) in Scotland long after known contact at Iona in the 13th > century yet > prior to the Irish exodus of the 1800s.. > > The O'Brollaghans were another Inishowen family, mostly connected to the > church in Derry. The first two known Bishops of Derry were both > O'Brollaghans, 1107-1139. > > > John > > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In a message dated 7/18/2011 10:13:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time, tuulen@gmail.com writes: So, until further evidence appears, I can identify my genetic origin with confidence, but the origin of the Morrison name remains less certain, likely Irish, but only likely. That was well done. I was struck by the references to Columcille in the sources I saw. His church in the city of Derry had numerous connections with Iona in Scotland. In particular I have some data showing connections between another Inishowen family, the O'Brollaghans, and Iona. This doesn't have anything to do with O'Morrisons but is interesting (to me at least). The O Brolchain Family Notes from Reeves "Life of St. Columba," by Adamnan XLVII - Flaithbertach Coarb 1150-1175. [Introduction, p. clxxx] Surnamed Ua Brolchain. The family of Ua Brolchain were descended from Suibhne Meann, who wqas king of Ireland in 615, and belonged to the Cinel Feradhaich, a clan so called from Feradhach, grandfather of that Suibhne Meann, and fourth in descent from Eoghan, the founder of the Cinel-Eoghain race. The Cinel Feradhiach are now territorially represented by the barony of Clogher, in the south of the county of Tryone. The first of the O'Brolchan family who is mentioned in the Annals was Maelbrighde Ua Brolchan, styled prim saer Erren ["chief mason of Ireland"- Od Vers],, whose obit is entered in the ann. Ult. at 1029. >From him probably the masonic art of the family was derived, which was cultivated by Flaherty, and practiced by Donnell, with such success. The next was Maeliosa, the lector whose obit is entered above at 1086. He spent a part of his early life at Both-chonais in Inishowen, in the neighbourhood of which some of his writings were preserved in Colgan's time; and afterwards he founded a church seemingly at Lismore, called the derteac Maeiliosa, "Oratory of Maeliosa," which was burned in 1116. He died on the 16th of January, justly celebrated for his learning (Colgan, Acta SS. p. 108). His son, Aedh, succeeded him in the calling of professor, and died in 1095. Two years afterwards a son of Maelbrighde, surnamed Mac-an-tsaeir, who was bishop of Kildare, died. Maelcolaim Ua Brolchain, bishop of Armagh, died in 1122; and Maelbrighde Ua Brolchain, also bishop of Armagh, died, Jan. 29, 1139. The latter was probably father of the coarb Flaithbertach, whom the Annals of Ulster, aqt 1164, called Flaithbertach mac in epsuic hUi Brolcain, "Flaithbertach, son of the bishp Ua Brolchan," a lineage by no means in accordance with the delicacy of the Four Masters, and which, when copying the entry, they divest of its objectional character, in simply calling him Flaithbertach Ua Brolchain. Domhnall Ua Brolchain was prior of Derry, and died Apr. 27, 1202. His name is inscribed on one of the capitals in the cathedral of Hy, in the form Donaldus Obrolcan (vid. 1202, App. III). Finn Ua Brolchan was steward of O'Donnell in 1213; and Flann Ua Brolchain was coarb of Columcille in 1219. In 1548 died Sir John Obrolchan, rector of Kildalton, in Islay (Orig. Paroch. vol. ii. p 269) The name was afterwards writtten O'Brollaghan, and is now corrupted, in Ulster, to Bradley. Through the influence of Gilla-mac-Liag of Gelasius, the abbot of Armagh, who had himself been previously abbbot of Derry (an. 1137) , Flaithbertach Ua Brolchain was raised to the dignity of bishop in 1158, as is thus recorded by the Four Masters: "A Synod of the clergy of Ireland was convened at Bri-mic-Taidhg, in Meath, where there were present 25 bishops, with the Legate of the coarb of Peter, to ordain rules and good morals. It was on this occasion that the clergy of Ireland, with the coarb of Patrick, ordered a chair, like every other bishop's, for the coarb of Columcille, Flaithbertach Ua Brolchain, and the arch-abbacy of the churches of Ireland in general." He was a zealous advancer of the welfare of Derry, and during his incumbency many important additions were made to its ecclesiastical buildings; to precure funds for which, the abbot had, during the years 1150, 1151, 1153, 1161, visited, and obtained contributions from various territories in Ulster and Ossory. After a long life spent in the enregetic discharge of his duties, he died in 1175, at which year his obit is thus recorded by the Four Masters: "Flaithbertach Ua Brolchain, coarb of Columcille, a tower of wisdom and hospitality, a man on whom, on account of his goodness and wisdom, the clergy of Ireland had bestowed a bishop's chair, and to whom the abbacy of Hy (comhorbus Uae) had been offered (an. 1164), died in righteousness, after exemplary sickness, in the Duibhregles of Columcille; and Gilla-mac-Liag Ua Branain was appointed to his place in the abbacy." Donal O Brolchain [1202] "The unusual record on the capital of the tower column, DONALDUS OBROLOHAN FECIT HOC OPUS, and the coincidence of that record with the obit of Domhnall Ua Brolchain in the annals of Ulster at 1203, and of the Four Masters at 1202, the same name in its Irish form, are sufficient, if not to satisfy the mind, at least to afford material for reasonable conjecture, as to the builder." Surnames of Scotland Black O'Brolachain Flaitbheartach Ua Brolchain was offered the abbacy of Colum-cille in Iowa in 1164 (AFM, s.a.) but declined it. Domhnall Ua Brolchain, prior of Derry, perhaps a relative of Flaithbheartach, became abbot of Iona and was builder of the Bell Tower there, or at least of the lower part of it. He died in 1203 (AU.). The mutilated inscription in Lombardic letters on the southeast pier of the cathedral reads: "Donaldus O'Brolchan fecit hoc opus." Abbot Donald came of a famous family of masons of whom the earliest recorded is Maelbrighde Ua Brolchan, styled prim saer Erann, i.e. 'chief mason of Ireland.' (Adamnan, VC, p. 405). He died in 1029 (A.U. s.a.) The rectory of S. John the Evangelist at Kildaltane, Islay, was vacant in 1549 by the decease of Sir John Obrolchan (OPS, II, p. 269). Archibald McBrolachin was one of the tenants in Iona, 1677, and Lauchlan duy McBrolachan appears as merchant in Campbeltown, 1778 (Argyll). The name has been Englished Bradley and Brodie (Brody), although these names have no connection with it either in root or meaning. What I found interesting about this was there were O'Brollaghans (O'Brolchans) in Scotland long after known contact at Iona in the 13th century yet prior to the Irish exodus of the 1800s.. The O'Brollaghans were another Inishowen family, mostly connected to the church in Derry. The first two known Bishops of Derry were both O'Brollaghans, 1107-1139. John

John, Yes, my name is Morrison, and until recently I had simply assumed that my father's family had originated somewhere in Scotland. That is, Morrison is a Scottish name, right? After all, who has ever heard of an Irish Morrison? Certainly, I had not! About the only thing I knew about my Morrison family was that a few generations had lived in Northern Ireland, and I blindly assumed that they had migrated there during the great British migration to the Plantation of Ulster in the early 17th century. But now after my research, including DNA evidence, the Family Tree database and Internet searches, it turns out that my assumption about my family's migration to the Plantation of Ulster could be true, after all, but in a way which I had never expected. And not only am I now aware of Irish Morrisons, but in fact I apparently am one! Just earlier today I sent a note to my cousin Kirk, he being my father's sister's son and he being the family historian, but I had the Y-DNA sample and so I got involved. Here is that note. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kirk, I think my research has reached a reasonably good conclusion, for the moment, but I have run out of tangible avenues to explore, as all else then becomes based on speculation. Evidence upon evidence points to our Morrison family as having an Irish origin, at least in a genetic sense. We are Morrisons and our genetic origin is centered on Counties Donegal and Derry as they were perhaps a thousand years ago, or more. The question is just *when* we became Morrisons, for not only is there an historic Morrison family of northern Ulster, which in Ireland can be traced back about a thousand years, but it was from that same region of Ulster where many Irish migrants eventually settled in the Lowlands of Scotland, south of Glasgow. For instance, I am of a distinctly Irish haplotype subgroup known as R-M222, "Niall of the Nine Hostages", and research on that subgroup shows a current concentration of that subgroup's distribution as being centered not only in all of Ulster, but in all of Lowland Scotland, too. And both Ulster Ireland and Lowland Scotland have ancient, but unrelated, Morrison families. R-M222 has been identified as being of Irish origin, and then later distributed, particularly to Lowland Scotland. Therefore, my best speculation goes like this. 1) There is no doubt or question that we are genetically related to other families known to have populated northern Ulster a thousand years ago, and there is known to have been a similarly ancient O'Muirgheasain family there which eventually adopted the names Bryson and Morrison, and many variants thereof. Given that many Irish of that region are known to have eventually migrated to Lowland Scotland, and given that the Morrison name is also known to have existed as a Scottish name in Lowland Scotland, there is a possibility that Irish Morrisons could have migrated to Lowland Scotland and then could most naturally have identified themselves as Morrisons, there. Then, the Plantation of Ulster, beginning in the early 17th century, an event where significant numbers of British and particularly Scottish families and individuals migrated to what had by then become Northern Ireland, could have been when our Morrison family returned to Ireland, or by then Northern Ireland. 2) Alternatively, until our parents were born, Kirk, our Morrison family never left Ireland, at all. Most unfortunately, establishing any sort of a reliable family relationship paper-trail to only a few hundred years ago could be somewhere close to impossible, and highly unlikely. >From what I can see, apparently the O'Muirgheasain name vanished a few hundred years ago, or more. Apparently in its place, a circa 1650 census in Co. Donegal records an O'Mrisane, and apparently by then other variants of what eventually became the Morrison name were in use, too, eventually including O'Morrison. Just remember to include O' in your searches! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ John, it seems fair to assume that I belong to an Irish Morrison family, originally. There is a possibility that my family could have migrated to Lowland Scotland and THEN have adopted the Morrison name, but if I were a gambler I would not bet on that. The odds are in favor of an Irish Morrison beginning, then POSSIBLY migrating to Scotland before eventually migrating back to Ireland in the 17th century, but then there are equal odds, if not greater odds, that my Morrison family never left Ireland, at all, until my grandfather migrated to Scotland where my father and his older sister were born, before my grandparents and their children migrated to the US where my cousins, younger brother and I were born. I can trace my father's family back to County Armagh where my g-g-grandfather was born in 1821, and his father was born in 1792, BUT I do not know where my g-g-g-grandfather was born. So, until further evidence appears, I can identify my genetic origin with confidence, but the origin of the Morrison name remains less certain, likely Irish, but only likely. Doug On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM, <Lochlan@aol.com> wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/18/2011 7:31:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > tuulen@gmail.com writes: > > So, when that message shows up on somebody's home page, then a > noticeable reference to the M222 page could be made at the same time, > a website link saying that the M222 project is the way for them to go. > > I suspect that's something that I would have to try and talk FTDNA into > doing. It's worth a try. > > You're a Morrison, aren't you? Any idea of where your ancestors came from > in Ireland? > > The reason I ask is Morrison is a common surname in the Donegal, Tyrone, > L'Derry area of NW Ireland. MacLysaght mentions it as an English surname, > but then goes on to state that Bryson is used as the anglicised form of O > Muirgeasain, first anglicised as O'Mrisane and later O'Morison. He states > Bryson is mainly found in Donegal and Derry. There's a similar reference > in > the "Gaelic Families of Co. Donegal", a chapter in Donegal history and > society. Apparently the O Muirgeasains were primarily associated with the > church. Thereis a referencee to them as herenaghs in Inishowen. > > The 1665 Hearth Money Rolls for Donegal have several spellings of the > name: > > o'Morison (Morison, Mreesan, O'Moressan) > > In the 1659 census the name is O Mrisane (7). > > This variation explains the Bryson use. It came from dropping the O in > Mrisane. > > Others are listed in a 1609 pardon list described by Brian Bonner as the > standing army of Sir Cahir O'Doherty. > > O Murghesan (O Murgesan) > > 1609 Inquisition at Liffer > > Clounemanny parish, containing 5 1/2 ballibetaghs of 4 qrs. each, of which > 6 qrs. > are church land, 3 of which were given in Collumkill's time, the bishop > receives > out of two of these 3 qrs. the like rents proportionably as out of the > herenagh > land in the preceding parishes, the third qr named Donally is free to > Donnogh O'Morreesen, who is the abbot's corbe and the bishop's herenagh of > those > qrs., the other 3 qrs. were given by the O'Dogherties and O'Donnells to > Collumkill as a dedication towards his vestments when he went to war, > which said > 3 qrs., together with the other third qr., being free, were given to the > ancestors > of the said Donogh, who were Collumkill's servants, and are now in the > possession > of sir Ralph Bingley, knt., the herenagh paid a yearly pension of 10s Eng. > to the bishop of Derry out of the bishop's thirds of the tithes, and > collected > all the bishop's duties in Enishowen; this parish has a parson, vicar, > tithes, and > repairs as in that of Faughan, the vicar has 3 gorts of glebe, and the > keeper of the > missagh or ornaments left by Collumkill has 4 gorts of glebe; > > Clonmany parish is in the Inishowen Peninsula, formerly called O'Doherty's > country. > > Bonner further describes them in "Where Aileach Guards" as "the collector > of the bishop's dues in Inish Eoghain (O Muireasain) and "Keepers of the > Miosach of Colm Cille (O Muireasain of Clonmany)". > > There is a pedigree in the O'Clery Book of Genealogies for (col. b) > Genelaigh o Muirghiusa, which would actually be O'Morrisey. MacLysaght > states > there are complications between this name and Morrison and refers to Irish > Families and More Irish families but I don't have copies of these. This > is a > Cenel Eoghain pedigree though. I don't know if it could apply to the > O'Morisons of Inishowen or not. > > 581. Aedh m Muiredhaigh m Donngusa m Duib uinsenn m Mail eoin m Ainbeith m > Fogartaigh m Mael roid m Fir moir m Muirghuisa (a raiter an sloinnedh) m > Cobhtaigh m Tnuthghail m Duibh doire m Sarain m Tighernaigh m Muiredaigh m > Eoghain. > > > >From the 1609 pardon list. > > > Donnough, Ferdorcha, and > > Donell O Murghesan, Owin O Murgesan, Art O Murghesan > Conor O Murgesan, > > > > John > > Most of these references came from my Clan McLaughlin web site. You might > be able to find more. > > _http://clanmaclochlainn.com/_ (http://clanmaclochlainn.com/) > > Many came from the section Donegal Soures. > > > > > > > > > > > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In a message dated 7/18/2011 7:31:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, tuulen@gmail.com writes: So, when that message shows up on somebody's home page, then a noticeable reference to the M222 page could be made at the same time, a website link saying that the M222 project is the way for them to go. I suspect that's something that I would have to try and talk FTDNA into doing. It's worth a try. You're a Morrison, aren't you? Any idea of where your ancestors came from in Ireland? The reason I ask is Morrison is a common surname in the Donegal, Tyrone, L'Derry area of NW Ireland. MacLysaght mentions it as an English surname, but then goes on to state that Bryson is used as the anglicised form of O Muirgeasain, first anglicised as O'Mrisane and later O'Morison. He states Bryson is mainly found in Donegal and Derry. There's a similar reference in the "Gaelic Families of Co. Donegal", a chapter in Donegal history and society. Apparently the O Muirgeasains were primarily associated with the church. Thereis a referencee to them as herenaghs in Inishowen. The 1665 Hearth Money Rolls for Donegal have several spellings of the name: o'Morison (Morison, Mreesan, O'Moressan) In the 1659 census the name is O Mrisane (7). This variation explains the Bryson use. It came from dropping the O in Mrisane. Others are listed in a 1609 pardon list described by Brian Bonner as the standing army of Sir Cahir O'Doherty. O Murghesan (O Murgesan) 1609 Inquisition at Liffer Clounemanny parish, containing 5 1/2 ballibetaghs of 4 qrs. each, of which 6 qrs. are church land, 3 of which were given in Collumkill's time, the bishop receives out of two of these 3 qrs. the like rents proportionably as out of the herenagh land in the preceding parishes, the third qr named Donally is free to Donnogh O'Morreesen, who is the abbot's corbe and the bishop's herenagh of those qrs., the other 3 qrs. were given by the O'Dogherties and O'Donnells to Collumkill as a dedication towards his vestments when he went to war, which said 3 qrs., together with the other third qr., being free, were given to the ancestors of the said Donogh, who were Collumkill's servants, and are now in the possession of sir Ralph Bingley, knt., the herenagh paid a yearly pension of 10s Eng. to the bishop of Derry out of the bishop's thirds of the tithes, and collected all the bishop's duties in Enishowen; this parish has a parson, vicar, tithes, and repairs as in that of Faughan, the vicar has 3 gorts of glebe, and the keeper of the missagh or ornaments left by Collumkill has 4 gorts of glebe; Clonmany parish is in the Inishowen Peninsula, formerly called O'Doherty's country. Bonner further describes them in "Where Aileach Guards" as "the collector of the bishop's dues in Inish Eoghain (O Muireasain) and "Keepers of the Miosach of Colm Cille (O Muireasain of Clonmany)". There is a pedigree in the O'Clery Book of Genealogies for (col. b) Genelaigh o Muirghiusa, which would actually be O'Morrisey. MacLysaght states there are complications between this name and Morrison and refers to Irish Families and More Irish families but I don't have copies of these. This is a Cenel Eoghain pedigree though. I don't know if it could apply to the O'Morisons of Inishowen or not. 581. Aedh m Muiredhaigh m Donngusa m Duib uinsenn m Mail eoin m Ainbeith m Fogartaigh m Mael roid m Fir moir m Muirghuisa (a raiter an sloinnedh) m Cobhtaigh m Tnuthghail m Duibh doire m Sarain m Tighernaigh m Muiredaigh m Eoghain. >From the 1609 pardon list. Donnough, Ferdorcha, and Donell O Murghesan, Owin O Murgesan, Art O Murghesan Conor O Murgesan, John Most of these references came from my Clan McLaughlin web site. You might be able to find more. _http://clanmaclochlainn.com/_ (http://clanmaclochlainn.com/) Many came from the section Donegal Soures.

I used to think of Morrison as only Scottish too. Some Benbecula McPhersons in my project are matching to Morrisons on Pabbay and Harris in the Western Isles, but they are U106, not M222. They may have been in northern Ireland before they came to the Western Isles though. Allene