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 >