The O’Hanlons were still the most influential family in the county one thousand years ago, when the last High King of Ireland, Brian Boru paid a memorable visit to them in
O’Hanlons : Boru to Bruce
Pre 1800
1st Millennium O’Hanlons
The early history of
O’Hanlons through the ages
As a result of running with Redmond O’Hanlon (so to speak!) I received various requests to write further on the O’Hanlon pedigee. Since I have several friends of that name – are you still with us, Jenny, Martina, Gerry, Bernard, Paddy, Sean and Donal, Cathy Lee Rathbun etc? – I decided to accept the challenge.
Head on spike: Redmond
Redmond O’Hanlon had an ‘active service’ life of a mere seven years, but in that time he acquired a fearsome reputation.
Tories: Redmond and gang
In brief then, Redmond O’Hanlon’s short and violent life followed what may be viewed almost as a preordained pattern.
O’Hanlon Pedigree
Oral tradition in South Armagh holds fast to the folk memory of the seventeenth century local character,
The Old Chapel
Almost all historians Post-Reformation (mid-16th century) belonged to the established church and if they made allusion at all to the Catholic faith, it was normally in the most derogatory and insulting terms, calling the believers Papists.
Patrick Creely gets Carnehaugh
We also learn from Bradshaw’s Directory (1820) that the patent granted in 1613 by James I to Arthur Bagenal made an exception of certain Newry lands formerly granted by Sir Nicholas and Sir Henry Bagenal (Arthur’s grandfather and father) to one Patrick Creely. One line of thought is that Creely was the last Cistertian monk of Newry!
Radiocarbon Report?
Why would Newry & Mourne Council – at the ratepayer’s expense – commission a survey, inquiry and report upon bones found at the old Monastery site and then not release the results to the ratepayer?