Ó Duinnshléibhe
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Ó Duinnshléibhe was the name of an Irish family of hereditary physicians. Until about 1200, they had been Kings of Ulster under the Dal Fiatach (Ulaid), but were usurped by John de Courcy and fled west. In time they became physicians, usually to the ruling families of Tír Chonaill and Tír Eoghain and Scotland. [1]
The surname is now generally rendered anglicized as Donlevy, McKinley or McNulty.[2][3]
See also
- Donnchadh mac Eoghan Ó Duinnshléibhe, d. 1528.
- Muiris mac Donnchadh Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe, Irish cleric, fl. 1602-1630's
- Muiris mac Seaán Ulltach Ó Duinnshléibhe, Irish cleric, fl. 1602-1630's.
- Irish medical families
References
- ↑ Oxford Companion to Irish History, 2nd , S.J. Connolly, ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press ©1998, 2002 ISBN 0-19-866270-X, pp 350-351
- ↑ Edward MacLysaght, Irish Families – Their Names, Arms and Origins, © 1972 Allen Figgis and Co. Ltd., in U.S.A., New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., p. 118, “MacDONLEVY, Dunleavy, Leavy … Mac Duinnshléibhe … In modern times it has many synonyms : besides spelling variants such as Donlevy, there is McAleevy (due to the aspiration of the D), Leevy (by abbreviation) and MacNulty, or in Irish, Mac an Ultaigh, i.e. son of the Ulidian (Ultach).”
- ↑ Rev. Patrick Woulfe, Priest of the Diocese of Limerick, Member of the Council, National Academy of Ireland, Irish Names and Surnames, © 1967 Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, in Irish and English, p. 319, “who are probably a branch of the O’Dunlevys.”, also, pp. 355-356 and 519.
