O'Kennedy


O'Kennedy households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


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Surname Dictionary

Kennedy vv numerous: all areas. Ir. Ó Cinnéide (helmeted head). A leading sept of Dál gCais who settled in Tipperary. There were other families in Galway and Wicklow and a notable group in Galloway, Scotland, whence many of the Ulster Kennedys. US President Kennedy's ancestors were from Wexford but belonged to the Dál gCais. IF & SGG.
O'Kennedy Quite numerous: scattered. Ir. Ó Cinnéide, ? helmeted-head. Much more frequent as Kennedy, q.v. IF.

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