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Tyrone / Re: QUINN in Tyrone
« on: Wednesday 17 November 10 20:53 GMT (UK)  »
Don't know any McFarlane's BUT McPartland is very common in the coalisland area.
You must remember that a loe of records were written by english speakers who had no knowledge/intrest in Gealge and had trouble with the accent, hence misspellings and variations. My personall opinion is to always check for similar sounding names.

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Tyrone / Re: QUINN in Tyrone
« on: Thursday 05 August 10 22:55 BST (UK)  »
Coalisland (Donaghenery formallyl

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Tyrone / Re: QUINN in Tyrone
« on: Thursday 05 August 10 20:41 BST (UK)  »
Pomeroy is just down the road from coalisland
these were townlands farms and alike pretty much a catholic area between Dungannon seat of the O'Niels (now mixed)and cookstown going the same way. This area has been very dinded during the 'troubles' and equally before. not much inter-marriage.
the area suffered alot during the famine and many families 'took the soup' changed their names and religion and begged for soup in english the lavery's (some) changed their names to Armstrong- lamh roi-strong arm  (diriv.)
McSorely were afamed Gallowglas clan ie.1/2 viking and were seated around the S.E,donegal border Gall-forinner geal- friend)
A.D.

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Tyrone / Re: QUINN'S in Tyrone
« on: Thursday 05 August 10 20:06 BST (UK)  »
Hi i'm A.D.baylis
I'm adopted but my fathers name was **** Quinn
 (i belive every one says so and he diudnlt exactly deny it)
anyways  we're the Quinns are from Coalisland Tyrone.
I'done a bit of reasech on the net
what i see is not what i'm hearing from here
this is what ive come acroo here
1 the Quinn's were th quatermasters of the O'Neil army and seemingly were a large part of the O'Neial caverlry up to 'the flight of the Earls'many left with them
2 Quinn comes from O'Coinn drived from Conn meaning wolf or noble hound.
3 the Conn in Quetion originator of the family name waS the grandson of a northen king  Nial who was famed for Viking bashing (danes i belive the norwegian veriaty seed to get on with the locals) the name O'Higgins means son of the viking or yellow hair
4 at some point the family seat was at a place called DrumQuinn in Omagh (about 30 miles or so away.5 it is entirly possable that the clan had  status before pre-dating Drumquinn
6 the Quinns of Thurmond are surpossedly dal cassians Brian Boru's(battle of clontaff) lot
7 in this major battle the O'Neil's refused to fight and sat on the hill and watched  (a family despute over a marrige or apointment of a bishop. one of Boru's lot got the job .well they do tend to kiss --- better
the point being that they didn't get on well and no marrige or treaty was made
well that's it for now
PS we tend not to join the brits and never did from Coalisland area 

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