Shevlane Origins

[Maiden Stone]

Is Shevlane a variation of Shevlin? Origin Mayo and Offaly?
Burkes Anglo-Norman from de Burgh.
There was a Saint Coman (Roscommon) and a Saint Colman, St. Columbanus and St. Columba (Columcille). There may have been others with similar names. There may have been more than 1 with the same name.   Ireland was the island of saints.
The schools folklore collection, compiled by schoolchildren in 1930s may have legends about Saint Coman.

[amac1210]

Yes it is. Funnily enough when my great-grandfather emigrated to Scotland the authorities changed his name to Shevlin. We always assumed Shevlane was somehow the more true form, but it's clear that both co-existed for a long time before and after. I don't know the origin, that's my question above and beyond what I can establish using records.

Interesting about Burkes, Elizabeth de Burgh was wife to King Robert the Bruce, and their origin explains status they had in Middle Ages era. I suppose the Anglo-Irish relations, exemplified by these folk, were far more positive before King Henry II did his thing.

Nice info about the respective Saints who might have travelled this area. Must take a look at that folklore collection.

In Scottish Islands and Highlands folklore and "second-sight" are still current phenomena. I wonder if there are many Belmullet tales of this kind? Is it still a thing over there?

[hallmark]

  The O'Kelly clan inhabited Co. Roscommon and Co. Galway since the early Middle Ages, fighting against the O'Donnells of Donegal in alliance with the Burkes of Mayo in the 1400s. I'll upload source later. Ultimately there exist (as Hallmark has pointed out on other thread) documents showing descent of O'Kelly chiefs from the Provincial Irish Kings and High Kings too.
 

Stuff left over from other thread....

[hallmark]

Same lot later....

[hallmark]

No Shevelin or Barrett....

[hallmark]

Earlier.....

[heywood]

https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Shevlan

Maiden Stone,
Hallmark posted this earlier re the surname.

Amac2010, I have been reading re early development of Belmullet and Erris. I am sure you have  too.

I don’t have access to FindMyPast but do read newspaper snippets. I looked for any for the Shevlane name and found this reference - very brief.
I did find it here then. Unpleasant though it is, it shows that the Shevlane name was in the area in early 1800s.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01oir/

[hallmark]

Don't forget to keep an eye out for any that used the Gaelic version!    

The modern spelling are Shevelin, Shevlan, Shevlane, Shivlin and Shovelin, the meaning is 'the son of the descendant of the swift one' (O' Seibhleain).

[heywood]

Quote from a book I have re The Inniskeas.
“There are opposing views on the origins of the Barretts that came to Ireland and Mayo at the beginning of the second millennium.
One view is that the Barretts came as hired mercenaries from Pendyne, Wales during the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169/1170........”
It goes on to say they had come from France in 1066 and settled in Cork, Galway and Mayo.

Another view though is that “the Mayo Barretts came from Yorkshire. King John granted them lands in Tyrawley in the 13th century.”

There is more detail which can probably be found elsewhere.

It also has this statistic:
1901 - Barretts
Whole of Mayo - 1181 persons in 255 households.
Erris - 95 Barrett households
Kilmore Erris Parish (your family are Kilcommon Parish) 31 households

As I said, the book concentrates on the islands and the Mullet peninsula though and not Kilcommon.