Show cx exI 1 J GENEALOGY L THE FAMILY MAGENNIS 1 Let us turn from the steady contemplation contemplation of American n and ami pur purely ly English names namos to glance for a Q moment at an Irish surname whoso whose hoary antiquity of Cf r descent descant fully attested and proved pro surpasses that of or any pedigree of ot crowned head In Europe of or toda today It will m be remembered that sons Fettled up tho the Isles of or Greece and antI the I south fouth part of or Europe It IB Je from tram these I I that some sonio of 01 tho finest old Irish families tam ram I flies les aro are descended as tho following ex extracts ex- ex tracts from a aery very ery recent publication j will show Tho The charming vivacity tho the beauty tho the artistic Inheritances of or tho thoI old Irish proper aro are too well known to need referring to In this thle place But we wc command these notes gathered 1 carefully concerning tho the tam family Sly of at as os there IH is much of or Interest to an any who come dome from Crom tho the famous Emerald Isle lele Tho The date ate of ot the origin of or the clan cJan of or Mag 1 runs so far Car back Mck that It has lias almost become obscured b by tho the haze haz of or antiquity Lon Long before tho the Christian era em eight sons of or King of or Spain Sham raised a fleet and sailed Bailed for Ireland Irelan for tor the purpose c of 01 conquest When about abou t to land a n storm torm arose and dispersed the fleet Five Fhe of 01 tho the eight ht I brothers were drowned The Tho saved raved ved t Heber I 1 and in and lIe lIe- her Don son of Ir II ono of tho the broth- broth t ets erS lost effected a met the tho t natives nat In battlo batti routed 1 them seized t 1 tim the country and founded a to colony I Heber and divided dl the tho territory terri tern O tory tori between them Tho third brother rother became their arch priest This was In 1699 B. B C. C In course courso of oC time quarrels arose between them thorn and lober Hober was slain plain then claimed share In inthe tho the conquest when moro more trouble trouble arose arose rind he was l killed In battle Thus became solo monarch lie liethen then than made another division I of or the theland theland theland land amongst st his friends The TIle north part of Ireland now noon Ulster ho gave gaO to toIs his Is nephew Heber Heher Don Irs Ir's only son eon l rom Ir therefore all nIl the tIme provincial kings s of or Ulster and all an the ancient nobility not no- no no no- t derive o their pedigrees The Ma- Ma Fennis f family ha had Its Us origin In tho the Irian line hut but It was not until tho the eleventh century that surnames s were adopted and arid the name be began an to undergo under under- go o changes changeR In spelling All therefore bearing tho the name no matter how It Is descended from the same amo stock and are of ot l origin ong Early Sp Spelling Irish scholars Inform us that the ancient ancient an nn- an- an clent orthography of tho the name of ot Magennis Ma- Ma gennis 13 la Mag husa In Ills his great work on Irish Pedigrees states that In olden times limes in Ireland con consisted of or an n aggregation of or 1 l n OR 5 1 E ti a it tC in SC da at Co Ci n TI fl O L. Ul U. V u we uso use them were unknown until the eleventh le century Individual members of 01 the tribe therefore were cro designated ty 13 n. n name Indicative of some distinguishing distinguishing distin distin- The personal peculiarity word ora Aon ug or Aeneas derived der from froni Aon excellent an am rind gus JUS strength Is tho time root of or Guinness Mac Guinness Tunes Innes Ennis etc or Clong-a Clong brother of ot floe Ros was the ancestor of Mac fae buls bula on teeth which has been anglicized angll- angll ched Into th the various arlous forms of oC the name wo we find fn today According to Molloy's ollo ollos ollo's s 's Irish Grammar page Jago seven seen Dublin edition 1867 1367 in tho the Irish writing of or the word there Is no noh noh h ii after aHeI g S. but the g has a n dot over It and und when g S' or d are dotted and occur n l the middle or at nt the the- end of a n word they hey he arc are silent but have o tho the effect of or the tho preceding vowels B By sage h ii is Inserted in English Ush after an rIsh dotted letter to denote tho them lot dot The he word Aen husa is therefore pronounced pro- pro bounced In Irish us Aen with the tho ac accent accent ac- ac accent cent on the tho first In time Ume for euphony IS pas S 'S Molloy page 1 12 the final n a was dropped and the word became Aen Rn anglicized to Ennis or Innis The En English Eng Ena- lish language not only onh has gh ghi silent sometimes as In bough plou plough h. h etc but even een ugh as In through thought thorough h etc and It has nine words beginning with the combination which In four tour of ot them equals t t. t In tour four th Lb and Iud J is doubtful In the tIme others Tho The word rag fag Is Irish for Cor son on Its Itis It ItIs Is s generally anglicized mac mae but hut sometimes some some- t times mes as with this name it is preserved pre pro served in both hoth forms torms It appears In Irish also as mac The Th son of therefore b by tho the use of or their prefix became or he lie wrote it MacEnnis Mac Mac- Ennis if he lie chose an and thus this name nama L. L In the tile course t r a thousand years has 1 c t t neen rec ui IJ uy y t. t i. i vun io as Magginis Mac Ennis and MacInnis B By ny a strange o freak some somo writers have ha preserved ed both hoth the c and the g termination of or mac and ma mag b by writing It McGinness while others have havo i it and an anti and some sonic write It G Guinness dropping dropping- ln the thc in altogether Th Tho last transformation Is to write it Mes which was evidently e brought about b by s substituting e c for c c. c although It does docs not clearly appear wh why it 15 Is done But there Is no end tp the chan change c I In Sn n names as well ell as ase e everything c else In n nature turc Other Prefixes As Ai Mac Inc signifies son ua un signifies a grandson and b by an extension of meaning meaning mean mean- ing lag an any descendant but It St is from this the anglicized ang 0 O comes for tho the same purpose UI is the nominative plural of ua and ami anglicized hul hui ormy or ormy my and Is applied to a 0 tribe or famil family a as O O 0 is to an individual For woman the prefix was used instead of or 0 O as ny Houlahan Sara n ny Donnell Don nell From tho the forc foregoing tho reader will clearly clearl understand the tIme meaning of or Mac an and 1 O 0 whon when applied to Irish names Simply son and grandson There was only one original Magennis Magen- Magen Mn en- en nis family In Ireland therefore nit nil who bear benr the tho name annie in an any of or Its modifications in Europe America Canada or Australia undoubtedly l derive erf their de- de deScent Scent from the same parent aront st stem m. m All AU well versed writers Inform us that the Irish people have hava tho the most ancient records in their own language O of any people in Europe Full details are preserved of ot events cents as far fal back bach as six Fix Ix hundred or seven hundred years cars be before be- be fore tore Christ nn and 1 the thc genealogy of or tho the different noble families IB is accurately l preserved as far flit back as HiO B. B C. C and ando o of th these thuie c families that of or Magennis isone la is ono one of f tho the most distinguished It is not often orten that a II 1 private ato In individual 11 of or tho the present nt da day can find Ibid his hit name nam mentioned mentioned men men- in the standard works warIeR of or the history of ot Ireland in which tho the namo name of Magennis is not repeatedly mentioned mentioned men men- as prominent in the stirring scenes therein described 4 Important In 10 A fow few extracts relating to members of ot the family will show tho the part they boro In those early days ot of Irish his his- tor tory About B. B C. C according according- to th the chronology of or the time Fair of Car- Car nr niba n was a king in the e emitt ex emi emi- tt me northern part of or Spain In that th nt eight sons of or with a tl fl fleet et ct of vessels set out from what Is Isnow now Corunna on tho time north coast of or Spain arid and conquered Ireland Five I. of or tho the sons were drowned In effecting Heber had blaster Connaught and to Ir Jr son eon of or the brother Ir Tm- was Was assigned tho the part now v known as Ulster anciently known Is as as The were J Icings or Ulster for tor upwards s of or seven hundred X years ears ars and ana occa occasionally one of or tho the line lino supreme power over tho whole island oland About ll B. B C C. one ono of hla those armed became monarch a of Dr Ireland monarc The Irish wa way of ot writing his namo Is Js lie that Is as RS shown namn by th the h Ii 1 with the g R and d dotted hence dot 11 Now a final c o Is also siLent whon when Immediately preceded by b- bR a dot R ted tee cl d or g K Hence once of or tho word ord there thore remains for tion ton only Ru rut rul lu-rul accent accent of ot the te first nn anglicized Rury and now Hory Horr His descendants are arc known ag as the tho na lan a Rory clan meaning meaning- meaning of The Tho 10 Magennis family became tho the leading family of at the tho descendants ramly of ot Bony Rory and head head of the clan In tho the year cat A A. D. D accor according according- to Tudo Dunne's Dunnes compilation a a. a tion ton was wa made made a against th th Clanna r I I I I I j I t t t t 1 I O Rory tho the h head ad of or which was th then n kin king of Ulster by the tho to monarch of or Ireland and the te three princes known kno as a the tho Three COU B tho the monarch monarch mon mon- arch the army and ad tho the Three Collas Colas commanding It H. The Th were wro attacked and alter after ator a n s seven even dat days day's days day's s battle battlo bato defeated their p alace 0 of ot burned and t the ime Clanna Hon Rory driven dron back ck to time the thoI e eI extreme northeastern stern part of or Ulster to t tho he counties of ot Down Do and Antrim horo they made a a stand maintained t heir Independence and organized t here thero the new l kingdom of ot called caled s Dl Dal Th The descent from Kin King Rl o or r Ro Rory is given en 11 by Irish antiquarians I In n the tho order Rory to Conall Conail C te the the groat roat warrior warrior warrior-to to Tip- Tip r rait ait thirtieth thirtieth king of or Ulster Ulster- t to o thirty seventh king icing o of ot f Ulster to Ulster to Conall whoso whose brother brothel SU Saraan SarEn S araan was tho the last kin king of or U Ulster lster having be been n driven on Into i b by my tho the Three O Colitis Collas COlas A. A D D. 33 The Tho d descent continues to husa Aeng-husa t twelfth In descent from Conall Conal nn and amid 1 f from rom this comes tho the family n name ame of ot In tho the manner ho- ho f fore foro oro stated tate 1 ODonovan the tho great Celtic scholar scholar I a dds adds a note noto In his translation of ot tho F Four our raster Masters as Clan I. I e. e the tho elan clan of ot race of Hugh was wa tho the tribe ribe name of or tho the and It I also became tho tribe namo name of or their territory but iut tut thc they afterwards extended their heir power over ocr Ui Corn COC now th h baronies of ot Upper and Lower Looner in time the County of or Down and amid as DS Dugan an Informs u us over nil all nl s continues Judge Dunne Dunne being being t I th lie particular clan eln name of ot this family fain fam fa- fa faBy ily By merits explanation First tho h shows that In Irish It la is written tod with wih a dot over oval tho them d. d d Now oon a a. doted dotted I ii I when whon final is f an and there thero Is 13 loft left only tho diphthong diphthong- g no ao nolen len lengthened which is equal In English Engleh to uce uce ucc and Is Js pronounced pr uco In lileon As explained Mag lag or Mac rac represents son Bon O O 0 represents grandson and is Ie used to donoto denote de descendants descendants descendants de- de generally would bo awkward In pronunciation so as h Is la thrown thron In for tor euphony where here 0 O wh ICo Hugh and Hughes and this accounts for the tho the frequenCy frequency fre tre- fre- fre quency of or tho the name namo Hugh In tho the Maginness Ma- Ma f- f ginness family Mac tho the highest authority author author- ity on Irish genealogy In tho the preface to his hla groat Book of ot Pedigrees writ written wrt- wrt ten in 1650 o explaining explaining- wh why he somo- somo times Umes places the of ot tho the younger son before that of or tho older elder says rays It is tho Irish custom when that progeny Is tho time more distinguished and then cites cies numerous examples among them this Tho Them place pIneo Mac fac husa- husa or orr r of the race of oC Conall Conall Con- Con all 01 Carnach before tho tIO descendants of ot Conor the thc king Icing because Conall's Conan's do do- wore were tho the moro more distin distin- This Conor Caner the king of or whom Mc- Mc Ie- Ie Is th the tho renowned Conor Mac cs n king icing of or Ulster at nt t the beginning beginning be he- ginning of the Christian era er and ono one of C tho greatest heroes of en early l I Irish history but 0 as noted his direct de descendants do- do were less than hose hoso of ot tho time family of or |