Généalogie de la famille de PRELLE de la NIEPPE

O'Beirne (Dangan) The families of Hugh O'Beirne and Patrick O'Beirne were both descended from Teige O'Beirne resident in the Drumsna area in the early 18th century. These two branches of the O'Beirne family were living at Jamestown and Dangan (the original O'Beirne stronghold) in the early 19th century. Patrick O'Beirne was a son of Colonel Andrew O'Beirne, Chief of the O'Beirne clan in the late 18th century. Andrew lost most of his property after the 1798 rebellion and four of his sons emigrated from Ireland. Patrick remained at Dangan and O'Beirnes continued to live there until at least the late 1830s. Dangan Castle was one of the main residences of the O'Beirne clan but was badly decayed by the early 17th century. Dangan House was built nearby and was occupied by the O'Beirne family from the 17th to the 19th centuries. They held Dangan from the King family. Father Martin Coen writes that Dangan House in the parish of Kilmore was the birthplace of George J. P. Browne, Bishop of Galway in the 1830s. Patrick O'Beirne was the occupant in 1814 and 1837. It was the residence of Mathew Hanly at the time of Griffith's Valuation when the house was valued at £8. Farm buildings exist at the site. http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie:8080/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=1569

THE O'BEIRNE FAMILY. THE O'Beirne sept traces its origin to Milesius, King of Spain, through the line of Herein on, his eighth son, and first King of all Ireland. The family was founded by Brian, son of Eocha Moy Veagon, King of Ireland, A. 1). 350. The ancient name, Brin, signifies " Dreamer," and was taken from Beirn of the race of O'Connor Magh Naoi. The chief of the clan had his possessions in the present County of Longford. The O'Beirnes were Chiefs or Lords of Mura O'Manna- chain or O'Monaghan, otherwise called Tir Briuin-na-Sionna, or Tir Briune of the Shannon. This territory lay along the Shannon, in the barony of Ballintobber, in Roscommon, comprising the parishes of Kilmore of the Shannon, Cloonaff, Aughrim, and Kilumod, extending nearly to Elphin. These O'Beirnes, it should be noted, are of a different race from the O'Byrnes of YVickloW. The O'Beirnes were descendants of Muireadhach Mullea- Ihan O'Mnlrooney, King of Connaught, together with the O'Connors, McDermots, McDonoughs, and other leading families. THE O'BEIEXE FAMILY. (Crest No. 185. Plate 60.) They occupy a prominent place in Irish history; many of them were ollavs, tanists, and learned men. Gilla-na-naemk, who died in the year 1133, was the royal lawgiver of Ireland, and one of the most emi- nent personages of his time. He was chief steward to Turlough O'Con- nor, monarch of Ireland. Tiege O'Beirne, who died in 1561, was known throughout all Ireland for his learning and his skill in civil and canon law. Many members of this family attained high rank and distinction in other lands after being dispossessed of their estates. Captain O'Beirne, in a regiment of Irish dragoons in the service of King Philip the Fifth of Spain, in the War of the Spanish, Succession, 1705, was famous for his bravery and military skill, and a Lieutenant O'Beirne accompanied Colonel Warren of the Irish Brigade, who, with two frigates, was sent to Scotland in 1740 to rescue the Pretender, Prince Charles Stuart, after the disastrous battle of Culloden. Many of this name have been prominent also in the ranks of the Irish clergy. General James R. O'Beirne of New York is a descendant of these O'Beirnes. He served with distinction in the late Civil War, during which he acted for a time as United States Marshal in the City of Washington. He also filled for some years the important office of United States Commissioner of Immigration at the Port of New. York. General O'Beirne is a lawyer of prominence, and an orator of national. Source: John Rooney, "A genealogical history of Irish families with their crests and armorial bearings", 1895. https://ia601306.us.archive.org/24/items/genealogicalhist00roon/genealogicalhist00roon.pdf