21-653: Cornyn is a surname in English-language countries; it is from Ireland originally, and is the equivalent of Curneen . According to the historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Cornyns were part of the Conmaicne Rein tribe in Ireland who came from the Erainn tribe who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland from about 500 and 100 BC . Notable people sharing
42-536: A brain haemorrhage , Walsh died at the Pembroke Nursing Home, Dublin, on 18 June 1941. He was interred in the hillside graveyard at Multyfarnham on 21 June 1941. It is principally as a man of learning that Paul Walsh will continue to be remembered, a conscientious, diligent scholar who produced important original research on many aspects of Irish history and Gaelic learning and wrote hundreds of articles deriving from that research. His writings are still
63-585: A "series of meticulous and penetrating studies that were to shed a great deal of light on the story of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh and the Four Masters" (#4), all of which were published in the 1930s and are still invaluable. From about 1939 Walsh concerned himself with the medieval Irish annals and annalistic dating. An especially valuable study, The Dating of the Irish Annals , was published shortly after his death. World War II brought an unexpected boon in
84-704: A BA with first class honours in 1912, and in 1914 an M.A. with first class honours, both from the National University of Ireland . The outbreak of war in 1914 prevented travel to continental Europe for a travelling scholarship. In April 1916 he was a minor participant in the run-up to the Easter Rising , when he became a member of the various groups sent by Eoin MacNeill to countermand Sunday 'manoeuvres, travelling as far as Athenry , County Galway . But upon his return to Dublin he learned that
105-606: A most useful resource to scholars in those fields and comparatively few of them have yet been entirely superseded. (#2) Between 1907 and 1941 Walsh authored over twenty books and some three hundred articles. He was also responsible for editing and studying several important Irish texts, learned notes on Irish historical writers, along with extensive work on the history of Meath, Ulster , and Irish genealogy . He also wrote nearly sixty book reviews . In 1915, Walsh produced part one of The Placenames of Westmeath , and abridged version of John O'Donovan 's 1837 Ordnance Survey letters for
126-593: A progeny). The name in Old Irish spelling contains m (without a following h ) and c (or more etymologically, cc ), thus Old Irish Conmac(c) and Conmaic(c)ne, but in Modern Irish spelling contains mh (with unetymological h as a sign of lenition ) and single c , thus Conmhac and Conmhaicne). Branches of the Conmaicne dispersed to various places. The Diocese of Ardagh was established in 1111 as
147-634: A small group of Irish Volunteers intended to proceed. In autumn 1916 Walsh became the first Lecturer of Welsh in Maynooth. In June 1919 he became Professor of Ecclesiastical history. Due to his shy nature he was reputed to be a poor lecturer and was thus relieved to be appointed curate of Eglish, Birr , County Offaly . He was then transferred to Stamullen , County Meath, and lastly, to Multyfarnham , County Westmeath in June 1932, as parish priest . His health declined precipitously in spring 1941, and following
168-492: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an ethnic group in Europe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paul Walsh (priest) Paul Walsh ( Irish : An tAthair Pól Breathnach ; 19 June 1885 – 18 June 1941) was an Irish priest and historian. Walsh was the eldest of the five sons and three daughters born to Michael Walsh and Brigid Gallagher of Ballina (aka Balliea), in
189-533: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Conmaicne The Conmaicne ( Old Irish pronunciation: [ˈkɔnˠˌβ̃ɑkʲːnʲɛ] ; Modern Irish : Conmhaicne ) were a people of early Ireland, perhaps related to the Laigin , who dispersed to various parts of Ireland . They settled in Connacht and Longford , giving their name to several Conmaicne territories. T. F. O'Rahilly 's assertion
210-536: The National University led to him been denied ordination at Maynooth; the ceremony instead took place at All Hallows College , Dublin, on 24 June 1909. He was also forbidden to return to pursue postgraduate studies. Between 1910 and 1916 Walsh participated in a diverse range of activities; four months as a curate in Dunsany , County Meath , teaching at Ring summer school, County Waterford , and teaching Latin at St. Finnians. He continued with his studies, obtained
231-685: The see for east Connacht . Fourteen years later, at the Synod of Kells-Mellifont , its area was reduced to the territory of the Conmaicne Rein and Conmaicne Angalie, south county Leitrim and all county Longford. The diocese was commonly called "the Diocese of the Conmaicne". Known Septs in south County Leitrim were: John O'Donovan wrote: The chief families of the Conmacians were the O'Fearralls, princes and lords of Annaly, or Longford;
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273-467: The Conmaicne were non- Goidelic is not widely accepted. Their name originates from a mythical ancestor known as Conmac(c) ( Old Irish: [ˈkˠʰɔnˠˌβ̃ɑkˠː] ), meaning "hound-son" ( con , prefix form of n-stem cú hound; mac , son). Conmac(c) descended from Fergus mac Róich and Queen Medb of Connacht . However, Walsh stated "Conmac son of Fergus is a genealogical fiction". The word Conmaicne means "progeny of Conmac" ( -ne ,
294-916: The Mac Rannalls, a name anglicised to Reynolds, who were Lords of Conmaincee of Moy-Rein and Muintir-Eolais, in Leitrim; the Mac Keoghes, who were chiefs in Galway, and also in Lenister; the MacShanleys; O'Rodaghans; MacDorchys; O'Mulveys; O'Morans, and O'Mannings, chiefs and clans in various parts of Longford, Leitrim, and Roscommon. Notables descended from the Conmhaicne include Cruimthear Mac Carthaigh , St. Jarlath of Tuam and some abbots of Clonmacnoise . This Irish history article
315-479: The county. It was part of a projected comprehensive work, and though Walsh continually collected material on the subject it remained unfinished at his death. An expanded version was published in 1957 by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies which was heavily supplemented by Walsh's notes and annotations. Paul Walsh's first work concerning Ulster was his edition of the diary of Tadhg Ó Cianáin , which
336-440: The influence of Peter Yorke (1864–1925), Walsh became interested in many aspects of Irish culture . Tomás Ó Fiaich later commented that Walsh was one of "... a generation of students [at Maynooth] which was collectively able, multi-talented, committed and independent-minded", many of whom went on to achieve great distinction in many aspects of Irish life. However, his participation in a controversy concerning 'compulsory Irish' at
357-481: The parish of Mullingar , County Westmeath . Educated locally, he spent a year at Mullingar's Christian Brothers school, and subsequently in 1900 to St. Finnian's College, Navan , where he studied for three years. Noted as a good student, Walsh achieved special distinction in classics and mathematics. In autumn 1903 he became a student at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth , again achieving great distinction in subjects such as Irish, French, Italian and Philosophy. Under
378-540: The publication of Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne: An account of the Mac Sweeney Families in Ireland, with Pedigrees . The dedication was " I gcimhne mo mháthar Brighid Ní Ghallchobhair 1854–1917. Nollaig Ó Muraíle describes it as "an important, well thought-out book, a work which no-one working on Donegal history can afford to ignore" (#3). Unfinished at his death was his edition of Beatha Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill by Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh . However, this led to
399-557: The relocation of the first half of the Annals of the Four Masters from Dublin to Multyfarnham . These two autographs had been held at Stowe House and Rome until their return to Ireland in 1872, after which they had been kept at the Franciscan House at Merchant's Quay, Dublin. This meant that John O'Donovan's edition relied on two 18th century copies and thus contained some defects. Paul Walsh availed of this opportunity and by
420-789: The surname Cornyn [ edit ] Alison Cornyn , American interdisciplinary artist John Cornyn (born 1952), United States Senator for Texas Stan Cornyn (born 1933), American record label executive William Cornyn (1906–1971), Canadian-born American linguist See also [ edit ] Irish clans References [ edit ] ^ Michael C. O'Laughlin, The Book of Irish Families: Great & Small (Irish Roots Cafe, 2002: ISBN 0940134098 ), p. 66. ^ Cairney, C. Thomas (1989). Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland . Jefferson, North Carolina , United States, and London: McFarland & Company . p. 61. ISBN 0899503624 . [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
441-681: Was a journal of the Flight of the Earls . This edition was published in 1916. It was followed by Genealogie Regum et Sanctorum Hiberniae in 1918, a previously unpublished collection of genealogies of kings and saints by the Four Masters . Further such studies included The Will and Family of Hugh O'Neill (1919; published in book form in 1930); The Life of Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill (1922); The Book of O'Donell's Daughter (1929); and Colonel Myles O'Reilly, Sheriff of County Cavan, 1641 (1935). 1920 saw
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