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FITZPATRICK
Family of C19th Ballinavard, NW of Clonakilty, Co. Cork, Ireland
Family name
derived from "son of Patrick"
Seeking
C19th ancestry of FITZPATRICK family of
Ballinavard/Ballinavar.
An unknown son of the family married a
Johanna by 1848.
Marriage
not found and her family name unconfirmed, but Johanna died
4.8.1894.
Four FITZPATRICK
children are known:
Mary
FITZPATRICK (1848-1924) = Michael
'The Count' O'DONOVAN
in 1884;
An
un/named daughter who married into the O'NEILL
family of Ballyduvane (W of Clonakilty, Co. Cork) -some
descendants known;
An
un-named daughter who married into the HAYES
family of Frehanes (near
Rosscarbery, Co. Cork);
Stephen
FITZPATRICK = M.
O'SULLIVAN. One son known:
Note: In Rosscarbery parish are
coloured marble headstones and railings - "The last resting
place of The Fitzpatrick Family. "May They Rest in Peace
Amen." AS 1896. It is not known if this is related to the
above family.
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Historical Irish Notes:
This is the
only surname with the prefix Fitz which is of native Irish
origin, the others being Norman. The FITZPATRICKs are
Macgilpatricks - Mac Giolla Phadraig in Irish, meaning son of the
servant or devotee of St. Patrick. In C16th & C17th records
they are usually called MacGilpatrick or MacKilpatrick; and in
some places they still are; other variants being McIlpatrick,
Kilpatrick, etc., the latter is common in Ulster, where, it is
usually of Scottish origin. The eponymous ancestor was Giolla
Padraig, a warlike chief in Ossory who lived in the second half
of C10th. Branches of the sept are now found in many parts of
Ireland.
In Ireland
today, the name is widely distributed, with Leix (alias Queen's
Co.) having the greatest number. The head of the most important
family was during the Gaelic period known as Lord of Upper
Ossory, at one time almost a royal ruler over counties Leix and
Kilkenny. Their power was much reduced by the rise of the Ormond
Butlers, but they were one of the first of the great Irish septs
to submit to Henry VIII and one Sir Barnaby Fitzpatrick was
knighted in 1568.
They lost
considerably through their loyalty to James II. Nevertheless the
head of the family received a peerage in 1714 and in 1878 his
descendants are recorded as possessing no less than twenty-two
thousand acres of the best land in Ossory. One branch of the
FITZPATRICKs of Ossory assumed the surname MacSeartha, or Shera
in English, taken from an ancestor with that Christian name. Many
variants of the name, in addition to those given above, are
recorded in the modern birth registers with more or less obvious
abbreviations like Fitz, Fitch and Patrick, but even Parrican,
Parogan and Patchy!
Brian
Fitzpatrick (1585-1652), Vicar Apostolic of Ossory, who was
murdered by Cromwellian soldiers, was instrumental in saving the
"Book of the O'Byrnes", which he transcribed, from
destruction. In modern times, apart from the Earls of Upper
Ossory, several FITZPATRICKs were prominent in politics, two in
the English interest and another Patrick Vincent Fitzpatrick
(1792-1865) was one of Daniel O'Connell's most trusted
colleagues. Also worthy of mention are William John Fitzpatrick
(1830-1898), the biographer, and Thomas Fitzpatrick (1832-1900),
an eminent physician.
More on the
FITZPATRICKs will be found in Corrigan's History of the Diocese
of Ossory, Vol 1.
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