About The Flynn Family
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About the name Flynn
Irish: reduced Anglicised form of Gaelic Ó Floinn ‘descendant of Flann’, a by-name meaning reddish)’ór ‘ruddy’. There were families of this name in various parts of Ireland. The Flynns are the descendants of a number of Irish septs of O'Flynn. The name derives from the personal name Flann, meaning ruddy. The O'Floinn had twp septs in Co Cork one in the Barony of West Carbury, and the other in the Barony of East Muskery. Another important sept was located in the Barony of Castlecreagh in Co Roscommon, near the present day Castlerea. Further septs and branches were located in Co.Antrim near Lough Neagh between there and the sea. The name is now ranked as the 41st. most numerous name in Ireland. The name is now found widely in Ireland,with the greatest numbers favouring North Connach and Cork- Waterford region
Some noted of the name Rev.Jeremiah O'Flynn 1769-1831 was a Franciscan who administered both Australia and America.Edmund James Flynn was premier of Quebec: Thomas Flynn b.1931 was appointed Bishop of Achonry in 1976. Padraig Flynn of Castlebar in County Mayo was Minister in a number of portfolios in the 1980s and was appointed Irelands Commissioner in the E.C in 1993. Errol Flynn (1909-1959) American actor was born to an Irish father at Hobart in Tasmania. Variants O'Floin, O'Flynn (o)Flinn
About the name Chown
English: from a Middle English personal name, Chun(n).
About the name Milledge
English: habitational name from Milwich in Staffordshire, so named from Old English myln ‘mill’ + wic ‘dairy farm’; ‘(trading) settlement’.
And Llewellyns
Welsh: from the Welsh personal name Llywelyn (anciently Lugobelinos), probably derived from the element llyw ‘leader’, although the exact formation is unclear. This was the name of two princes of North Wales who held the Normans at bay for many years in the 13th century. Etymologically speaking, the form with a fourth -l- is an error, not found as an original Welsh name, but this is now much the most common spelling.
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