The Tribes of Uí Maine Project will explore the surnames of the Irish medieval Kingdom of Uí Maine whose territory extended across east Galway, south Roscommon, the borderlands of Clare and Lusmagh parish in county Offaly.

Many of the most common surnames in the region feature in the genealogies of the Kingdom of Uí Maine recorded in medieval manuscripts such as the Book of Uí Maine and the Book of Lecan. Others migrated into the territory and played an important part in its subsequent history.

This Project will examine the relationships between the surnames of the Tribes of Uí Maine and their relationship with new-comers to confirm the accuracy of the genealogies and gain a greater understanding of the genetic heritage of the region.

The Project aims to offer testers new insights into their own surname origins and history.  And more broadly, aims to enhance our understanding of the medieval Kingdom of Uí Maine, its constituent territories and their lineages.

The O’Kellys were overall Kings of Ui Maine while the Maddens were Kings of the Síl Anmchada or south Ui Maine. Chiefs and prominent families of the constituent territories included Mannion, Ward and Duggan of the Sogain, Kenny and Finnegan of the Muintir Chinaeith, Lennon of Na Feadha, Moran of Clann Crumhthann, Scahill and Egan in Corca Mogha, Lally and Naughton of Maenmagh. Glennon and Keogh of Magh Finn, Fallon of Clann Uadach, and Geraghty, Connaughton and Donnelly in Tir Maine.

Other surnames associated with the Tribes of Ui Maine are featured on the Project surname map, although it is not exhaustive and will be subject to additions and amendments as the research proceeds. 

As such, this Project is open to:

1.Anyone who bears a surname, documented to belong to the tribes OR the territory of Uí Maine (listed below and map)

Brennan, Broderick, Burke, Burns, Cahill, Callanan, Canning, Cannon, Carney, Carty, Clancy, Coffey, Collins, Colohan, Concagh, Concannon, Connaughton, Connachton, Connell, Connelly, Connolly, Connor, Conroy, Cormican, Cosgrove, Coyle, Coyne, Crehan, Croffey, Cunniffe, Cunningham, Curley, Curly, Daly, Dillon, Dolan, Donlon, Donnellan, Donelan, Donnelly, Donoghue, Dooley, Dowd, Downey, Duggan, Egan, Eyre, Fahy, Fahey, Fallon, Feeney, Fihely, Finan, Finn, Finnegan, Finneran, Finnerty, Flanagan, Flynn, Forde, Gaffey, Galvin, Gannon, Gately, Geraghty, Giblin, Glennon, Glynn, Grenham, Hanley, Hannon, Harney, Harrington, Hayes, Healy, Hession, Higgins, Hogan, Horan, Houlihan, Hynes, Keady, Keane, Keary, Keaveney, Keaveny, Keegan, Kelly, Kenny, Keogh, Kildea, Kilduff, Killackey, Killacky, Lally, Larkin, Lennon, Leonard, Leyden, Lohan, Lydon, Lynch, Lyons, MacCormack, MacDonald, MacDonnell, MacLoughlin, Madden, Mannion, McCormick, McManus, Mitchell, Monaghan, Monahan, Moore, Moran, Morgan, Mullally, Mullaly, Mulry, Mullery, Mulvihill, Murphy, Naughten, Naughton, Nevin, Nolan, Noone, Norton, O'Brien, O'Connell, O'Connor, O'Conor, O’Gara, O’Hara, Ogara, Ohara, O'Rourke, O’Kelly, Quinn, Raftery, Regan, Reynolds, Roddy, Ruddy, Rorke, Rourke, Ruane, Scahill, Skahill, Scarry, Shaughnessy, Sheehan, Silk, Silke, Tiernan, Towey, Tuohy, Tully, Tracey, Ward

2.Anyone who has a confirmed earliest known patrilineal (Y-DNA) ancestor from the region (See map in photos section)