Sam Hanna - The Farrells of Donegal: And Associated Families

The
FARRELLS
of
DONEGAL

and Associated Families

SAM HANNA

Copyright 2018 Sam Hanna.

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ISBN: 978-1-9736-3916-9 (sc)

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WestBow Press rev. date: 12/06/2018

(O) Farrells/Ferrells and others worldwide often ponder their Irish roots.

This is currently the most comprehensive attempt to explore the origins of one of the largest branches of the Farrells/Ferrells. It includes: 1,400 years of Celtic roots in northwest Ireland, Gaelic ancestry linked to St Colum Cille (St Columba) from c .AD 655, 400-year-old associations with the Ulster Plantation, and worldwide migration.

Those wishing to explore their own Irish family history and genealogy may use the methodology adopted by the author as a template for their own research.

Almost 1,000 references are detailed, representing an invaluable resource to all those researching their Irish and Ulster roots.

The benefits of DNA testing in family history and genealogy are outlined, and the results of the Donegal Farrell/Ferrell DNA research are analysed.

Extensive genealogies of Ulster Farrells/Ferrells and associated families from the sixteenth to twenty-first centuries have been compiled, and this database will assist others research their roots in Donegal, Ulster, and Ireland.

CONTENTS

Chapter 2 Farrells Within the Historical Context of the
Plantation in West Ulster From C.1610

Chapter 4 Farrells of Tirhugh Barony and Northwest Ulster
1655-1700

Chapter 5 Farrells of Tirhugh Barony and Northwest Ulster
1701-1800

Chapter 6 Linking Seventeenth Century Farrells With their
Evolving Dynasties and Branches

To my

Mother Kathleen

and

Cousin Eric Farrell

Fig. 1.1 Origins of the Anghaile/Longford Fearghail, and the
Cenl Conaill/Donegal Firghil

Fig. 1.2 References to Farrells in counties Donegal, Derry/
Londonderry, Tyrone and Fermanagh during the
seventeenth century

Fig. 4.1 The extent of Farrell and neighbouring families TCD
leases in 1658

Fig. 5.1 Map illustrating Farrell expansion from a seventeenth/
eighteenth century core nucleus to establish new dynasties

Fig. 5.2 References to Farrells in County Fermanagh (1665
1802) church records excluded

Fig. 6.1 Mutation History Tree for amalgamated R1b-GF4/
Farris 6t h/Cyan group (generated by Dave Vances SAPP )448

Plate 1 Rentals on William Connallys TCD manor of
Tirhugh, 1692.
By permission of The Irish Georgian Society

Plate 2 Lease for William Farrells Tirhugh estate, 1658.
By permission of The Board of Trinity College Dublin

Plate 3 Lease for Glazy and Thomas ffarrell, and Andrew
McGilwains Tirhugh estate, 1658. By permission of
The Board of Trinity College Dublin

Plate 4 Land allocated for the erection of St Johns Church,
Rossnowlagh, 1830. By permission of The Board of
Trinity College Dublin

Plate 5 Indenture between TCD, Andrew Knox and the parish
of Drumhome concerning the transfer of land for the
erection of St Johns Church, Rossnowlagh, 1830. By
permission of The Board of Trinity College Dublin

Plate 6 Abraham Farrell (1792-1876) and wife, Jane, ne
Clarke (1795-1864). Ballybulgan dynasty. c.1862
(Barry Farrell)

Plate 7 John Joseph Farrell-Crowley (1848-1911) and wife,
Anne, ne Ward (1852-1911). Ballybulgan dynasty:
CHICAGO BRANCH. 1872 (Kathleen Villano Beazley)

Plate 8 Francis Joseph Crowley (1886-1960), wife, Mary
Marcella, ne Sullivan (1888-1925), and daughter,
Marcella Marie (1919-82). Ballybulgan dynasty:
CHICAGO BRANCH. c.1920 (Kathleen Villano Beazley)

Plate 9 Sergt William Edward Crowley (1921-44), US Army
Air Corps. Ballybulgan dynasty: CHICAGO BRANCH.
c.1944 (Sharon Farrell-Crowley Connor)

Plate 10 Samuel Farrell (1830-1913). Ballybulgan dynasty:
CANADA III BRANCH. c.1905 (Grant Nuttall)

Plate 11 John (Johnny) Griffith Farrell (1891-1962) at
Cavangarden. Ballybulgan dynasty: BALLYBULGAN
HOME BRANCH, CARRICKBREENY SUB-BRANCH.
c.1960 (Daphne Elliott)

Plate 12 Thomas Johnston Farrell (18651952). Original
dynasty: LACKAN BRANC H, DRUMINARDAGH SUB
BRANCH. c.1940 (John Kirkpatrick)

Plate 13 Allen Ferrell (1889-1946) and daughter, Henrietta
Lyons (1918-91) at Landville, Logan County, West
Virginia. Virginia dynasty. 1938 (Connie Chancellor)

Plate 14 John Farrell (1877/8-1952). Original dynasty:
LACKAN BRANCH, LEGHAWNY SUB-BRANCH.
c.1945 (Jean McCleery)

Plate 15 Albert Edward Farrell (1923-2003). Ballintra dynasty:
LIVERPOOL BRANCH. 1943 (Graham Farrell)

Plate 16 Farrell farmhouse (old schoolhouse to right) at
Leghawny, Donegal, including John Farrell (as in Plate
14). c.1910 (Jean McCleery)

Plate 18 Farrell public house and shop (bottom left) at
Bridgetown, including Richard Farrell and son,
William John (left). Rossnowlagh dynasty:
BRIDGETOWN BRANCH. c.1907

Plate 19 William Farrell (1851-post 1911) and wife, Isabella,
ne Brown (1859-post 1911). Legnanornoge dynasty:
THE DERRIES BRANCH. c.1910 (Eileen Arnold)

Plate 20 Joseph Farrell (1887-1982). Legnanornoge dynasty:
THE DERRIES BRANCH, DROMORE SUB-BRANCH.
c.1910 (Eileen Arnold)

Plate 21 William John Farrell (1881-1963) and wife, Edith,
ne Clarke (1890-1979). Legnanornoge dynasty: THE
DERRIES BRANCH, DRUMQUIN SUB-BRANCH. c.1955
(Phyllis Fitzsimons)

Plate 22 Thomas Johnston Farrell (1865-1939) and wife, Maria
Alice, ne Mahood (1863-1938). Original dynasty:
LACKAN BRANCH, LEGHAWNY SUB-BRANCH, LAGHY
FAMILY GROUP. c.1937 (Jackie Farrell)

Plate 23 Farrell shop at Laghy, including Thomas Johnston
Farrell (as in Plate 22). c.1925 (Jackie Farrell)

Plate 24 Robert John Farrell (1866-1915). Rossnowlagh
dynasty: DUBLIN BRANCH. c.1890 (Eric Farrell)

Plate 25 Maurice Benjamin Farrell (1899-1956) and wife,
Mary (Maisie), ne Pepper (1899-1969). Rossnowlagh
dynasty: DUBLIN BRANCH, COOTEHILL SUB
BRANCH. c.1929 (Eric Farrell)

Plate 26 William John Farrell (1901-56), Loyal Sons of
County Donegal LOL 1301. Rossnowlagh dynasty:
BRIDGETOWN BRANCH, BELFAST SUB-BRANCH. c.1953

Plate 27 Elizabeth Jane (Lillie) Farrell, ne Harron (1903-57)
and son, Alexander Richard (1928-98). Rossnowlagh