The Current Chief Of Clan MacMahon

CLAN HiSTORY:

Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation By John O'Hart

The descent of the Irish Celts from Adam

1. Adam

2. Seth

3. Enos

4. Cainan

5. Mahalaleel

6. Jared

7. Enoch

8. Methuselah

9. Lamech

10. Noah divided the world amongst his three sons, begotten of his wife Titea: viz., to Shem he gave Asia, within the Euphrates, to the Indian Ocean; to Ham he gave Syria, Arabia, and Africa; and to Japhet, the rest of Asia beyond the Euphrates, together with Europe to Gadea (or Cadiz).

11. Japhet was the eldest son of Noah. He had fifteen sons, amongst whom he divided Europe and the part of Asia which his father had allotted to him.

12. Magog: From whom descended the Parthians, Bactrians, Amazons, etc.; Parthalon, the first planter of Ireland, about three hundred years after the Flood; and also the rest of the colonies that planted there, viz., the Nemedians, who planted Ireland, Anno Mundi three thousand and forty-six, or three hundred and eighteen years after the birth of Abraham, and two thousand one hundred and fifty-three years before Christ. The Nemedians continued in Ireland for two hundred and seventeen years; within which time a colony of theirs went into the northern parts of Scotland, under the conduct of their leader Briottan Maol, from whom Britain takes its name, and not from "Brutus," as some persons believed. From Magog were also descended the Belgarian, Belgian, Firbolgian or Firvolgian colony that succeeded the Nemedians, Anno Mundi, three thousand two hundred and sixty-six, and who first erected Ireland into a Monarchy. [According to some writers, the Fomorians invaded Ireland next after the Nemedians.] This Belgarian of Firvolgian colony continued in Ireland for thirty-six years, under nine of their Kings; when they were supplanted by the Tuatha-de-Danann (which means, according to some authorities, "the people of the god Dan," whom they adored), who possessed Ireland for one hundred and ninety-seven years, during the reigns of nine of their kings; and who were then conquered by the Gaelic, Milesian, or Scotic Nation (the three names by which the Irish people were known), Anno Mundi three thousand five hundred. This Milesian or Scotic Irish Nation possessed and enjoyed the Kingdom of Ireland for two thousand eight hundred and eighty-five years, under one hundred and eighty-three Monarchs; until their submission to King Henry the Second of England, Anno Domini one thousand one hundred and eighty-six.

13. Boath, one of the sons of Magog; to whom Scythia came as his lot, upon the division of the Earth by Noah amongst his sons, and by Japhet of his part thereof amongst his sons.

14. Phoeniusa Farsaidh (or Fenius Farsa) was King of Scythia, at the time when Ninus ruled the Assyrian Empire; and, being a wise man and desirous to learn the languages that not long before confounded the builders of the Tower of Babel, employed able and learned men to go among the dispersed multitude to learn their several languages; who sometime after returning well skilled in what they went for, Phœniusa Farsaidh erected a school in the valley of Senaar, near the city of Æothena, in the forty-second year of the reign of Ninus; whereupon, having continued there with his younger son Niul for twenty years, he returned home to his kingdom, which, at his death, he left to the oldest son Nenuall; leaving to Niul no other patrimony than his learning and the benefit of the said school.

15. Niul, after his father returned to Scythia, continued some time at œothena, teaching the languages and other laudable sciences, until upon report of his great learning he was invited into Egypt by Pharaoh, the King; who gave him the land of Campus Cyrunt, near the Red Sea to inhabit, and his daughter Scota in marriage; from whom their posterity are ever since called Scots; but, according to some annalists, the name "Scots" is derived from the word Scythia. It was this Niul that employed Gaodhal [Gael], son of Ethor, a learned and skilful man, to compose or rather refine and adorn the language, called Bearla Tobbai, which was common to all Niul's posterity, and afterwards called Gaodhilg (or Gaelic), from the said Gaodhal who composed or refined it; and for his sake also Niul called his own eldest son "Gaodhal."

16. Gaodhal (or Gathelus), the son of Niul, and ancestor of Clan-na-Gael, that is, "the children or descendants of Gaodhal". In his youth this Gaodhal was stung in the neck by a serpent, and was immediately brought to Moses, who, laying his rod upon the wounded place, instantly cured him; whence followed the word "Glas" to be added to his named, as Gaodhal Glas (glas: Irish, green; Lat. glaucus; Gr. glaukos), on account of the green scar which the word signifies, and which, during his life, remained on his neck after the wound was healed. And Gaodhal obtained a further blessing, namely-that no venomous beast can live any time where his posterity should inhabit; which is verified in Creta or Candia, Gothia or Getulia, Ireland, etc. The Irish chroniclers affirm that from this time Gaodhal and his posterity did paint the figures of Beasts, Birds, etc., on their banners and shields, to distinguish their tribes and septs, in imitation of the Israelites; and that a "Thunderbolt" was the cognisance in their chief standard for many generations after this Gaodhal.

17. Asruth, after his father's death, continued in Egypt and governed his colony in peace during his life.

18. Sruth, soon after his father's death, was set upon by the Egyptians, on account of their former animosities towards their predecessors for having taken part with the Israelites against them; which animosities until then lay raked up in the embers, and now broke out in a flame to that degree, that after many battles and conflicts wherein most of his colony lost their live, Sruth was forced with the few remaining to depart the country; and, after many traverses at sea, arrived at the Island of Creta (now called Candia), where he paid his last tribute to nature.

19. Heber Scut (scut: Irish, a Scot), after his father's death and a year's stay in Creta, departed thence, leaving some of his people to inhabit the Island, where some of their posterity likely still remain; "because the Island breeds no venomous serpent ever since." He and his people soon after arrived in Scythia; where his cousins, the posterity of Nenuall (eldest son of Fenius Farsa, above mentioned), refusing to allot a place of habitation form him and his colony, they fought many battles wherein Heber (with the assistance of some of the natives who were ill-affected towards their king), being always victor, he at length forced the sovereignty from the other, and settled himself and his colony in Scythia, who continued there for four generations. (Hence the epithet Scut, "a Scot" or "a Scythian," was applied to this Heber, who was accordingly called Heber Scot.) Heber Scot was afterwards slain in battle by Noemus the former king's son.

20. Baouman;

21 Ogaman; and

22. Tait, were each kings of Scythia, but in constant war with the natives; so that after Tait's death his son,

23. Agnon and his followers betook themselves to sea, wandering and coasting upon the Caspian Sean for several (some say seven) years in which time he died.

24. Lamhfionn and his fleet remained at sea for some time, after his father's death, resting and refreshing themselves upon such islands as they met with. It was then the Cachear, their magician or Druid, foretold that there would be no end of their peregrinations and travel until they should arrive at the Western Island of Europe, now called Ireland, which was the place destined for their future and lasting abode and settlement; and that not they but their posterity after three hundred years should arrive there. After many traverses of fortune at sea, this little fleet with their leader arrived at last and landed at Gothia or Geulia-more recently called Lybia, where Carthage was afterwards built; and, soon after, Lamhfionn died there.

25. Heber Glunfionn was born in Gothia, where he died. His posterity continued there to the eighth generation; and were kings or chief rulers there for one hundred and fifty years-some say three hundred years.

26 Agnan Fionn;

27. Febric Glas;

28. Nenuall;

29. Nuadhad;

30. Alladh;

31. Arcadh; and

32. Deag: of these nothing remarkable is mentioned, but that they lived and died kings in Gothia or Getulia.

33. Brath was born in Gothia. Remembering the Druid's prediction, and his people having considerably multiplied during their abode in Geulia, he departed thence with a numerous fleet to seek out the country destined for their final settlement, by the prophecy of Cachear, the Druid above mentioned; and, after some time, he landed upon the coast of Spain, and by strong hand settled himself and his colony in Galicia, in the north of that country.

34. Breoghan (or Brigus) was king of Galicia, Andalusia, Murcia, Castile, and Portugal-all of which he conquered. He built Breoghan's Tower or Brigantia in Galicia, and the city of Brigantia or Braganza in Portugal-called after him; and the kingdom of Castile was then also called after him Brigia. It is considered that "Castile" itself was so called from the figure of a castle which Brigus bore for his Arms on his banner. Brigus sent a colony into Britain, who settled in that territory now known as the counties of York, Lancaster, Durham, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, and, after him were called Brigantes; whose posterity gave formidable opposition to the Romans, at the time of the Roman invasion of Britain.

35. Bilé; was king of those countries after his father's death; and his son Galamh [galav] or Milesius succeeded him. This Bilé had a brother named Ithe.

36. Milesius, in his youth and in his father's life-time, went into Scythia, where he was kindly received by the king of that country, who gave him his daughter in marriage, and appointed him General of his forces. In this capacity Milesius defeated the king's enemies, gained much fame, and the love of all the king's subjects. His growing greatness and popularity excited against him the jealousy of the king; who, fearing the worst, resolved on privately dispatching Milesius our of the way, for, openly, he dare not attempt it. Admonished of the king's intentions in his regard, Milesius slew him; and thereupon quitted Scythia and retired into Egypt with a fleet of sixty sail. Pharaoh Nectonibus, then king of Egypt, being informed of his arrival and of his great valour, wisdom, and conduct in arms, made him General of all his forces against the king of Ethiopia then invading his country. Here, as in Scythia, Milesius was victorious; he forced the enemy to submit to the conqueror's own terms of peace. By these exploits Milesius found great favour with Pharaoh, who gave him, being then a widower, his daughter Scota in marriage; and kept him eight years afterwards in Egypt. During the sojourn of Milesius in Egypt, he employed the most ingenious and able persons among his people to be instructed in the several trades, arts, and sciences used in Egypt; in order to have them taught to the rest of his people on his return to Spain. [The original name of Milesius of Spain was "Galamh" (gall: Irish, a stranger; amh, a negative affix), which means, no stranger: meaning that he was no stranger in Egypt, where he was called "Milethea Spaine," which was afterwards contracted to "Miló Spaine" (meaning the Spanish Hero), and finally to "Milesiius" (mileadh: Irish, a hero; Lat. miles, a soldier).] At length Milesius took leave of his father-in-law, and steered towards Spain; where he arrived to the great joy and comfort of his people; who were much harassed by the rebellion of the natives and by the intrusion of other foreign nations that forced in after his father's death, and during his own long absence from Spain. With these and those he often met; and, in fifty-four battles, victoriously fought, he routed, destroyed, and totally extirpated them out of the country, which he settled in peace and quietness. In his reign a great dearth and famine occurred in Spain, of twenty-six years' continuance, occasioned, as well by reason of the former troubles which hindered the people from cultivating, and manuring the ground, as for want of rain to moisten the earth - but Milesius superstitiously believed the famine to have fallen upon him and his people as a judgment and punishment from their gods, for their negligence in seeking out the country destined for their final abode, so long before foretold by Cachear their Druid or magician, as already mentioned - the time limited by the prophecy for the accomplishment thereof being now nearly, if not fully, expired. To expiate his fault and to comply with the will of his gods, Milesius, with the general approbation of his people, sent his uncle Ithe, with his son Lughaidh [Luy], and one hundred and fifty stout men to bring them an account of those western islands; who, accordingly, arriving at the island since then called Ireland, and landing in that part of it now called Munster, left his son with fifty of his men to guard the ship, and with the rest travelled about the island. Informed, among other things, that the three sons of Cearmad, called Mac-Cuill, MacCeacht, and MacGreine, did then and for thirty years before rule and govern the island, each for one year, in his turn; and that the country was called after the names of their three queens - Eire, Fodhla, and Banbha, respectively: one year called "Eire," the next "Fodhla," and the next "Banbha," as their husbands reigned in their regular turns; by which names the island is ever since indifferently called, but most commonly "Eire," because that MacCuill, the husband of Eire, ruled and governed the country in his turn the year that the Clan-na-Milé (or the sons of Milesius) arrived in and conquered Ireland. And being further informed that the three brothers were then at their palace at Aileach Neid, in the north part of the country, engaged in the settlement of some disputes concerning their family jewels, Ithe directed his course thither; sending orders to his son to sail about with his ship and the rest of his men, and meet him there. When Ithe arrived where the (Danann) brothers were, be was honourably received and entertained by them; and, finding him to be a mail of great wisdom. and knowledge, they referred their disputes to him for decision. That decision having met their entire satisfaction, Ithe exhorted them to mutual love, peace, and forbearance; adding much in praise of their delightful, pleasant, and fruitful country; and then took his leave, to return to his ship, and go back to Spain. No sooner was he gone than the brothers; began to reflect on the high commendations which Ithe gave of the Island; and, suspecting his design of bringing others to invade it, resolved to prevent them, and therefore pursued him with a strong party, overtook him, fought and routed his men and wounded himself to death (before his son or the rest of his men left on ship-board could come to his rescue) at a place called, from that fight and his name, Magh Ithe or "The plain of Ithe" (an extensive plain in the barony of Raphoe, county Donegal); whence his son, having found him in that condition, brought his dead and mangled body back into Spain, and there exposed it to public view, thereby to excite his friends and relations to avenge his murder. [Note: that all the invaders and planters of Ireland, namely, Parthalonians, Neimhedh, the Firbolgs, Tuatha-de-Danann, and Clan-na-Milé, where originally Scythians, of the line of Japbet, who had the language called Bearla-Tobbai or Gaoidhilg [Gaelic] common amongst them all; and consequently not to be wondered at, that Ithe and the Tuatha-de-Danann understood one another without an Interpreter - both speaking the same language, though perhaps with some difference in the accent]. The exposing of the dead body of Ithe had the desired effect; for, thereupon, Milesius made great preparations in order to invade Ireland - as well to avenge his uncle's death, as also in obedience to the will of his gods, signified by the prophecy of Cachear, aforesaid. But, before he could effect that object, he died, leaving the care, and charge of that expedition upon his eight legitimate sons by his two wives before mentioned. Milesius was a very valiant champion, a great warrior, and fortunate and prosperous in all his undertakings: witness his name of "Milesius," given him from the many battles (some say a thousand, which the word "Milé" signifies in Irish as well as in Latin) which he victoriously fought and won, as well in Spain, as in all the other countries and kingdoms be traversed in his younger days. The eight brothers were neither forgetful nor negligent in the execution of their father's command; but, soon after his death, with a numerous fleet well manned and equipped, set forth from Breoghan's Tower or Brigantia (now Corunna) in Galicia, in Spain, and sailed prosperously to the coasts of Ireland or lnis-Fail, where they met many difficulties and various chances before they could land: occasioned by the diabolical arts, sorceries, and enchantments used by the Tuatha-de-Danann, to obstruct their landing; for, by their magic art, they enchanted the island so as to appear to the Milesians or Clan-na-Milé in the form of a Hog, and no way to come at it (whence the island, among the many other names it had before, was called "Muc-Inis or "The Hog Island"); and withal raised so great a storm, that the Milesian fleet was thereby totally dispersed and many of them cast away, wherein five of the eight brothers, sons of Milesius, lost their lives. That part of the fleet commanded by Heber, Heremon, and Amergin (the three surviving, brothers), and Heber Donn, son of Ir (one of the brothers lost in the storm), overcame all opposition, landed safe, fought and routed the three Tuatha-de Danann Kings at Slieve-Mis, and thence pursued and overtook them at Tailten, where another bloody battle was fought; wherein the three (Tuatha-de-Danann) Kings and their Queens were slain, and their army utterly routed and destroyed: so that they could never after give any opposition to the Clan-na-Milé in their new conquest; who, having thus sufficiently avenged the death of their great uncle Ithe, gained the possession of the country foretold them by Cachear, some ages past, as already mentioned. Heber and Heremon, the chief leading men remaining of the eight brothers, sons of Milesius aforesaid, divided the kingdom between them (allotting a proportion of land to their brother Amergin, who was their Arch-priest, Druid, or magician; and to their nephew Heber Donn, and to the rest of their chief commanders), and became jointly the first of one hundred and eighty-three Kings or sole Monarchs of the Gaelic, Milesian, or Scottish Race, that ruled and governed Ireland, successively, for two thousand eight hundred and eighty-five years from the first year of their reign), Anno Mundi three thousand five hundred, to their submission to the Crown of England in the person of King Henry the Second; who, being also of the Milesian Race by Maude, his mother, was lineally descended from Fergus Mór MacEarca, first King of Scotland, who was descended from the said Heremon - so that the succession may be truly said to continue in the Milesian Blood from before Christ one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine years down to the present time. Heber and Heremon reigned jointly one year only, when, upon a difference between their ambitious wives, they quarrelled and fought a battle at Ardeath or Geshill (Geashill, near Tullamore in the King's County), where Heber was slain by Heremon; and, soon after, Amergin, who claimed an equal share in the government, was, in another battle fought between them, likewise slain by Heremon. Thus, Heremon became sole Monarch, and made a new division of the land amongst his comrades and friends, viz.: the south part, now called Munster, he gave to his brother Heber's four sons, Er, Orba, Feron, and Fergna; the north part, now Ulster, he gave to Ir's only son Heber Donn; the east part or Coigeadh, Galian, now called Leinster, be gave to Criomthann-sciath-bheil, one of his commanders; and the west part, now called Connaught, Heremon gave to Un-Mac-Oigge, another of his commanders; allotting a part of Munster to Lughaidh (the son of Ithe, the first Milesian discoverer of Ireland), amongst his brother Heber's sons. From these three brothers, Heber, Ir, and Heremon (Amergin dying without issue), are descended all the Milesian Irish of Ireland and Scotland, viz.: from Heber, the eldest brother, the provincial Kings of Munster (of whom thirty-eight were sole Monarchs of Ireland), and most of the nobility and gentry of Munster, and many noble families in Scotland, are descended. From Ir, the second brother, all the provincial Kings of Ulster (of whom twenty-six were sole Monarchs of Ireland), and all the ancient nobility and gentry of Ulster, and many noble families in Leinster, Munster, and Connaught, derive their pedigrees; and, in Scotland, the Clan-na-Rory - the descendants of an eminent man, named Ruadhri or Roderick, who was Monarch of Ireland for seventy years (viz., from Before Christ 288 to 218). From Heremon, the youngest of the three brothers, were descended one hundred and fourteen sole Monarchs of Ireland: the provincial Kings and Hermonian nobility and gentry of Leinster, Connaught, Meath, Orgiall, Tirowen, Tirconnell, and Clan-na-boy; the Kings of Dalriada; all the Kings of Scotland from Fergus Mór MacEarea, down to the Stuarts; and the Kings and Queens of England from Henry the Second down to tile present time. The issue of Ithe is not accounted among the Milesian Irish or Clan-na-Milé, as not being descended from Milesius, but from his uncle Ithe; of whose posterity there were also some Monarchs of Ireland (see Roll of the Irish Monarchs, infra), and many provincial or half provincial Kings of Munster: that country upon its first division being allocated to the sons of Heber and to Lughaidh, son of Ithe, whose posterity continued there accordingly. This invasion, conquest, or plantation of Ireland by the Milesian or Scottish Nation took place in the Year of the World three thousand Ova hundred, or the next year after Solomon began the foundation of the Temple of Jerusalem, and one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine years before the Nativity of our Saviour Jesus Christ; which, according to the Irish computation of Time, occurred Anno Mundi five thousand one hundred and ninety-nine: therein agreeing with the Septuagint, Roman Martyrologies, Eusebius, Orosius, and other ancient authors; which computation the ancient Irish chroniclers exactly observed in their Books of the Reigns of the Monarchs of Ireland, and other Antiquities of that Kingdom ; out of which the Roll of the Monarchs of Ireland, from the beginning of the Milesian Monarchy to their submission to King Henry the Second of England, a Prince of their own Blood, is exactly collected. [As the Milesian invasion of Ireland took place the next year after the laying of the foundation of the Temple of Jerusalem by Solomon, King of Israel, we may infer that Solomon was contemporary with Milesius of Spain; and that the Pharaoh King of Egypt, who (1 Kings iii. 1,) gave his daughter in marriage to Solomon, was the Pharaoh who conferred on Milesius of Spain the hand of another daughter Scota.] Milesius of Spain bore three Lions in his shield and standard, for the following reasons; namely, that, in his travels in his younger days into foreign countries, passing through Africa, he, by his cunning and valour, killed in one morning three Lions; and that, in memory of so noble and valiant an exploit, he always after bore three Lions on his shield, which his two surviving sons Heber and Heremon, and his grandson Heber Donn, son of Ir, after their conquest of Ireland, divided amongst them, as well as they did the country: each of them. bearing a Lion in his shield and banner, but of different colours; which the Chiefs of their posterity continue to this day: some with additions and differences; others plain and entire as they had it from their ancestors.

The Celts of Ireland descend from three sons of Milesius, Heremon, Heber and Ir and from his uncle Ithe.

THE MILESIAN IRISH GENEALOGIES

THE MILESIAN IRISH GENEALOGIES Most of the Irish are descended from one of the three sons of Milesius who had issue. These are the Milesian genealogies.
Before writing was widespread in Ireland, a class of men were trained to memorize the hereditary history of their clan and all the descendants from the founder or progenitor without error or ommission. They were called "filads".
King Cormac Mac Art, in the third century of the Christian era, ordered the history of the Irish nation to be compiled. This work was called "The Psalter of Tara". From this and other more recent works, "The Psalter of Cashel" was written in the ninth century. The original of this is in a London museum.
After Christianity came in the 5th century, the monks recorded all of the history and pedigrees they could find. Most hereditary surnames only came into use in the tenth century, by command of the illustrious King Brian Boru. The harp believed to be his, is in the Trinity college museum in Dublin, Ireland.
In the 5th century, St Patrick was one of the nine personages appointed by the triennial parliment of Tara to review, examine, and purge errors from all the chronicles, genealogies, and records of the Kingdom.
The numbers on this list are supposed to be the generations of descendants from the first man, Adam. The monks are believed to be responsible for extending the pedigrees back that far and that list from Adam to Milesius can be found if desired. This list begins with Milesius. Some historians believe Irish pedigrees are fairly accurate back to the 6th or possibly the 5th century.
Dates have not survived along with many of these names, but by checking through other pedigrees and noting dates of others close to the number of your ancestor, you can estimate the approximate date of when the first person to bear your clan name lived. Number 103 is about the year 900 A.D.. (using an average of 3 generations per century).

ABSTRACTS FROM THE ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS Compiled in the years 1632-1636 at the convent of Donegal, by the chief author, Michael O'Clery, a monk of the order of St. Francis, after a search of fifteen years throughout the country for the most important of the Irish documents.
NOTE: The ANCESTOR of a Clan, as referred to here, is one who begins a branch off the main stem that leads to the founder of that Clan's name.
A QUO = "from which decended;" ANG. = anglicised. (English translation)

36. MILESIUS OF SPAIN; (GAUL) A valiant warrior, prosperous in all his undertakings. He was contemporary with Solomon. He planned to invade Ireland to avenge the death of his uncle, ITHE, killed by the TUATHA-DE-DANANS, and also to fulfill a prophesy. His eight sons took on the charge after his death.
37. HEREMON; IR; HEBER; The three sons of MILESIUS. HEREMON was the seventh son, but the third of these three that left issue. Five were killed in landing upon the treacherous coast, including IR. AMERGIN, who was a Druid, was one of the three brothers who survived. HEREMON and his eldest brother HEBER were jointly, the first Milesian monarchs of Ireland. They began to reign in 1699 B.C., the first of one hundred eighty three Kings or sole Monarchs of the Gaelic, Milesian, or Scottish race that governed Ireland, successively, for two thousand eight hundred and eighty five years from the first year of their reign, to the submission to the Crown of England; King Henry the II; who was also of the Milesian race by his mother Maude, of lineal decent from Fergus Mor MacEarca, first King of Scotland, a descendant of HEREMON. HEBER was slain by HEREMON in a quarrel, caused by their wives. AMERGIN was also slain by HEREMON over an argument over territory.

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LINE OF HEBER
Heber is the line from which Brian Boru comes, as do: Brady, Brennan, Carroll, Casey, Clancy, Coghlan, Connell, Cullen, Doran, Hagerty, Hickey, Hogan, Kearny, Kelleher, Kennedy, Lynch, Lyons, Lysaght, McCarthy, MacGrath, MacMahon, Macnamara, Moroney, Moloney, O'Brien (10 different pedigrees), O'Callaghan, Collins, O'Connor, O'Corcoran, Daly, Donoghue, Donovan, Flanagan, O'Gara, O'Grady, O'Hara, O'Keeffe, Liddy, Mahony, Meagher, O'Meara, O'Neill, O'Sullivan, Plunkett, Power (o'Poir), Quin, Quaile, Ring, Shannon, Slattery, Stewart, Tracey - to name a few.
38. Conmaol; 12th Monarch c.1650 BC
39. Eochaidh Faobhar Glas; 17th Monarch c.1492 BC
40. Eanna Airgthach; 21st Monarch c.1409 BC
41. Glas
42. Ros
43. Rotheacta
44. Fearard
45. Cas
46. Munmoin; 25th Monarch c.1332 BC. Ordained his Nobles to wear gold necklaces.
47. Fualdergoid; 26th Monarch, c.1327 BC, ordered his Nobles to wear gold rings.
48. Cas Cedchaingnigh; Revised the study of the laws, poetry, and sciences which had become little practised since the death of Amergin the Druid.
49. Failbhe Iolcorach; Ordered stone walls be built between neighbors'lands.
50. Ronnach
51. Rotheachta; 35th Monarch c.1030 BC
52. Eiliomh Ollfhionach
53. Art Imleach; 38th Monarch c.1013 BC
54. Breas Rioghacta; 40th Monarch c.961 BC
55. Seidnae Innaridh; 43rd Monarch, c.929 BC, and first to pay his soldiers and put them under disipline. Previously their pay was what they could get from their enemies.
56. Duach Fionn; died B.C. 893
57. Eanna Dearg; 47th Monarch, c.892 BC, died suddenly, with most of his retinue, adoring their gods at Sliabh Mis, B.C. 880.
58. Lughaidh Iardhonn
59. Eochaidh
60. Lughaidh; died B.C. 831
61. Art; 54th Monarch c.811 BC, slain by his successor, uncle of the 53rd Monarch
62. Olioll Fionn
63. Eochaidh
64. Lughaidh Lagha; died 730
65. Reacht Righ-dearg; 65th Monarch, c.653 BC, so called the Red King due to his having a hand in the slaying of Queen Macha of the line of Ir. The only woman who was a Monarch of Ireland. He subdued the Pictish nation in Scotland. Died B.C. 633.
66. Cobthach Caomh
67. Moghcorb
68. Fearcorb
69. Adhamhra Foltcain; died B.C. 412
70. Niadhsedhaman; 83rd Monarch cc.319 BC. In his time, through "the sorcery and witchcraft of his mother, the wild deer were usually driven home with the cows and tamely suffered themselves to be milked every day".
71. Ionadmaor; 87th Monarch c.218
72. Lughaidh Luaighne; 89th Monarch cc.198 BC
73. Cairbre Lusgleathan
74. Duach Dalladh Deadha; 91st Monarch c.168 BC
75. Eochaidh Garbh
76. Muireadach Muchna
77. Mofebhis; his wife. (A mistake here that O'Clery decided to leave as is. She was entered in the Irish Regal Roll instead of her son, Loich, and O'Clery did not choose to disrupt the sequence of numbers.) 78. Loich Mor
79. Eanna Muncain
80. Dearg Theine; He had a competitor, Darin, in the Kingdom of Munster, of the line of Ithe. Ithe was the uncle of Milesius and the first (Milesian) discoverer of Ireland. They took turns being Monarch with the other one being governor of civil affairs.
81. Dearg
82. Magha Neid
83. Eoghan Mor [Owen Mor] or, Eugene The Great. A wise prince and great warrior. He battled continually with "Conn of The Hundred Battles", the 110th Monarch in A.D. 122. Finally they divided the Kingdom into equal parts. He was eventually slain by Conn.
84. Olioll Olum. His second son, Cormac Cas, branches off to BRIAN BORU. Olioll Married the daughter of Conn, who had slain his father. She was a widow of a chief of Conn's territory and her son demanded of Olioll that he should benefit from the agreement of their ancestors. Olioll refused and banished Maccon out of Ireland. He retired to Scotland and there soon collected a strong party of friends and relations. With the help of his Ireland relations he made war upon Olioll. The Monarch Art-Ean-Fhear's forces joined Olioll in the great and memorable battle against Maccon at Magh Mucromha, near Athenry, where Art and seven of Olioll's nine sons, by Sabina, died. Their army was totally defeated. By this victory, Maccon recovered his right to the Kingdom of Munster, and became Monarch for 30 years, leaving the Kingdom of Munster to his stepfather Olioll Olum, undisturbed. Olioll had two sons left, Cormac Cas and Cian. Olioll learned that after the death of his son Owen Mor, a son had been born to him named Feach. From Cormac Cas came the O'Briens, MacMahons, O'Kennedys and other nobility of Thomond

Excerts taken from The O'Brien Genealogies
The O'Briens Written in Irish in 1762 A.D. Based on an earlier book by Hugh boy Mac Curtin in 1608 A.D. Translated from Irish Ms. by Standish O'Grady

Here follows a piece of the history of Brian's Seed:- One year it wanted of there being 5200 years elapsed from creation of the World until Patrick came to preach the faith in Ireland, anno mundo 5199.

Laegaire s. of Niall-of-the-nine-Hostages it was that at Patrick's advent was monarch of Ireland, and Carthann finn s. of Blod s. of Cas that was k. of Thomond:- From Christ's nativity (a pleasant computation 'tis) four hundred years and ninety, to which again add farther three, down to Patrick the apostle's death there were.

From Patrick's decease [+493] to Brian-of-the-Tribute's death [sl. 1014] was 521 years; whence the poet said:- From Christ his birth to Kennedy's son Brian's death there were four years upon then imposed, following a thousand beside them set apart [1000 + 4 + 10].

Successive Lords of Thomond:- From Brian-of-the-Tribute's death, as above, until Donough his son [was deposed and] went on a pilgrimage to Rome [where he died] anno Christi 1064, was fifty years. Thence to Turlough m. Teigue m. Brian's d. [+1086] was twenty-two years; the same was k. of Ireland. From his d. to Murtough More's [+1119] was thirty-three years.

Here is the ramification of Brian-of-the-Tribute's children:- Brian had six sons: Murrough, Conor, Flann, issueless all three, whose mo. was More, dau. of Eyne m. Clereach m. Edalach, chief of Hy-Fiachrach- Aidhne, ut dixit poeta:- Handsome Eyne's daughter More was comely Murrough's mother; her treasured secret she forgot not: three sons she bore to Brian.

Teigue, donough and Donall, were the three that had issue. Understand that Brian's mo., Bebinn, had two sisters: Caineach and Crescha. i.e., Caineach a qua the clancoscrach, otherwise the O'Heas of the Corcach; Crescha a qua the clanmulrony, according to the poem that begins with 'Cicarane's daughter Cianogue....'

It was this Gormla whom we have mentioned, Murrough m. Finn's dau., namely, that took the three famous leaps anent which it was indited:-

Three leaps they were that gormla leaped, such as for ever no woman more shall leap: a leap in Dublin and one at Tara; a third at Cashell, excelling other women all.

For said Gormla belonged to Amlaff cuaran, that was styled king of the Dublin Danes, until she bore Sitric m. Amlaff: Melachlainn king of Ireland had her until she bore Conor m. Melachlainn; and Brian-of-the-Tribute, until she bore Donough m. Brian. From her also the dissension out of which the battle of Clontarf grew had its origin.

Brian's s. Teigue above had one s. Turlough, monarch of Ireland. Turlough had two: Murtough More, monarch, and Dermot k. of Munster. Murtough More had two: Mahon, a quo Clanmahon of Corcavaskin; Donall, a quo clan-Donall-na-ndarach and clan-Turlough-donn, ut dixit:-

Murtough More of the white battlements, his seed 'tis befitting that we count up; a host they are that in time of foray are not gentle, and of them the great Clanmahon are.

The Dynasty of the Dalcassians: Cormac Cas 3RD C. A.D. Turlough, Lorcan, Cennedi ( D.951) M. Princess Bebinn of Connacht, S. Brian Mac Cennedi (Brian Boru) M. Deirdre, S. Teigue ( 985-1023) M. Maeve S. Turlough (D.1089) Turlough S. Murtagh Mor (D.1119 A.D.), Murtagh Mor's S. Mahon (D.1129 A.D.)

The Line of Brian Boru: These are the sons of Brian that had issue, Teigue, Donough and Donall. Brian's son Teigue above had one son Turlough, monarch of Ireland. Turlough had two sons: Murtagh Mor ,monarch of Ireland and Dermot, King of Munster. Murtagh Mor had had two sons Mahon from which Clan MacMahon of Corcabaskin comes from and Donall from which Clan Donall-na-ndarach came from.

Two great families of the MacMahon name found in Ireland. The first are the Royal MacMahons of Thomand (Clare). The second are the MacMahons of the old territory of Oriel in the 13th century.

The Royal Mac Mahons / Irish - Mac Mathghamhna - and are of separate descent from the MacMahons of Monaghan of the Clan Colla. were a Native Irish Tuath / Family from the Dal gCais in the west of Co. Clare / Thomond who succeeded the Mac Donnells, O Baskins, O Mulcorcras and O Keelys as the Chiefs of Corca Baisgin and controlling the baronies gained the territories in the Baronies of Moyarta and Clonderlaw in Thomond /in Co. Clare down to the reign of Elizabeth .

As of the Dal gCais / Dalcassians they were directly descended from Prince Mahon O Brian / Brien who died in 1129. He was the grandson of the great Irish King, Brian “Boru” the High King of Ireland who ended the Viking menace in 1014 AD at Clontarf near Dublin. As the Dal gCais / People of Cas they are descended also from Cas who was the 3rd King of Thomond and one of his 12 sons through Turlough the ancestor of the Ui Turlough Tuath. They trace their line also from Ailill " Olomm" the 1st King of Munster in the 2nd Century and his father Mogha "Nuadat" who was the King of Leath Moga / Mogha's Half / Southern Ireland in 137 AD.Their last Chief was killed at the battle of Kinsale in 1602.

The SEE of KILLALOE was originally founded about 639, by Pope John IV., who consecrated St. Flannan, successor to St. Lua or Molua, first bishop. Theodrick, King of Munster and father of St. Flannan, endowed the see with many estates, and was interred in the abbey. Moriertach, King of Ireland, and Donald O’Brien, King of Limerick, were also great benefactors ; and the former was interred here with great pomp in 1120. The church early became a favourite place of resort for pilgrims, and among numerous others was Connor Mac Dermod O’Brien, King of Thomond and Desmond, who died here on a pilgrimage in 1142.
The MacMahon dynasty gave four Bishops to the See of Killaloe; Dabhaidh (David) Mac Mathghamhna who died in 1317, Terence MacMahon who ruled the Diocese from 1724 to 1728, Michael Peter MacMahon O.P. from 1765 to 1807 and Patrick MacMahon from 1819 to 1836.

Turlough MacMahon of Clonderlaw, Co. Clare registered with the Ulster office as Chief of our Sept in 1472 A.D.
Turlogh MacMahon , he either built or endowed in his principality no less than twelve parish churches, as was proved by ancient manuscripts preserved in Clonderalaw castle.
and Cornelius MacMahon, Count of the Holy Roman Empire descended from MacMahon of Clonderlaw 1770.

Our seat was at Corcabaskin in West Clare a 57,000 acre estate, which was then Thomond where we were Lords and ruled the Baronies of Moyarta and Clonderlaw on the Corcabaskin Peninsula in Clare down to the reign of Elizabeth.

In the demesne of Clonderlaw are the remains of a castle, formerly the residence of Sir Teigue McMahon.

(CLONDERLAW, KILLIMER) Clonderlaw took its name from CIuain Edir Da Ladh, meaning the land between two streams. Clonderlaw Castle was situated on a hill about one mile east of Kilmurry Church. This was once the chief residence of the MacMahons of Corca Baiscinn East and West , from which the Barony received its name. Only a few fragments of the castle now survive.

Around 1488 the region known as Corcabaiscinn was divided into two parts, east and west. A branch of the MacMahon family ruled in each of the new divisions. Clonderlaw Castle was the seat of the chief of the eastern portion.

Kilmurry McMahon cemetery is on the site of the mediaeval St. Mary's Church which was demolished in 1810 and soon after replaced by a new Church of Ireland church. This church was in turn demolished in 1960.
A Church of Ireland school was built on the church yard which was known as the "Glebe Field".
Of major interest in the cemetery is a 15th century tomb for the MacMahon family of Clonderlaw Castle.

Tiege MacMahon of Clonderalaw owned a castle in 1580 in the townland of Caher-da-con (Cahercon). Nothing of the castle remains today. This was in the Kilfiddane parish.

Colmanstown Castle, situated at the water edge, is directly across the Shannon from Glin Castle. In 1580, it belonged to Teigh McMahon of Clonderlaw and according to an old poem, it is said to contain buried gold.

In Kilconry Parish in 1580, a castle in the island of Feenish belonged to Bryan MacMahon (surnamed na-Foraire).

Ballynacally - (Ballynacally County Clare) is generally translated as Baile na Cailleadh, the nun's land, because it belonged to the nuns of Killone Convent. Dangan Castle - This stronghold was owned by the MacMahons and was described in 1580 as the castle of Dangan-moy-builc. The name comes from the word daingean, which means ‘firm’ so called because of the strong fortfield castle of the McMahon family. It is really a tower house and it is one of more than two hundred castles built in Clare during the Norman period. There is a legend attached to the castle.

The chief McMAHON and his wife did not get on. She planned to leave her husband and elope with another man. She left on the horse’s back with him. She strapped herself to him because they were travelling at high speed. A short distance from the castle a forked branch swaying in the wind caught the woman’s head and dragged it from her body. The man did not know this and continued on his journey. After a few miles he turned around and saw the terrible sight. He cut the headless body from its strapping. The place where this happened was called Sruthán Fiáin. From our questionnaire we found out there is a stream crossing a field in Lisheen called Sruthán Fiáin.

At KNOCKALOUGH LAKE in County Clare,This lake lies just off the Ennis/Kilrush Road, about 3 kms from Kilmihil; Knockalough Lake is one mile in length and half a mile in width, and contains an artifical island in its centre.This island is said to have been constructed by the Danes and used by them as a safe retreat.
This is Knockalough Castle, Knockalough castle stands on a walled island, probably an ancient crannoge, in a lake, not far to the east of Kilmihil. A considerable fragment of the tower remains in the thick grove of trees which covers the islet, now only the home of coots and cranes.
Cnoc an lacha is named during the deClare’s wars 1315, in the “Cathreim Thoirdhealbhaigh.” It was held by Thomas, son of Mortagh MacMahon, who in 1621 settled it for his own use and that of his son Murtagh and the latters wife More. It was held in 1641 by Murtagh MacMahon,.The local people only know it as the castle of the notorious MacMahon,"Turlogh Roe Mac Mahon, a MacMahon chieftain.

CLENAGH CASTLE- Newmarket-on-Fergus is a much overgrown tower house built by the McMahon family and, has on the wall at the right side of the door a shiela -na- gig, a fertility symbol of pre-Christian origin. The tower house was occupied up to about two hundred years ago.

The last Chief of the name Teige MacMahon was slain at the battle of Kinsale was accidentally killed at (ironically) Bearhaven in 1602.

The tomb of the family of MacMahons of Clonderlaw is mentioned as being at the monastery at Ennis in 1642. Liskaloge anciently (before 1680) belonged to the MacMahons.

One of the MacMahons strong holds built in 1480 was Carrigaholt Castle a tower house overlooking the Shannon Estury standing five stories in the corner of a bawn and built originally by the MacMahons around the end of the 15th century. The tower is complete with musket holes to drop things on intruder's heads when they came in the door: the tower has a murder hole as well, besides a vault on the fourth floor.
Teige Caech, "The Short-Sighted", MacMahon in 1588 when seven ships of the Spanish Armada ancored at Carrigaholt sought aid it was refused by the MacMahons.
The castle was unsuccessfully besieged by Sir Conyers Clifford in 1598. The following year the renegade Fourth Earl of Thomond succeeded in wrestling the castle from him in a four day siege, and in breach of surrender terms, hanged all the defenders.
It was then taken over by Daniel O'Brien who built the fireplace on the fifth floor which bears the date "1603", and it was probably he who built many of the present windows into the tower.
In 1646 Admiral Sir William Penn called at the castle on his way to Kinsale, having just abandoned Bunratty to Confederate troops. In 1651 Cromwells general Ludlow took the castle and kept a garrision there until 1652. Charles the II, however restored the castle to the O'Briens in 1666, but in 1691 William of Orange gave it to Keppel, Earl of Albermarle, who sold it almost immediatly afterwards to the Burtons, who retained it up until the present century.
The bawn protecting the tower is fairly well preserved, though the turret overlooking the peir is modern.

(Additional Notes):
This is in the parish of Killimer, barony of Clonderlaw, and was therefore in the territory of East Corca Bhaiscin, the Lord of whom, 1585, who signed the composition with Sir John Perrott, was Teige Mac Mahon; otherwise, “MacMahon.” In the return of the castles of Clare supplied to Sir Richard Bingham in 1586, the castle of Doneygrock was possessed by Teige Mac Muircertagh Cam (Mac Mahon). In 1620, the Castle of Donogoroge was included in the Earl of Thomond’s Patent, and was, in 1641, in possession of his tenant, William Brigdale. During the Cromwellian period, Mr. Walter Hickman was placed in this castle, and after obtained from the Earl of Thomond a lease of same for ninety years, with the condition to supply a Protestant horseman, with good horse, sword, case of pistols, and other necessaries for a month; to plant 100 apple trees, and to cover the castle with a roof, with slate or shingle, and also to erect a house 1½ stories 40 ft. by 18 ft.

Barrane Lands, in the parish of Killimer, barony of Clonderalaw, was, previous to 1641, the property of Sir Teige MacMahon, Bart., who succeeded in finding favour with the Crown, and obtained some of the ancient patrimony of the MacMahons of East Corca Bhaiskin. Here Thomas Clancy was located under the Cromwellian Settlement, but the lands at the Restoration were granted to James Nixon. Benjamin Cox, Esq., of Mount Pleasant, Kilrush, J.P., is the present representative of Captain John Cocks, above mentioned, though not the owner of Barrane.

This was the chief seat of the MacMahons, Lords of West Corca Bhaiscin, which composed the present barony of Moyarta, and part of Ibrickane. The composition of 1585 was signed by Tyrrelagh MacMahon of Moyarta, chief of his name in West Corcavaskin. When the rents under this composition were sought to be collected, Teige Caech MacMahon, Lord of Carrigaholt, committed outrages upon the crown collectors. As this not only affected the crown’s claim of 10s. a quarter, but also the claim of 5s. from each quarter, payable to the Earl of Thomond, he sent his brother to remonstrate, but Teige being then absent in Kerry, the castle was occupied by his wife and a beautiful daughter, to whom the Earl’s brother soon became attached. Teige having returned when O’Brien was out hunting, ordered that he should be seized on entering the courtyard, which was on the sea-side. As soon as O’Brien was aware of the attempt, he leapt his horse over the wall into the foaming sea, and although wounded, reached the strand, which extends for a mile to the east of the castle. The Earl of Thomond, in revenge, possessed himself of some of MacMahon’s castles. In 1600, Teige Caech crossed the Shannon and joined O’Donnell, who had marched to the south to meet the Spaniards, where he was soon after killed accidentally by his own son Turlogh, who fled to Spain and died without issue .

In 1601, July 8, Daniel O’Brien, brother of the Earl of Thomond, received the Queen’s letter for a grant of the Castle of Carrigaholt, and such manners, castles, &c., as Teige MacMahon and his son Turlogh were seised of in West Corcavaskin, at the time of their entering into rebellion. This Sir Daniel O’Brien was created Viscount Clare in 1662. The large estate which had been acquired by the Clare family were forfeited by Daniel, third Viscount, in 1688, and the estates sold. Carrigaholt passed to the Burtons, one of the co-purchasers, and was the residence of Sir Francis N. Burton, brother of the Marquis of Conyngham, who repaired the castle, and his grandson now enjoys it.

The forfeiture of the property of Teige Caech MacMahon in 1601 promoted further inquiry in this country. On the 27th of October, 1604, an Inquisition took place of a remarkable character, for the jury found that Shinan M‘Girrygine, late Bishop of Iniskatra (be it remembered that Scattery was united to Killaloe previous to the English conquest, and if St. Seanan is the bishop meant, he died in 544), granted to the Church for pious uses sixteen quarters of land, including Kilrush, commonly called Termon Shannon, and that they had been granted in lease by the bishops of Killaloe, but were declared forfeited to the King because they were granted to the fraternity of Canons against the Statutes of Mortmain. 1605, March 9. These sixteen quarters of Termon Shannon were granted to John King, Clerk of the Hanaper, Dublin; and in March, 1609, were regranted to Donat Earl of Thomond. And again in 1620, were, with other lands, formed into the Earl’s manor of Kilrush by a new patent.

In 1622, John Rider, bishop of Killaloe, made a claim for these lands to the Royal Commissioners; but having at the same time claimed almost every denomination in the three baronies of Moyarta, Clonderalaw, and Ibrickane, no notice appears to have been taken of it. This appears a confirmation of the assertion that amongst the native chieftains in old times the civil and ecclesiastical power were united in the same person, those baronies having in ancient times formed the kingdom of Corca Bhaiskin, whose kings having been expelled by the MacMahons, it became united with Thomond. By the Petty Census, Isaac Granger, John Arthur, and Peter White, appear as “Tituladoes” in the town, with five English and eighty-four Irish inhabitants. The Earl of Thomond, after the Restoration, granted a lease of Kilrush, with four and a-half ploughlands, to Isaack Granger, to expire in 1675; and another in reversion in 1672 to Colonel John Blount, which contained a covenant to lay out the town of Kilrush, and settle therein ten English families, or in want of them, ten tradesmen, and to build no houses but with brick or stone and lime, to be slated. At General Hostings to send two horsemen armed and found for a month. If expelled from the premises by war, to pay no rent but what he makes of the premises.

MacMahons have been very prominent in Irish history, Col. Brian MacMahon who took part in the battle of Benburb in 1646 which completely routed the Anglo-Scottish Army. He was also on the supreme council of confederate Catholics.

After the Stuart defeat at the Battle of Boyne many MacMahons who fought in King James's Irish Army went to France where they took up service in the Irish Brigade. Col. Art McMahons infantry regiment was notable in Frances Irish Brigade.
The most notable descendant of these MacMahons in France was Comte Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (1808-1893), he was a marshal in the French army and second president of France from 1873-1879 under the Third Republic.

In the American Revolution Captian James McMahan fought with General Geroge Washinton helping Americas fight for independece.

On June 30, 1794 Major William McMahon, commanding a force of 90 riflemen and 50 Dragoons,escorted Contractors wagons loaded with supplies to Fort Recovery. Just outside the gates of Fort Recovery, they were attacked to charge and fight through the enemy lines. Major William, at the head of the charge, was the first of 4 officers to fall. Heavy loses on both sides occurred, but the Fort was held by the garrison and Major William's command. Two months later,General Wayne defeated Little Turtle at Fallen Timbers after which the British pulled back to beyond the Great Lakes.

Bernard McMahon (1775-1816), one of Americas first and formore horticulturist, came from Ireland to Philadelphia in 1796. He started a seed and nursery business there and set up an experimental garden for the cultivation of rare flowers and plants. Many of the new varieties of plants brought back from the west by Lewis and Clarke after their 1804-1806 expedition were cultivated in McMahons greenhouses. In 1806 he published the American Gardeners Calendar, the first important horticultural work to be produced in the United States. It remained a standard reference book for over 50 years. His name is recorded in the evergreen shrub berbeeris mahonia.

Scholars have reached the conclusion that the notorious Charles Patrick Mahon (1800 - 91) who called himself "The O Gorman Mahon" was of the Clare MacMahons. A flamboyant soldier and politician he quarrelled with Daniel O Connell. Spurning a career in law, he embarked on one which took him all over the world. He became an intimate of Louis Philippe and Talleyrand in France. The Czar of Russia appointed him to his bodyguard. He soldiered in the Far East, South America, was an admiral in the Chilean navy, a colonel in Brazil's army and a colonel in Napoleon III's regiment. He re-entered politics in Ireland as a supporter of Parnell. He unwittingly led to the downfall of Parnell by introducing him to Katherine (Kitty) O Shea. The hero of thirteen duels, many of them fatal to his opponents, he died in London at the age of 91, vigorous to the last, although it is not possible to authenticate all his adventures.

In more recent times some noted of the name were:
Martin Thomas McMahon, Soldier, jurist, born March 21, 1838 at Laprarie, Canada died in New York April 21 1906. His parents took him to the United States when he was three weeks old and eventually settled in New York. He went to St. Johns College, Fordham, where he graduated in 1855. To study law he went to Buffalo, then as a special agent on the post-office to the Pacific coast and was admitted to the bar at Sacramento California in 1861. When the Civil War broke out he raised the first company of cavalry of the Pacfic coast, but resigned his captaincy when he found out he would'nt be allowed to go to the front and went east to Washington where he was appointed as an aide-de-camp to General McClellan.

He served with the Army of the Potomac all through the war, and at its close he had attained the rank of brevet Major-General of Volunteers. For his bravery at the White Oak Swamp he received the medal of honour from Congress. In 1866 he resigned from the army and was appointed as Minister to Paraguay (1868-69). On his return he practised law until 1881, he was made Receiver of Taxes, U.S. Marshal, State Assemblyman and Senator. In 1896 he was elected Judge of the Court of General session which office he held at his death.

His two brothers, John Eugene McMahon and James Power McMahon, were also lawyers and soldiers and both held the command as Colonels of the 164th New York Volunteers during the Civil War.John was born in Waterford, Ireland in 1834, was educated at St. Johns College, Fordham and died at Buffalo New York, in 1863 from injuries received in the army; James was born in Waterford Ireland 1836 and was killed while leading his regiment at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va.

Sir Henry McMahon (1862-1949), British High Commissioner in Cario, negotiated in 1915-16 with Husain Ibn Ali, Sherif of Mecca. The British government promised to suport his bid for the restoation of Caliphate ( and leadership in the Arab world)...

John A. McMahon United States House of Representives elected in 1904 as a Democrat to the - Forty-Fourth. Forty-Fifth, and the Forty-Sixth Congress he was a Representive from Ohio.

Gregory McMahon, a Representive from New York elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress Janurary 3, 1947 to January 3, 1949.

James O'Brien McMahon a Sentor from Connectiut elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1944 reelected in 1950 and serverd from January 3, 1945 until his death in Washington, D.C., July 28,1952.

Sir William McMahon, who was Prime Minister of Australia from (1971-1972).

Ed McMahon at the age of 15 was announcer working ballyhooing the midway attrations in Massachusetts. At 18 he had worked for three summers as an announcer for a travling bingo parlor he had earned enough money to go to Boston College. In world war II McMahons college and career was interrupted. He joined the Marines, and received his wings at Pensacola Naval Base and beame a Fighter pilot instructor and also test-piloted Fighters, including the sophisticated Corsair. After the war he went to a Catholic University in Washington, D.C. where he was a speech and drama major. Ed earning his Bachelor of Arts in 1949, he then moved to Philadelphia where he began his television career in earnest. Once again, war had intervened. In korea, and in the marines, McMahon flew 85 cobat missions and rose to rank of of full Colonel. he was also commissioned with the rank of Brigadier General in the Air California National Guard.

Ed McMahon went back to television in 1956 about a year later McMahon met Johnny Carson who was doing a show called "WHO DO YOU TRUST" Johnny was looking for an new announcer and Ed got the Job. After about four years Jonny Carson along with Ed McMahon took over the Tonight Show where they were on for 30 years on May 22,1992 history was made when the Tonight Show taped it final farewell show.

Brigadier General Timothy J. McMahon is director of nuclear and counterproliferation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. The general entered the Air Force in 1970 and was commissioned in 1971. He has operational experience in both intercontinental ballistic missle and space systems. He has served in staff positions at Strategic Air Command, the Air Staff, U.S. Space Command and Air Force Space Command. He has commaned at the squadron, group and wing level.

Brig. Gen. Robert H. McMahon is Director of Maintenance, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. General McMahon provides the center with direction on all matters pertaining to depot repair, modification and maintenance for the F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt and C-130 Hercules aircraft, and the Peacekeeper and Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles. This includes overhauls and repairs on landing gear, wheels and brakes, rocket motors, air munitions and guided bombs, photonics equipment, training devices, electronics, avionics, instruments, hydraulics, power systems, software and other aerospace-related components. General McMahon was born in Toledo, Ohio. He entered active duty after graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1978. He has served as the Director of Propulsion for the San Antonio ALC, and the Director of Aircraft for the Ogden ALC. His command experience includes two maintenance squadrons and a logistics group. Prior to his current assignment, General McMahon was the military assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

The Chiefship Of Clan MacMahon

For the next 400 years, the Clan had no official Chief. During 400 of those years, due to pressures political and financial, many remaining Clansmen and their descendants were forced or chose to leave Ireland to seek survival in newly discovered lands. Many septs with names distorted by usage or altered for practical purposes, have resulted.

In 1998 inacordance with ancient tradition In Gaelic Irish custom, the chieftainship would not necessarily pass to the eldest son in primogeniture, but to the most qualified family member from the Clan, of the same name.

The MacMahon Clan because our Clan has'nt had a Chief of the Name since Teige MacMahon was slain at the battle of Kinsale in 1602 A.D. and no remaining male heirs and the line extinct,Let the word go out, from the River Fergus in the east to the wild Atlantic coast in the west, from the shores of the Shannon north to Doonbeg and Ennis to all four corners of the globe, the clan is gathering. Too long have the children of Mahon O'Brien gone without a chieftain, too long has Clan MacMahon gone without a leader. Teige is dead with none of his line left to follow him. The leadership and members of the clan on September 8,1998 and selected the new "Chief of the Clan". As a result of which Michael McMahon, was slected as Chief of the Clan and Name and shall be entitled to all rights and privileges hereto. and shall be known as" The MacMahon,Prince Of Corcabaskin and of Thomond, Michael McMahon (MacMahon) Chief of The Clan.

It is the custom of today however, when addressing The Chief of The Clan As The Hon. Michael McMahon, Chief of the Clan MacMahon.

Michael is the first MacMahon to be inagugurated as Chief of our Clan in Four Hundred Years as Chief of this ancient and Royal clan from Ireland.

The current Clan Chief, is now devoting much of his time to researching Clan MacMahon in preparation for writing a comprehensive history. Michael views the role of Clan Chief as very important. The living embodiment of the chiefs who went before him, he has the responsibility of leading and inspiring the clan. Much of his time is devoted to the preservation of the clan’s heritage, and to making MacMahons throughout the world aware of it.

Our Clan Chief The Hon. Michael McMahon was appointed as Co-Chairman to head the re-formation of the (Dalcassian) Dal gCais Clan and Council in 2004, and he was instrumental in the organization setup and advancement of this great clan.

Under his leadership history was made when he approached the Clans Hereditary Chief of the Dalcassians The O'Brien, Prince of Thomond; The O'Brien then replied with the following letter: See his acceptance Here ( Off Site ).

More history was made, when our Clan Chief was elected as the first Official Chairman of the Executive Committee and as Chairman of the Dalcassian Clan on September 3,2004 We all support the Chief in this great task set before him.

In 2004 our chief registered the Clan MacMahon (McMahon) with the Clans Of Ireland Ltd., who are charged by the Irish government to oversee the clan registry and assist the clans with help and guidance of the Gaelic Irish way of life once again.