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BEIRNE Family History
Recorded in the spellings of O'Beirne and Beirne, this is an Irish surname. It is claimed by eminent authorities that although it is pronounced exactly the same as more familiar O'Byrne, the two clans are totally separate. O'Beirne being originally from County Roscommon and O'Byrne from County Kildare, although for the past eight hundred years South Wicklow has been their home. This may be so but it would take some proving. What is certain is that the O'Beirnes have long been associated with the clan MacDermot, and in the 13th century they combined to drive the O'Monahans out of the territory known as Tir Bruin, near Jamestown, on the Roscommon side of the Shannon...Who have we missed?
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Maria Cox, Plains of Boyle, Roscommon born circa 1740, her fathers name was Thomas Cox and his fathers name was Richard and her cousins were the O'Beirnes. Maria married and lived in Castlefore, Kesh, Fenagh. Are her cousins the O'Beirnes any relation of the of the O'Bournes of Cork.
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