Knowing that a people known as the Menapii/Menapians settled in south-eastern Leinster around 216 BC (see the history of Co. Fermanagh) seemingly coming from the area of modern-day Flanders in Belgium (see map of Menapi settled in Belgium) it looks as if the Menapians were the people known to the Annalists as the Tuatha De … Read More

The O Nolans of Ireland belong to one of the oldest families in Ireland, so old in fact that their origin is almost lost in the mists of time. Luckily the old druidic genealogists did preserve the line of descent of this family back to Eochaidh Fionn Fuathairt, the son of Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, a 2nd … Read More

CAVEAT: This is a work in progress by Robert Dale Nolan ( robert.nolan@azirish.org) which seeks to establish an early timeline for events in and around Ireland which influenced the actions and migrations of our Nolan ancestors. Comments are welcome. Table of Contents Book 1 – The original Nuall/Nial/Neil/Naill (famous person) Book 2 – The Origins … Read More

Table of Contents His Rise to Fame Carausius, a Menapian of humble origins, first distinguished himself in the late 3rd century AD when he helped the Romans in their fight against the Bagaudae, brigands and rebels who were then plundering the coasts of Spain and Gaul. Around 285 AD, Maximian, co-ruler of the Roman Empire … Read More

Table of Contents Introduction The Nolans being seated uninterruptedly on the Ballykealy townland in County Carlow, from the earliest periods of Irish history uninterruptedly down to about the middle of the last century, affords one of the most curious examples that can be adduced of remote and continuous connection between a family and a territorial … Read More

Feidlimidh Reachtmhar, High King of Ireland between 164 and 174, had two sons who distinguished themselves in battle. One of them was the better known Conn of the Hundred Battles and the other was none other than Eochaidh (Ohy) Fionn, the 2nd century ancestor of the O Nuallains … and so it was that during … Read More

References write-up on ancient celtic origin: 3 waves of celts the Nolans being related to the 2nd wave (the Tuatha De Danaan) Scythians; first in Mayo – silver-hand etc. ) … Ugaine Mor, Aedh mention the possibility of other ethnic lines resulting from historical events e.g. migration (MIcmacs) and slavery (blacks).

According to Darrell Wolcott, a well-known historian of ancient Welsh history ( see his Welsh history museum in Texas ) Eochaid, the youngest of his siblings, came to Dyfed around 343 as part of a deal negotiated with the Romans whereby the Deisi would receive the protection of the Roman empire from their enemies in … Read More

article first published in 2018 Nolan Clan Newsletter Table of Contents Introduction In this article, I invite you to journey with me as I retrace the journey of our distant Nolan ancestor and his descendants through Europe. The journey begins in the area of the Black Sea around 5,500 BC when the sea began overflowing … Read More