Prior to the land reforms of the late 1500s most Ó Nualláin descendants in the Co. Carlow area were already giving their family name as O Nolan. With the land reforms, they were forced to drop the “O” prefix.  At this time some Ó hUllacháins in Counties Galway and Mayo and also some Ó hUltacháins in … Read More

LINKED by BLOOD Early Irish Annals also record that Eochaidh Fionn and Cathair Mor were distantly related going back to the 3rd century BC when Ugaine Mor, the first historically proven Ard Ri of Ireland, ruled over much of the Celtic territory in north-western Europe and had his royal seat at Dun Ailinne in Co. … Read More

Table of Contents Origins of the Family Name The original patrimony of the O’Nolans was centred in the barony of Forth in the County of Carlow, which is so called in Grace’s Annals and other Anglo – Irish records. There are townlands of Ballynolan in the barony of Idrone West, in the County of Carlow, … Read More

Original Gaelic spellings Intermediate Spellings Modern-Day Spellings