The “Family Lines” section of the new book will be written based upon selected representative family stories taken from this website’s Family Stories knowledge base and also on stories found in the first Nolan history book, “O Nolan – history of a People” by Fr. John Nolan and Art Kavanagh published under the auspices of the Nolan … Read More
Reference: “Galway’s First Nolan Family – An Overview” by Roger Nowlan,p. 4 , Nolan Clan Newsletter, March 2009 Starting in the Middle Ages, as English became more and more the language of business and administration, Gaelic family names were gradually simplified and made more pronounceable and recordable in English. In the old Kingdom of Thomond … Read More
Reference: “Shangarry Nolans – an ocean apart, 300 years ago …” by Roger Nowlan, Nolan Clan Newsletter, December 2006 Table of Contents Introduction This article deals with the Shangarry Nolan family of County Carlow and explores the historical context which led to the emigration of three Nowlan brothers to the English Colony of Virginia around … Read More
The “Family Lines” section of the new book will be written based upon selected representative family families as identified in this website’s Family Stories knowledge base , in the WikiTree.com knowledge base or in the first Nolan history book puiblished in the millenium year (2000) i.e. the book entitled “O Nolan – history of a … Read More
County Dublin 1677 – John Nowlan, son of Patrick Nowlan, tailor, apprenticed to Edmond Coghlan 1842 – Michael Nowlan registered with Dublin Goldsmith’s company; his mark County Galway 1784 – Ann Nolan of Loughrea County Roscommon 1784 – Sylvester Nolan of Athlone
Reference: https://landedestates.ie/estate/510 Note: The Nolans were Elizabethan settlers in the Ballinrobe area of county Mayo. They lost most of their estate in county Mayo to the Cuffs during the Commonwealth and were transplanted to Ballinderry in the parish of Cummer, barony of Clare, county Galway. A notebook in the National Library contains a copy of … Read More
Reference: https://landedestates.ie/estate/127 Note: An estate comprised of nine townlands amounting to almost 1400 acres in the parish of Annagh, barony of Costello, county Mayo, and almost a thousand acres in the parish of Killasser, barony of Gallen, owned by the Nolan family. Their estate was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates’ Court on 7 … Read More
Nolan WikiTrees by Geographical Area RN NOTE: The above list can serve as an inspiration and a model for other Nolan descendants who may be thinking of creating similar lists for their area of the world. Nolan WikiTrees by Family Name Variant The following list of links is based upon WikiTree.com website content dated 19-Jan-2020.
