Sullivan
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Sullivan / O'Sullivan Mór
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Sullivan
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Sullivan / O'Sullivan Mór |
Sus armas: escudo medio cortado y partido; en el jefe, en campo de oro, una mano derecha, de gules, cortada en la muñeca, asiendo una espada, en posición vertical, a cuya hoja se enrosca una serpiente, entre dos leones, rampante y contrarampante, de gules; en la base, a la derecha, de sinople, un ciervo pasante, de oro, y a la izquierda, de plata y sable, un jabalí pasante, de sable y plata. Cimera: sobre una corona ducal, un petirrojo teniendo en su pico una rama de laurel.
Sullivan
Los apellidos SULLIVAN Y O'SULLIVAN ocupan en conjunto el tercer lugar entre los más frecuentes de Irlanda (ver lista). Proviene del irlandés O'Suileabhain Hubo dos clanes principales con ese nombre. El clan de los O'Sullivan Mor, ubicado en Co.Kerry, y el clan de los O'Sullivan Beare, localizado en Co.Cork. El 80% de los de este apellido aún residen en dichos condados, mientras que el resto se encuentra fundamentalmente en Co.Limerick y en Co.Dublin. Son de origen ilustre, aunque sólo figuran en primer lugar después de la invasión anglo-normanda. Descienden de Eoghan (Owen) Mor, padre del famoso Olioll Olum. Según O'Hart son de la línea de Heber, descendientes de Suilebhan, hijo de Maolura, nº 102 en el pedigree de los Brady, que era descendiente de Fingin, hijo de Aodh Dubh, nº 94 en la línea de Heber, en la que el ya nombrado Olioll Olum es el nº 84.
The O'Sullivan clan descended from the followers of Milesius who were the first Celts to colonize Innisfail, their "island of destiny". They had migrated from an area of the northwest coast of Spain which is now known as the province of Galicia. There they had founded a city they called Brigantia. They had remained there for several generations before embarking on the last leg of their odyssey. They arrived in their promised land in approximately the year 800 B.C. They conquered the people that were there at that time, the Firbolg and the Tuatha de Dannan. In the Irish language O'Sullivan is O'Suilleabhain. Language experts suggest that it means one-eyed or hawk-eyed. Suilleabhain was a direct descendant of Finghin who was a king of Munster in the year 620 A.D. Suilleabhain was born 8 generations later which would place him in the year 862.
Together the names Sullivan and O'Sullivan rank as the third most frequently found in Ireland. There were two main Septs with this name. The O'Sullivan Mor Sept was based in County Kerry and the O'Sullivan Beare Sept was based in County Cork. It is mainly in these two Counties that the majority of descendants can still be found.
