A genealogical history of Irish families : with their crests and armorial bearings (1895)
Rooney, John, b. 1837 · [New York : Cherouny ptg. & pub. co.,] · leaf 503
. D. 379. The ancient name, Huigin, signifies Ingenuity or Knowl-edge, and was.taken from Uigin, a chieftain of the sept. The posses-sions of the sept were located in the present Counties of Mayo, Galway,and Westmeath, and comprised a fertile and extensive territory.Another branch of the same sept,… … GENEALOGY OF IRISH FAMILIES. 299 The OHigginses and other septs of note in that locality were amongthe first to suffer at the hands of the Anglo-Norman invaders. TheOHigginses were hereditary brehons or chief judges in Ireland andmany of them were eminent literary men. The name has been some-times…
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