Irish genealogist, writer and politician (1887–1986)
Edward MacLysaght
MacLysaght c. 1960
Senator
In office 11 December 1922 – 17 September 1925
Personal details
Born
Edgeworth Lysaght
(1887-11-06)6 November 1887 Somerset, England
Died
4 March 1986(1986-03-04) (aged 98) County Dublin, Ireland
Nationality
Irish
Political party
Independent
Spouses
Mabel "Maureen" Pattison
(m. 1913)
Mary Cuneen
Children
5
Parent
Sidney Royse Lysaght (father)
Education
Rugby School
Alma mater
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght (Irish: Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986)[1] was a genealogist of twentieth-century Ireland. His numerous books on Irish surnames built upon the work of Rev. Patrick Woulfe's Irish Names and Surnames (1923).[citation needed]
^Corpus Christi College Oxford Biographical Register 1880-1974, ed. Neil A. Flanagan, Philip A. Hunt, Oxford University Press, 1988, p. 205
Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 EdwardMacLysaght (Irish: Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta; 6 November 1887 – 4 March...
seed and plant nursery owned by EdwardMacLysaght at Raheen, Tuamgraney, about ten miles from Quin. It was with MacLysaght that he travelled to Dublin on...
collective identity. In his book Surnames of Ireland, Irish historian EdwardMacLysaght makes a distinction between Hiberno-Norman and Anglo-Norman surnames...
American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4. EdwardMacLysaght, More Irish Family Names, Irish Academic Press, 1996, Dublin A W Moore...
sizable role in 'The Blind Side'", Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2009. EdwardMacLysaght, The Surnames of Ireland (Sixth Edition), p. 291. Irish Academic Press...
as the Dál gCais, Uí Néill, Uí Fiachrach, and Uí Maine. Recently, EdwardMacLysaght suggested the English word "sept" be used in place of the word 'clan'...
John Hart and in Irish Families, Their Names, Arms and Origins by EdwardMacLysaght. However, the McGrath Arms are recorded in a slightly different form...
the kings of Dál Riata), Máel Dúin mac Conaill (died c. 689). According to The Surnames of Ireland by EdwardMacLysaght, there are three distinct septs of...
McLysaght is a granddaughter of genealogist EdwardMacLysaght. McLysaght has two children, and a dog whose genome has been sequenced. Aoife McLysaght publications...
Scottish MacIntyres undoubtedly settled in Ireland, mainly in Ulster. Dr. EdwardMacLysaght, authority on Irish genealogy, does not include MacIntyre as...
Seanchais Chlochair; 2) Irish Families, Their Names, Arms, and Origins by EdwardMacLysaght; 3) Historic Maguire Chalices by The Maguire of Fermanagh, published...
Committee), have represented different parts of Munster. In 1931, EdwardMacLysaght represented Clare, Ross McGillicuddy represented Kerry and Major-General...
Evictions of 1887 The novelist Edna O'Brien and family historian EdwardMacLysaght came from the parish of Bodyke. Bodyke (Lúbán Díge). Bodyke (Kilnoe...
predominantly in County Mayo, County Galway and County Roscommon. EdwardMacLysaght observes that 'Raftery, sometimes confused with Rafferty, is quite...
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