tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post7826583158892586388..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: Flynncestry: The Good Old Days of Murder and Mayhem!TheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-40548169543761404502020-06-01T11:55:49.163-04:002020-06-01T11:55:49.163-04:00I'm a decendant of the o'flynns of balinlo...I'm a decendant of the o'flynns of balinlough my great grandmother was o'flynn and I live very close to balinlough now. At least we never gave up and never recognised the English unlike the turn coats of our own country men!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10988373333784044795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-76398072476016953692019-12-07T03:19:34.571-05:002019-12-07T03:19:34.571-05:00Ursula Lynn here, born Ballycastle 1964. Grandfath...Ursula Lynn here, born Ballycastle 1964. Grandfather William lynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-85642338129062880162017-10-12T05:37:28.558-04:002017-10-12T05:37:28.558-04:00I have been researching the O'Flyn's and w...I have been researching the O'Flyn's and would like to make contact directly with the author<br />My email smarterfones@yahoo.ie<br />Patrick O'FlynnPatrick O'Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522029829659668905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-40099846342835556012014-10-14T11:55:47.685-04:002014-10-14T11:55:47.685-04:00The St. Dachona or Dachonna mentioned here is a gu...The St. Dachona or Dachonna mentioned here is a guy, and his feastday is March 8. Most sources have him as a son of Echaid son of Illand son of Eogan, but O'Donovan has him as a son of Erc. He was sent out there by St. Columcille.<br /><br />There's another St. Dachona or Dachona, which is the nickname version of Conaine, and she was a woman who was a big saint for the O'Connors. She was a half-sister of St. Senan, on his mother's side.<br /><br />The current name Dachon or DaChon is apparently a variant spelling of DaShawn and similar names.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-55818368269789179482014-10-14T11:15:20.727-04:002014-10-14T11:15:20.727-04:00Most Irish clans have eventful histories full of b...Most Irish clans have eventful histories full of brave men and women (yay!), saints (yay!), and totally shady ruffians and traitors (boo!). A lot of primary and secondary sources are now available online, and Google Maps joined with the old maps online can allow you to cruise around your clan territory virtually.<br /><br />The other important appearance of O'Flynn's Mountain is in the very famous song "The Brown Blackthorn Tree" ("An Droighneán Donn," "An Draighneán Donn," or "An Drinaun Dun," depending on your spelling preference), where we learn that <br /><br />"Sneachta séidte agus é dá shíor-chur ar Shliabh Uí Fhloinn,<br />Tá mo ghrá-sa mar bhláth na n-airní bíos ar a' Droighneán Donn."<br /><br />Soft blowing snow, and it falling constantly on O'Flynn's Mountain, <br />My love is like the [white] blossom on the brown blackthorn.<br /><br />The other name for blackthorn is "sloe," and <a href="http://www.gardenherbs.org/simples/sloe_blackthorn.htm" rel="nofollow">here's a picture of the flowers</a>.<br /><br />The interesting thing is that the most common _English_ set of lyrics is all about summer and the sun shining on wildflowers, rather than snow! Also, one version is sung from the woman's point of view, one version is from the faithless man's, and one version is a sort of dialogue. <a href="http://www.joeheaney.org/default.asp?contentID=810" rel="nofollow">Joe Heaney had a story</a> to go with it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~oduibhin/doegen/obaoighillp.htm" rel="nofollow">Here's a page with recordings and transcriptions</a> of various versions of the song, along with other Gaelic songs sung in Ulster. You usually hear more the Southern/Munster version of this song, although the Northern lyrics are more common in print.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-21056028457468414622014-10-12T22:03:03.609-04:002014-10-12T22:03:03.609-04:00Were any of your ancestors Deryni? (Katherine Kurt...Were any of your ancestors Deryni? (Katherine Kurtz' DERYNI books...) The books and your real history sound SO COOL...GuyStewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01268114053763665577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-52059704593165058362014-10-12T16:02:42.176-04:002014-10-12T16:02:42.176-04:00Looks like the O'Flynns had a pretty rough tim...Looks like the O'Flynns had a pretty rough time of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com