Name Origin

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#006600" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I><B>Name Origin</B></I></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="0405ee60.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Name Origin</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Births"><U>Births</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marriages"><U>Marriages</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Deaths"><U>Deaths</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Directories"><U>Directories</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Census Records"><U>Census Records</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael Falvey"><U>Michael Falvey</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jeremiah Falvey"><U>Jeremiah Falvey</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Naturalizations"><U>Naturalizations</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Passenger Lists"><U>Passenger Lists</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Information"><U>More Information</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rhode Island Irish"><U>Home Page</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                             Falvey</div> <bR> <div> Although Falvey's are found in Counties Clare and Cork it is essentially a Kerry name. From the eleventh century, when hereditary surnames came into existence, until the present day Kerry has been their homeland. </div> <bR> <div> The O'Falveys, O'Sheas and O'Connells were three branches of the same stock tracing their descent to Conaire I, King of Ireland at the beginning of the Christian era.They were powerful chiefs and hereditary admirals of Desmond. The name was also cited as a rebellious one in the 17th century in Ireland. </div> <bR> <div> The family managed to maintain lands into modern times around Cahirciveen.  Passing from legendary to historical times we find O'Falveys chiefs of Corcaguiney from the twelfth century to the final destruction of the Gaelic order.</div> <bR> <div> Father Donough O'Falvey was one of the many west-Munster priests hanged in Cork during the Elizabethan religious persecution. In 1657 they are mentioned with the McCarthys, O'Sullivans, O'Donoghues and MacElligotts and other well known Kerry families as "plotting for trouble." Even after the upheaval of the Cromwellian Settlement they still held considerable lands around Cahirciveen, some of which remained in their hands in unbroken succession until in quite recent times the property of this branch of the family passed by alliance to the Morrough-Bernards.</div> <bR> <div> In 1690 at least four Falveys were serving as officers in King James' army. Quoting from Keating's "History of Ireland" : "O'Falvey the warrior.. from Mang westward is the estate possessed by O'Falvey as far as Ventry..without dispute an extensive land, was obtained by O'Shea, Chief of Iveragh."</div> <bR> <div> Thereafter, like other formerly great Catholic and Gaelic families living in the more inaccessible parts of the country, they were content to remain in obscurity until Catholic Emancipation. </div> <div> The name is  O Failbhe in Irish. It has almost invariably been anglicized Falvey.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>