SO.lCE A~ GLICISED ~URNA:Um:l I~ IRELAND. 47 Nogher.-'l'his name is the anglicisetl' form of a sept of the O 'Connors (0 'Conchobhair), who ruled in Western Hy Breasail or Ui Breasail Macha, now a part of the O'Neilland Baronies in County Armagh, along with the 0 'Longans and 0 'Duvanys ; the 0 'Larkins and 0 'Garveys ruling in Eastern Hy Brcasail; the 0 'Heancys ruling in Clan Kearney, now the district of :Markethill, Co. Armagh. In the districts surrounding Banbridge, in the Northern parts of Co. Armagh, and about Downpatrick, the name is anglicised respectively Noher, Nogher, and Nocker. I must refer to another sept name in Ulster, that is. McNogher. This name is distinct from the above sept name. In the districts of BallJ:money, Co. Antrim, and the district surrounding Limavady, and other parts of S.E. Derry, the names McNogher, McNoher, Menocher, l\finogher, and :!\IcNoger are the ~glicised forms of an ancient sept in Co. Derry. McNogger of this sept "\\'"as the right hand man of Seain :M:6r 0 'Neill. This sept, formerly 0 'Connor, ruled for centuries over Cianachta, in Co. Derry, before they were dispossessed by the 0 'Kanes of the Kinel Owen. They were of the Eoghanacht of l\Iunster, descended from Teige, son of Cian, son of Oilioll Olum, King of Cashel in the 3rd century, anti from their ancestor Cian, the district got the name of Ciana.chta. It seems that the Munstermen must have had a base in Derry and Northern Antrim from which they passed over into Scotland, establishing the Eoghanacht Clans in :!\far and other parts of Aberdeen, in Stirling, and in Dumbarton, the High Stewarts of Mar in Aberdeen, and of Lennox (Leamhna) in Stirling, being descended from Core of the Eoghanacht. This colonisation of Scotland by the Irish Scots occurring long before the colonisations led by Fergus l\fac Ere, who was of the line of Conn of the Hundred Battles. Nestor.- This name is of Scottish ongrn, and some of its other forms are M' Kenestry, Mc estry, and l\I' Kinstry; l\[' Kinstrie in Galloway. The name in Gaelic is Mac An Adhastair. Neeson.-This name is mostly found in North-East Ulster. It~ form in Gaelic is 0 'Naossein. Neilson.- 'l'his name is the anglicised form of l\foNeill. It :s found in Scotland, Ulster and the I.O.l\f. Within latter times it has been changed to Nelson, a name of the same origm. In passing, I may mention that l\foNeill has also been rendered l\[' Neillagc and l\JcNeillaige; the Gaelic fon11
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NzQxNzU3