Gleeson Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Gleeson Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Gleeson

The Gleeson family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants of Gleeson include O'Glissane, Glissane, Leeson and Lishane. These variants are the anglicized forms of the Irish name O'Glasain. In spite of its English appearance Gleeson is a genuine Irish Gaelic name. They belong to the Aradh, their territory being Mac Ui Bhriain, Aradh's country, in County Tipperary between Nenagh and Lough Derg. They were of the same stock as the O'Donegans, of the Barony of Ara, County Tipperary, who were originally of Muskerry, County Cork . Before the sixteenth century they held extensive lands in County Tipperary but lost most of these during the Cromwellian Regime. Today they are still numerous in their home County but not much outside of Munster . The forms Leeson and Lishane appear in the Ormond Manuscripts as early as the year 1644 but in modern times are rarely found outside Dublin .