Kelly Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Kelly Name Origin



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Origin of the Name Kelly



The origin of the name Kelly was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'warrior', variants of the name Kelly include O'Kelly, Queally, Kealy, Kiely, Kealy, Keeley and Keily. The O'Kellys derive their name from Ceallach, a celebrated ninth century chieftain. They had many different septs, some of which were O'Kelly of Ui Maine, O'Kelly of Breagh, O'Kelly of Ulster and many others that came from the midlands. O'Kelly of Ui Maine was the most outstanding of all these, and there are authentic pedigrees of their chiefs from the earliest of times to the present day. O'Kelly of Gallagh is recognized as chief of the name. In 1351 the O'Kelly chief invited all the musicians and poets to spend Christmas with him, a gesture which originated the expression 'O'Kelly's Welcome'. Grace of Monaco was a Kelly from America where there are now more Kellys than in Ireland . Not least was Ned Kelly from Australia. The name Kealy is the variant form used by the Kellys of Kilkenny and Tipperary and Queally by the Kellys of Waterford.
The Kelly coat of arms came into existence centuries ago. The process of creating coats of arms (also often called family crests) began in the eleventh century although a form of Proto-Heraldry may have existed in some countries prior to this. The new art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own coat of arms, including all Kelly descendants.
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