Monaghan Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Monaghan Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Monaghan

The ancient history of the name Monaghan was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. The name Monahan or Monaghan, the latter is the more usual spelling in Ireland , is chiefly to be found in the Counties of Galway , Mayo and Fermanagh, all of which are not far from the original habitat of the O'Monaghans, being that part of County Roscommon which lies between Elphin and Jamestown. The variant of this name is Monks. The Four Masters record O'Monaghan, O'Manachain in Irish , as Lord of the Three Tuathas of Roscommon in 1287. The Manachan from whom the family takes its name was a famous Connaught warrior of the ninth century. The Irish -American poet James Henry Monaghan, 1804-1878, County Galway , was notable as the prosecutor of William Smith O'Brien, who was the famous Fenian prisoner.