Henchy Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Henchy Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Henchy

The ancient history of the name Henchy was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants of Henchy include O'Hennessy and Hinchy. These are names from which the prefix O has been entirely dropped in modern times, though O'Hennessy was still widely used in the seventeenth century. In Irish Henchey is O'hAonghusa and O'hInse, meaning descendant of Aonghus or Angus. The principal sept of this name was located near the town of Kilbeggan and the hill of Croghan, thier territory being chiefly in the northern part of County Offaly where they shared with O'Holohan the lordship of Clan Cholgain. A branch of this was located nearer to Dublin , the head of it being chief of Gailenga Beg on the north side of the River Liffey on the borders of Counties Meath and Dublin . Another distinct sept was of Corca Laoidhe, located near Ross Bay in Cork . Today these names are associated with Counties Cork , Limerick and Tipperary.