Nugent Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Nugent Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Nugent

The Nugent family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. include Nogent and Gilsenan. Though not an indigenous Irish surname Nugent may be regarded as completely Irish today, since the Nugents have been important people in Ireland since the twelfth century when they arrived with the Anglo-Norman invasion, their original home country being France . The original version of the name was 'de Nogent', the Gaelic version being Nuinseann. Families of the name are numerous in County Cork where a branch established themselves and formed a sept in the Irish fashion. Their chief resided at Aghavarten Castle, near Carrigaline. In Irish history the Nugents have distinguished themselves as soldiers. In the 'Dictionary of National Biography' and similar works of reference no less than twelve appear as such between the years 1444 and 1862. Four of these were upholders of the English interest. Some Nugents are from the Gaelic McGiollaSeanain sept, normally anglicized as Gilsenan, a sept belonging to Counties Meath and Cavan. The great majority of Nugents, however, are of the Norman origin referred to above.