Sothern Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Sothern Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Sothern

The ancient history of the name Sothern was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. The O'Connells are a Kerry sept whose genealogy is traced back to Eremonian Aengus Tuirmeach who was High King of Ireland about 180 B.C. The powerful O'Donoghues pushed them towards the Atlantic coast in the eleventh century where they became hereditary castellans of Ballycarbery under the MacCarthy Mor Chiefs. At the time of the Cromwellian regime the head of the Sept was transplanted to County Clare where a branch has remained ever since. The barony of Magunihy is still the homeland of the leading family, whose representative is Sir Morgan O'Connell. Daniel O'Connell, 1775-1847, was known as 'The Liberator', and his monument is to be found in Derrynane in County Kerry.