The O'Callaghan Family Tree
Kings of Munster
Chieftains of Pobul-i-Callaghan
Members of the Eugenian Race of Ireland
Shared in the first millenium by MacCarthy Mor,MacCarthy Reagh & all The
other
septs of the MacCarthys
OCOLL OLUM AD.150.
(King of South& West Munster)
EUGENE
(whose descendants are known as Eugenians and they ruled South Munster).
FEACH MAOLLESTHAN
OLIOLL PLANN-BEG
LUGHARDTH (Luig)
AD.300.........................................................................
CORE (Quirke)
(4th Cent.Made Cashel a royal residence.)
NATHIRARCH
AENEAS
(440 AD.1st Christian King of Munster.Baptised by S.Patrick)
PHELIM
AD.500 .......................................................................... CRIMTHAN
AODH DUBH
(Hugh Duff)
FAILBHEPLANN
(Died AD.633 16th King of Munster)
AD.600 ..............................................................................COLGAN
("The Generous".King of Munster)
NATHFRAOCH
(AD.654. King of Munster)
AD,700 ........................................................................DUOLOGACH
DUNGAL
DONNELAH
IREGAS
AD.800 ............................................................................ARTGALA
LACHINA
(Contempory of Cormac King of Munster)
AD.900 ...........................................................................BOUCHAN
CEALLACHAN-CASHEL
(Died AD.952, 42nd Christian King of Munster.Defeated Danes)
DONOUGH
(1st Prince of Desmond)
AD.1000............................................................................
MOROGH
(Established title "O'Callaghan" for Chieftains of Pobul-i-Callaghan.)
DONOUGH
DONALD O'CALLAGHAN
(The first to assume the surname)
AD.1100 ....................................................................CALLAGHAN
O'C.
(Died AD.1092).
CINNIEDE O'C.
MOROGH O'C.
AD.1200 ......................................................................AOHD
(Hugh) O'C.
"Of the Battle"
AD.1300
LOCHLANN "The Firm" O'C.
MELAGHLIN O'C "Of the battle"
AD.1400 .........................................................MACRAITH 2nd O'C. "The Skilled"
CINNIEDE 2nd O'C.
CAHIR O'C.
Lord of Pobul-i-Callaghan.
AD.1500 ...........................................................DONOUGH
O'C."The Noble"
of Dromaneen Castle - Made an indenture of
1543 with govt. of Henry 8th, acknowledges him as
Liege Lord & Supreme Head underChrist of the English and Irish Church.
TIEGE O'C.
(Killed 1568 in a battle against Fitzmaurice of Kerry.)
DONOUGH O'C
(Lord of Pobul-i-Callaghan Lived at Dromaneen Castle
Born c.1520,died c.1570.)
CONNOGHOR O'C
(Known as the Garriff or Gruff. Born c.1541, Dromaneen
Castle
m. Catherine dau. of Lord Roche c.1560,died c.1570)
CALLAGHAN O'C.
(Known as "Of the Rock O'C."Born c.1560 "Chief of his Clan"
& of Clonmeen castle.
Moved to Dromaneen . Was outlawed & pardoned. Died c.1608
AD.1600 ............................................................................CAHIR
O'C
Born c.1580,Dromaneen
Castle 20th in direct descent from Ceallachan.He and his four sons outlawed
in 1642.
Died about 1644 . Succeeded by his eldest son
Donough as"The O'Callaghan" who forfeited all his estates
Although later reinstated he never regained them.Instead
he was sent to lands in lieu in Co,Clare by Cromwell.
County Cork in Ireland
CORNELIUS O'C
(Dromaneen Castle.Born c.1600 2nd son of Cahir.
Outlawed 1642
Was pardoned and re-established home at Dromskehy Co. Cork.Died 1660)
DENIS O'C.
(Dromskehy,Co Cork Born 1620 Died 1700.)
CORNELIUS O'C.
(Dromskehy,Co.Cork. Born 1679 m.Barbara dau. of Richard Gillman,1706, died 1749)
AD.1700 ............................................................................DENIS.O'C.
(Dromskehy,Co.Cork. Born 1708 m.Elizabeth dau. of Thomas Bennett. Died 1792)
CORNELIUS O'C.
(Dromskehy and then Cahirduggan m. Mary, dau.of Henry Davies) Born 1756. Died 1831.
AD.1800 .............................................................................DENIS
O'C.
(Cahirduggan, Co.Cork. Born 1787, m,1831.Sarah dau.of Arthur Pyne of Ballyvolane.and had issue:-
Sons
1 Cornelius
2 ARTHUR PYNE (Rev)
3 Denis
4 Jasper Pyne
5 Thomas
Daughters
1 Mary
2 Elizabeth(twin) m. in NZ John Revell
3 Barbara(twin) d.unmarried
4 Sarah d.unmarried
5 Dora
6 Emily m.in NZ William Revell
ARTHUR PYNE O'CALLAGHAN
Born 1837 Cahirduggan
Co. Cork Emigrated to NZ in 1865 (arriving in Lyttleton 07/05/1865) bringing
sisters Elizabeth & Emily.Returned to England 1868 m.1,Dorothea Louisa his
cousin dau. of Rev.William Masters Pyne, Rector of Oxted ,Surrey,and both returned
to NZ.He became the 1st Vicar of Oxford & Cust in Canterbury and resigned
3 years later in 1869 to take up farming at the Springs,Lincoln.In 1874 his
wife died leaving 3 children of his first family:--
1 Herbert
2 Florence
3 Edith
On 1 Dec 1875 he married Florence, daughter of William Hindmarsh (Waratah) of
Reefton,West Coast,NZ. Later he became Member of Parliament for the Lincoln
district serving for 9 years in the 1880s.He retired to the Timaru district.
He had 11 children in his second family:--
William,m.Ethel Russell
Leslie,m.Julie Wheeler. Died WW2.
Ella, m.Alfred Tomlinson
Lorna,m.Thomas McKenzie
Ada, m.Ernest Cull
Sydney,m.Ruby Lechner
Mary, m.Jeremiah Kane
Winifred,m.Alexander Tennant
Emily.m.Clifford Collingwood
Constance,m.Charles Groves
Arthur,m.Mary Pyne.
He spent his last days at Eketahuna at his daughter Ella's home and passed away
in 1930 at the age of 93.
His grave is in Eketahuna Cemetary, Wairarapa, NZ.
NOTES:-
The above Family Tree shows the 'Blood Line'from OCOLL OLUM AD.150 to ARTHUR
PYNE O'CALLAGHAN in NZ in the 20th Century.
This 'Blood Line' departs from the Chieftain of Clan title in 1642 after the
outlawing of the 4 sons of CAHIR:-
1,Donough,2,CORNELIUS(Connoghor)3, Teige,4,Callaghan.
Donough the eldest son was banished to Co.Clare by Cromwell in furtherance
of the policy to demolish the power of the Southern Chieftains(and their
clan system.)
Donough and his descendants continued the Chieftain title "The O'Callaghan"
but today it rests in Spain. I have not traced this Chieftain line as I treat
only of the Clonmeen-Drumaneen line through which this New Zealand branch of
the family descends.
The second son CORNELIUS on receiving his pardon returned to the southern
estates, but they had been effectively sequestrated-- Dromaneen Castle (his
birthplace) & Clonmeen Castle were in ruins,aided by the English soldiery
and
plantationers.In fact from the 1640s the castles were never again home to the
O'Callaghans.
CORNELIUS was forced by circumstance to establish for himself and heirs at
Dromskehy Co.Cork, & so this NZ 'Blood Line' continued.
Between TEIGE O'C.who was killed in 1568 and his son DONOUGH right down to
CORNELIUS outlawed in 1642,I have traced the 'blood line occupying Dromaneen
Castle. Another line lived in neighbouring Clonmeen Castle,they descended from
the
2nd son of TEIGE, Cahir the Red Haired.
These two lines & estates recombined when 13
year old sole heiress of
Clonmeen Castle Ellen married Donough of Dromaneen her distant cousin.But
they were subsequently banished to Co.Clare after the 1642 outlawing.
This Clonmeen line is important,for it shows the operation of the Tanist Law
in the O'Callaghan clan.
Its relation to the parallel 'Blood Line' I trace is shown in the section on
Connochor ** in the attached Commentary.
* Tanist Law:-An ancient Celtic mode of tenure in a sept(or clan) by which
the Chieftain's successor(usually the most vigorous of his kin) was chosen by
his kin by election.(Abolished by King James in the 17th century).
THE FAMILY TREES IN N.Z.OF A.P.O'CALLAGHAN'S CHILDREN.
Click Here to see Further Relations not in direct bloodline (principally those of the first family)
*EMILY , Daughter of A.P.O'C b.23Mar.1893 d.31 May 1985.
m.Clifford Harold Collingwood on 20 Aug 1918 at Wellington N.Z..
Clifford Harold b,26 Oct.1893 d,29April 1985
They had 2 children :-
DAVID GEORGE b.8 Dec 1919 at Wanganui N.Z
DORIS EMILY b.17 Feb1924, Wanganui.N.Z.
m. Terence H. Trotman,b.1 Apr 1918 on 28 Nov 1944
They had 10 children all born in Greytown N.Z.:-
CHRISTOPHER b.26 May 1949
TERESA b.31 Dec 1950
MARY b.25 Sep 1952
TIMOTHY b.12 Feb 1955
MADELAINE b.22 Apr 1956
MICHELLE b.21 Jul 1957
GEOFFREY b.28 Feb 1959
TERENCE b.14 Mar 1960 -
}Twins
KENNETH b. " " -
CONSTANCE b.26 Jul 1962