Mc Ginnis Reunion & This Months Topic
AUGUST 2003 McGinnis Online Newsletter
Not much new to report this month, please pass on this website address to any family member as I have no listing of everyones email addresses.
Jean (McGinnis) Stahl and her daughter Wendy will be attending the Ligonier Highland Games, a celebration of Scottish heritage in Ligonier PA the first weekesnd of September and visiting with family as well. I will be sure to post pictures from the event in next months newsletter or update this one. We are hoping to be joined by other McGinnis family members at the event!
Also I am hoping to add some pictures of reunions and such from the past, so be sure to check out the updates to this page! You never know who's picture will show up next!
This Months Topic:
The MacGuinness
Family Origins: Irish Connections
MacGuinness, McGuinness, Magennises, McGinnis, and other versions acceptable...
This family name originated in Iveagh, in what is now County Down. From the 12th to the 17th centuries, the seat of power was the town of Rathfriland in County Down. Here the Magennises (yet another spelling of MacGuinness) had their main castle, which was destroyed in 1641. The name comes from the Irish, meaning son of Aonghus (aongus means one choice), and can be traced back to the 5th century and the time of St. Patrick: the sept was descended from Saran, Chief of Dal Araidhe (Dalriada), an ancient territory of the North to which many Scottsman moved their families to avoiding capture or death during wars with England. In fatc, a great deal of Irish families are indeed mixed Celts (Celtic) being Irish, Scotch and Welsh rather than true Irish due to a mix of cultures
The name often has Northern connections. The Guinness family of brewing fame was originally from Co. Down. Richard Guinis was the agent to the Protestant Archbishop of Cashel in Co. Tipperary. Hop plants growing in the grounds of the Archbishop's Palace were used by Guinis to produce the dark coloured beer that his son Arthur brewed when he started the world-famous St. James's Gate brewery in Dublin in 1759.
Below is an example of the McGinnis Family Crest.
McGinnis Sites To View
Geneology
Robert McGinnis-The Artist
Another Martha McGinnis
McGinnis Sisters & Food!
Irish and Scottish Tartans
Clans We Belong To
- Innes (McGinnis is a Sept Clan of Innes)
- Wilson
- Stewart (Stuart)
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