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- According to O’Halloran, the O’Connells had their chief residence in Castle Connell, in the County of Limerick. In the twelfth century the O’Connells settled in Kerry, where they had a large territory on the borders of their ancient possessions.
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The O’Connell surname originates from the ancient Gaelic clans of Ireland. It was first rendered as Ó Conaill, which comes from the given name Conall, a popular personal name during the Middle Ages. The O’Connells were a dominant family in the southwestern region of Ireland.
The O'Connell family, principally of Derrynane, are a Gaelic Irish Noble family of County Kerry in Munster. The principal seat of the senior line of the family was Derrynane Abbey now an Irish National Monument.
The O’Connells are an ancient Gaelic family, whom Burke claims had their origins in county Clare, before moving to West Kerry. The most famous member of the family is Daniel O’Connell, MP and Barrister-at-Law, who was a major political figure in pre-Famine Ireland.
The surname O'Connell was first found in County Limerick where O'Connell was the chief of Hy-Cuilean, a territory south-east of Abbeyfeale, in the barony of Upper Connello near the borders of Cork and Kerry. The O'Connells had their chief residence in Castle Connell.
The great families of the name were located in Co Derry, a branch of the Orghiallagh (Oriel) in Tír Chiaráin (Tirkeeran), in Co Galway of the Uí Mhaine, in Co Kerry, where they were anciently chiefs of the Magh Ó gCoinchin.
Throughout the day and between lectures, it was possible to tour O’Connell’s home. The bed, on which O’Connell had died in May 1847, in Genoa in Italy, is part of the display, as is an imposing ceremonial carriage that conveyed O’Connell from prison to his Dublin home on Merrion Square.
