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MC LOUGHLIN ON THE WEB
O Maoilseachlainn - O Melaghlin - Mc Loughlin |
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ORIGINS OF THE MC LOUGHLIN FAMILY |
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There are two distinct branches of the Mc Loughlin family, the Northern branch descended from the Northern Ui Neill who were known as Mac Lochlainn and the Southern branch descended from the Southern Ui Neill who were known as Ua Maelsechnaill.
The first O Maelsechnaills were the sons of Flann Sionna (Flann of the Shannon) who reigned from 876 to 914 AD. His father was Maeleachlainn (Malachy), High King of Ireland from 844 to 860 AD Their territory was based in the modern counties of Meath and Westmeath stretching from the river Shannon to the East coast of Ireland.
The O Maoilseachlainn ruled Meath throughout the tenth and eleventh centuries but after the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169, Hugh De Lacy took control over much of the modern county Meath pushing the O Maoilseachlainn back to their main power base around Moate. |
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Thomas Mc Loughlin |
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Michael Mc Loughlin |
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The O Maoilseachlainn were still a powerful force throughout the following centuries exerting influence in the counties now known as Offaly and Westmeath. As late as the sixteenth century, they were still extracting rights from the MacGeoghegan family. |
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James Mc Loughlin |
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County Meath |
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In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, many Irish names became more anglicized often dropping the O or Mac prefixes. Thus O Melaghlin became Melaghlin and eventually came to be spelled as McLoughlin. A Thomas Melaghlin served under the Spanish King in Flanders in the Seventeenth century. |
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