The mac Sweeneys are mentioned by O'Brien at the end of the lettter M, as military commanders under the macCarthys, princes of Desmond, who in the thirteenth century, brought a body of them from Tirconnell or Donegal were they were celebrated as military chiefs under the O'Donnells, and hence the head of the clan was styled Mac Suibhne-na-dTuadh, or Mac Sweeney of the Battle-axes. According to Smith and Seward, the mac Sweeneys, had the parish of Kilmurry, in the barony of Muskerry, county of Cork, and their chief castle at Clodagh, near Macroom, and had also Castlemore, in the parish of Movidy. They were famous for their hospitality, and one of them erected a large stone near the castle of Clodagh,with an inscription in Irish, inviting all passengers to repair to the house of Edmond Mac Sweeney for free entertainment (errata - Owen Connellan's translation of The Four Masters The Annals of Ireland p177)
Lineage
- Catherine Sweeney m. Thomas English
Places
- County Kerry Ireland
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