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O'Kelleys in
 America Website

Kelley DNA Project

 Ua Ceallaigh is Irish Gaelic spelling
 for O'Kelley.  Ui is plural or
O'Kelleys.
-  1585 Agreement with Queen Elizabeth  -
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I have attempted to used spellings reflective of
the time period and not necessarily the spellings used by the source documentation.
 

This is the family of my Irish ancestors.  The purpose of this website is to document as many of the Irish Ua Ceallaigh members as possible and to encourage others to contact me and add their family lines.   I have no doubt there are many errors and that is expected because I am attempting to document an Irish line that goes back more than 1600 years beginning with Maine Mor.  No one should accept this website as definitive but maybe with your help in time we may be able to present the most accurate information possible and preserve it for future generations.  Feel free to email me and point out any errors that need to be corrected.  

Lines of Ui Maine O'Kellys
Contact Information
Rick O'Kelley
995 N Shiloh Drive
Fayetteville, AR 72701		 Chief Investigator

Much of what appears on this website is taken from Dr. O'Donovan's 1843 book, "The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, Commonly Called O'Kelly's Country".  We are fortunate to have this treasure as it documents many of the lines of the Ui Maine families.  One will not find any double "e" Kelleys in his book and I am certain the reason is because Dr. O'Donovan is using his training which at that time told him the correct English translation of our name was O'Kelly.  I think all knowledgeable researchers will agree that the first to use the surname used Gaelic Ua Ceallaigh and not English O'Kelly but those who had cause to use an English translated name before 1500 would not have used O'Kelly as it is a more modern translation, so in creating my site I am attempting to use the name as it would have been spelled at the time the ancestor lived.  We know from Charles Bridger's 1867 book, "An Index to Printed Pedigrees" that the O'Kelley's of Screen, Gallagh, and Barrettstown were double "e" Kelleys so this site attempts to reflect such. 

 
 
Created 30 November 2010 Last Updated Jan 1 2012
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