Histories
The Carroll Surname
�Carroll� is an anglicisation of an Irish Gaelic patronymic surname,
i.e. it denotes that the father (or a more distant male ancestor) of the
original user was named Carroll, and in fact boys in Ireland have been
named Carroll from the earliest historical period right up to the present
day. In its Gaelic form the name was anciently spelt �Cerball� which has...
The O'Carrolls of Ely O'Carroll
O'Carroll (Mulrony), the most distinguished man of his own tribe for
generosity, valour, prosperity and renown; a man to whom the poets, the
exiled, the clergy and the learned were indebted; who had gathered and
bestowed more wealth than any other person of his stock; a protecting hero
to all; the guiding, firm helm...
The Carrolls in County Clare
When John Carroll�s two sons, Edward and Michael, were born in the
Roman Catholic parish of Liscannor in the first half of the 19th Century
they were just two additions to the scores of people bearing that surname
who lived in the County of Clare. The surname, however, is not
traditionally associated with that county, and two hundred years earlier...
From Clare to Here
When Edward Carroll was born in County Clare in 1824 it had been a
little over 200 years since the collapse of the old Gaelic order but,
although English influence was everywhere in evidence, there were still
aspects of people�s lives that would have been familiar to their clansmen
ancestors...