Carlyle Coat of Arms, Family Crest and Carlyle Family History

Carlyle Family History

The names Carlyle and Carlisle in Ireland are usually of immigrant origin having been introduced into the Province of Ulster by settlers from England and Scotland, especially during the seventeenth century. These names are most associated with County Antrim where they have been on record since the year 1588.

A Sept or Clan is a collective term describing a group of persons whose immediate ancestors had a common surname and all inhabited the same lands.