Minogue Coat of Arms, Family Crest and Minogue Family History

Minogue Family History

The family history of the ancient name Minogue was found in the irishsurnames.com archives.

Surnames developed a wide number of variants over the centuries. Many different spelling variations of the same name can be traced back to a single original root. Also, when a bearer of a name emigrated from Ireland it was not uncommon that their original name would be incorrectly transcribed in the record books upon arrival at their new location. Some names have dozens of spelling variations. Some Surnames were also altered over the years based on how they sounded phonetically, by their sound, and depending on the prevailing political conditions it may have been advantageous to change a name from one language to another. This was especially so in Ireland where most Gaelic names were 'anglicized' at some stage.

Variants of the name Minogue include Minnog, Minogue, Minnock, Monaghan and Mannix. These names are derived from the Gaelic O'Muineog sept that was located in County Clare and the latter variants are the anglicized forms of this. This sept came from Clare. A sept or clan was a collective term describing a group of persons whose immediate ancestors bore a common surname and inhabited the same territory. Their territory was the townland of Ballyminogue in the parish of Tuamgraney and also the other side of Lough Derg, in the Barony of Lower Ormond, where several families were recorded in the 1659 Census. An early record of the name occurred in the year 1050 in the person of Clerichen O'Muineoc, he being the Bishop of Leighlin who was described in the Annals of Loch Ce as the 'tower of the piety of Erin'. A Walter O'Mynok was called for a trial in the year 1313, he being acquitted of a charge of stealing cattle near Limerick.The Minogue family crest (or coat of arms) came into existence many centuries ago. The process of creating these coats of arms began as early as the eleventh century although a form of Proto-Heraldry may have existed in some countries prior to this, including Ireland. The new more formalized art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own family crest, coat of arms, including Minogue descendants.