Category: Longford, Cassidy Name Study

Categories: Ireland, Cassidy Name Study

This category is part of the Cassidy Name Study. Please contact the project leader for more information.

This category has been established to record Cassidy's who resided in Longford to help assist joining emigrant families together. It is aimed at older profiles before civil registration was introduced in Ireland in 1845.

Anyone of the surname CASSIDY/CASSADY who was born in Longford Ireland before 1845, should be attached to this category.


Cassidy - Ó Cassidy - Ó Caiside is an ancient Irish name. In the United States, many Cassidy variations exist, including Cassity, Cassedy and Casada.

All Cassidys originate from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, where for centuries they were prominent in the arts and fields of medicine and religion. Like other professional families, over time they moved out to other parts of Ulster province and all of Ireland.

The origin of Ui Caiside, the Cassidys, remains unknown. There is a dispute as to whether they belonged to the Fir Manaigh, the first Celtic settlers of County Fermanagh, or migrated to the area in the sixth century A.D. during the time of St. Molaise who founded the monastery at Devenish Island. Ui Caiside was closely linked to the monastery and had access to its school at a time when education was denied to most.

http://www.cassidyclan.org/cassidys.htm


Person Profiles (4)

abt 1828 Longford, Ireland
1868 Maghera, County Londonderry, Ireland
abt 1834 County Longford, Ireland - abt 1895 photo
1907 Granard, County Longford, Ireland - 2003 photo




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