O'Brien Name Study

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How to Join

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Goals

This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect. Please contact the project leader, add categories to your profiles, add your questions to the bulletin board, add details of your name research, etc.

Tasks

1. To find famous Obrien Profiles or add them from list below
2. To add your own lines to the study

Meaning and Origin

This Surname has been changed often over time, although te original name spelling was Obriain. They were originally the clan of the Dalcassians, known as Ui Toirdealhaigh, both names identifying particular ancestors from whom they descended.

The most prominent of them was Brian Boru(941-1014) , who became High King of Ireland and fought a great war against Ireland's viking invaders.

Resources

• List of O'Briens on Wikitree

• G2G feed of questions tagged "O'Brien".

• Orphaned O'Brien profiles on WikiTree.

• Unsourced O'Brien profiles on WikiTree.

Name Variations

• Obrien
• Brian
• Obriain
• Obrynes
• Obrian

Coat Of Arms

This Coat Of Arms is unusual because, apart from the lions rear-ends, they are identical with the royal arms of England. Originally, so it has been told the lions were all gold, but in the time of Henry VIII, the Obrien family were given a choice of altering or losing them.

The family decided to alter them to gold and silver being a mark of royalty.

Famous Obriens

• William Obrien(1852-1928. Irish nationalist, journalist,and social revolutionary
• George Obrien(1899-1985}American Actor from silent movies era and into the talkie era
• Kate Obrien(1897-1974, Irish novelist, and playeright
• Edna Obrien(1932) , Irish novelist and short story writer
• Fergal Obrien(1972(Irish professional snooker player
• Dara Obriain(1973), Irish comedian

Members

• Steph Obrien
• Susan Stone
• Terry Obrien