Comments on: Cannon Family Crest

By: Michael P. Cannon

Michael P. Cannon — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:16:20 +0000

Contact information for the above post:

Mike Cannon
Shiremanstown, PA – USA
mcannon@pa.net
(717) 731-0403

By: Michael P. Cannon

Michael P. Cannon — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:50:52 +0000

My great grandfather Condy (Cornelius) Cannon was born somewhere in Co. Donegal in about 1862 to John and Mary (Kinney) Cannon. He came to the US in about 1875-1880, leaving behind his mother and sister. When he died in 1926 his sister, a Mrs. John Gillespie, was still alive and in Ireland. He was a handsome man, who worked in the coal mines near Hazleton, in NE Pennsylvania. He married Bridget McMonigle who had been born in the US and they had 10 children. I wish I could find where exactly Condy was born. Best wishes.

By: Kevin Gallagher

Kevin Gallagher — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:01:06 +0000

hi guys, this one is for Kathleen. My family is from Meenacarn as well..My grandmother was Bridget Cannon who married Neil Duffy from Meenacarn. You might be able to trace your father in the 1911 archives..this is the link for the Cannons in Meenacarn and my great grandmother was Sisely, so no doubt you can find your father in here as well..were probably related in some way select the whole of the test and paste it in your browser..

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?surname=cannon&firstname=&county=Donegal&townland=meenacarn&ded=&age=&sex=&submit=Search&sort=&pageSize=10

By: Teresa Cannon Freeman

Teresa Cannon Freeman — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:59:54 +0000

Hello,
My name is Teresa Cannon Freeman, and I find the Cannon history quite interesting. My great grandfather, John Cannon, was born in Ireland in 1830 and emigrated from County Cork. I believe his wife died on ship during the voyage. He married Alice Flynn in1854 in Clinton County, Ohio. He died in Columbus, Ohio in 1911. I would appreciate any information about him.
Teresa Cannon Freeman
hrtc0302@sssnet.com
Wooster, Ohio

By: kathleen king (nee cannon)

kathleen king (nee cannon) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:23:00 +0000

my father was born at meenacarn lettermacaward donegal
he came to scotland in 1919 aged 14, several older siblings sailed to america possibly philadelphia! just discovered your site and look forward to searching for more info. thank you.

By: Mark Cannon

Mark Cannon — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:32:01 +0000

Hello All,
My full name is Mark Joseph Cannon. My history is from County Cork Ireland. I read somewhere that our name has changed throughout the years. I live in Ontario, Canada. My Grandparents were Cannon & O’Brien, both from Ireland. I’m not sure when they came to Canada. Our name supposedly was O’Cainin, O’Cannon & they dropped the O when they came to Canada. Originally upon coming to Canada, the first place of residence was NewBrunswick, where I was raised for the first ten years of my life. If anyone thinks we are somehow related, please let me know. I have relatives in Alberta, Canada, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada. Ottowa being a city in Ontario & our country’s capitol.

Bye for now.
Mark Cannon

By: EJ Jr.

EJ Jr. — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:57:18 +0000

Dana,

Thank you for the great info you shared with us. I will post it as post in our blog so other people can get to it easier. Thanks again!
El Heraldo

By: Dana (Cannon) Caldwell

Dana (Cannon) Caldwell — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:25:17 +0000

The Cannons are descended from two of Ireland’s most renowned Kings: Conn of the Hundred Battles and Niall of the Nine Hostages. The O’Cannons have been described as “Ancient Princes of Tir Connaill” and “Valiant Chiefs”. However their 350 year dynasty in Tir Connaill ended in 1250. Their ancient territory would seem to have been Tir Aeda (now the barony of Tirhigh) after the deaths of Rory O’ Canannain and his son Niall O’Canannain in 1250, the sept declined greatly in power. Brian O’Neill died ten years later in 1260, he had supported an O’Canannain claimant to Tir Conaill i.e. to the Kingdom of Tir Conaill (Tirconnell). The personal name Canannain is a diminutive of Cano meaning ‘wolf cub’. Canannain was fifth in descent from Flaithbertach mac Loingsig (died 765), high-king of Ireland; they were the descendants of Neill of the Nine Hostages (Irish: Niall Noigiallach) who died c. 405 A.D. by his son, Conall Gulban who gave his name to Tir Conaill, the Land of Conall, now County Donegal.

Ui Canannain was the ancestral name of the Cannons and Tir Connaill (all of County Donegal and part of County Londonderry) was the “Land of the Cannons”. By the early 1600s the name Ui Canannain had been anglicised to O’Cannon. Further anglicisation took place during the Penal laws in the late 1700s and early 1800s and the name in County Donegal became Cannon. In the early 1880s there were just 200 families bearing the Cannon surname living in County Donegal, who were mainly tenant farmers. The Cannons/O’Canannains, were of the ancient sept of Cenell Conaill, a branch of the northern Ui Neill and descend from Ruaidri ua Canannain (died 30 November 950 A.D.) King of Cenel Conaill, and grandson of Canannain, who flourished in the second half of the ninth century. One of Neill’s most famous descendants was George Washington, the first President of the United States of America. The site of the ancient seat of the O’Canannains was near Letterkenny the largest town of County Donegal, which is said on good authority to represent the hillside of the O’Cannons (English translation).

By: Ryan Young

Ryan Young — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:39:26 +0000

I don’t have much information on the Cannon family, but know that I am a descendant of Jeremiah Cannon, who originated from County Cork Ireland. He would be my great Great Grandfather, and is buried in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetary in McGregor, Iowa. One of his Daughters married my great grandfather, Mark C Young, who is also buried in St. Mary’s. I don’t really know any more about the family history, other than he was the first generation of Cannon in his family to make it to the U.S.

By: Desmond Cannon

Desmond Cannon — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:21:25 +0000

Hi there EJ. I knew that my surname came from the Irish word for wolf cub, but I did NOT realise that I probably have many distant cousins in the USA & Barbados! I was in Barnados for my Honeymoon in 1995 – wish I’d known then what I’ve just learnt now! Many thanks!

Best Wishes
Desmond Cannon aka “South Munster Wolf Cub”