Two Royal Families of Ireland - O'Neill and O'Connor (#835)

In this episode we look at two of the major family surnames of Ireland - O'Neill and O'Connor.The first story asks if you have Niall of the Nine Hostages DNA?. This Niall was the patriarch of the O'Neills of Meath and Ulster and there are a surprising number of people on the planet today who have a direct link back to this one individual.We then move on to the O'Connors - who provided us with the last two High Kings of Ireland. Using the first and second name of the late, great, singer - Sinéad O'Connor - we look at the origins of his Irish girls name and surname.We also have lots of wonderful Irish songs and music to help us along the way - so do enjoy!Music featured in this episode:"O'Neill's Cavalry March" performed by Seán Ó Riada."The Flight of The Earls" performed by Carlos Nuñez."The Foggy Dew" performed by Sinéad O'Connor.<br/>Support the Letter from Ireland Show:Thank you for listening to the Letter from Ireland show. To support the podcast, get lots of member-only features and follow Mike and Carina behind the scenes as they travel around Ireland go to ALetterfromIreland.com/plus .