Cusack;
Variant Spellings; Cusac, Cusic, Cusick, Cussac, Cussack, Cussick, Kissick, MacIosog, MacIsog, MacIssac.
Geoffrey and Andre de Cussac came to Ireland with King John in 1211 and were granted extensive estates in Meath and Kildare. Later they acquired territory in Mayo, Clare and Roscommon. The Cusacks were staunch Catholics and supporters of James 11 and as a result they lost most of their land in the forfeitures of 1701.
In Irish the name is translated as de Ciomhsog.
Sir John Cusack was involved in the defeat of Edward Bruce at the battle of Dundalk in 1318 while Thomas Cusack was mayor of Dublin in 1409. After the disastrous battle of the Boyne many Cusacks went to France, the land of their distant origin where Chevalier Richard Edmond Cusack (d.1770) became a general in the French army. Captain George Cusack (d.1674) was a notorious pirate.
Margaret Anne Cusack (1832-1899) is remembered as Ireland's first suffragette and was a nun who changed her religion several times as she tried to help the less fortunate. Michael Cusack (1860-1907) founded the Gaelic Athletic Association in Thurles Co. Tipperary. Cyril Cusack (1910-1992) was an actor of international repute.
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Cusack
Where the Family Lived (Blue Area)
Addresses for More Information
Ireland
Centre for Irish Genealogical and Local Studies, Carraig, Cliff Road, Windgates, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. (Sean Murphy, MA, Director)
General Register Office, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 671 1000
Website http://www.doh.ie/manual/chap4/gere.htm
National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 478 3711
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 603 0200
Website www.heanet.ie/natlib
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 66 Balmoral Street, Belfast BT9 6NYY, Northern Ireland
Telephone (01232) 251319.
Website http://proni.nics.gov.uk/index.htm
University College Dublin, Adult Education Office, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Website http://www.ucd.ie/delltti
Britain
Family Records Centre, London, England.
Website http://pro.gov.uk/about/frc/default.htm
Public Records Office, Kew, Surrey, England.
Website http://www.pro.gov.uk
General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Website http://www.open.gov.uk/index.html
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.
Website http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.htm
North America
Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, Family History Information, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Website http://lds.org/en/ 2 how do I begin/0- how do I begin.html
Family Tree Maker’s Genealogy Site
Website http://www.familytreemaker.com/index.html
The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA), P.O. Box 619 Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.
Website http://tiari.ie
Irish Genealogical Society International, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Website http://www.rootsweb.com irish/index.html
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Massachusetts, USA.
Website http://nehgs.org/main-01.htm
Australasia
Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Website http://www.alphalink.com/au/esv
National Archives of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
Website http://www.aa.gov.au/AA_WWW/AA_Home_Page.html
National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Website http://www.archives.dia.gov.nz
List of Links
Cyndi’s List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet: Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Website http://www.cyndilist.com/ireland.htm
UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service.
Website http://www.genuki.org.uk
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