MacDermot;
Variant Spellings; D'Ermott, Darby, Darmody, Deermot, Deermott, Dermid, Dermody, Dermond, Dermoddy, Dermott, Dermoty, Deyermond, Deyermott, Diarmid, Diarmod, Diarmond, Diermott, Diurmagh, Durmody, Dyermott, MacDermott, Mack, McDermott, McDiarmod, Mulrooney, Mulrony, O'Dermott, Rooney.
There are two main septs of the MacDermots and the territories of both are in County Roscommon. The sept that descended from the O'Connors had their main fortress in Lough Ce while the MacDermot-Roe sept was located at Alderford Co. Roscommon. Nowadays the name is rarely found without its prefix.
In Irish the name is MacDiarmada or son of Diarmuid. The eponymous ancestor of the Lough Ce MacDermots was Diarmuid O Maelruanaidh King of Moylurg from 1124 to 1159.
In 1599 Conor Og MacDermot together with the help of Brian Og O Rourke routed the English under Sir Conyers Clifford. In the years since, the Irish have mainly waged guerrilla war.
The MacDermots were Jocobite in their sympathies and they lost much of their lands as a result.
Hugh Hyacinth O Rorke MacDermot (1834-1904) was Solicitor General for Ireland, Attorney General and a member of the Privy Council. Martin McDermott (1823-1905), was a Young Irelander and wrote poetry for The Nation and Sean Mac Diarmada (1884-1916) was executed in May 1916 for his part in the Easter Rising.
The motto of the MacDermot coat of arms is 'Honor Probataque Virtus'.
Coat of Arms
MacDermot
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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