Fitzpatrick;
Variant Spellings; Fitch, Fitchpatrick, Fitz, Fitzpatrick, Gillpatrick, Killpaztrick, Kilpatrick, Kirkpatrick, Kirpatrick, Macgilpatrick, MacGilpatrick, MacKilpatrick, McGillpatrick, McIlpatrick, Paragon, Parrican, Patchy, Patrician, Patrick, Petherick, Shera.
Fitzpatrick, that most Norman looking of Irish names is not Norman, it is in fact a translation of the old Gaelic family name of Macgilpatrick. Their territory was in the counties of Leix and Kilkenny.
The Fitzpatricks were one of the first septs to receive English titles, one Barnaby Fitzpatrick receiving a knighthood from Henry VIII in1568. Even though, like many Irish septs, they lost much in the Jacobite wars, the chief of the Fitzpatricks was elevated to the peerage in 1714.
In Irish the name is Mac Giolla Phadraig or 'The Son of the Servant of Patrick'. One branch of the Fitzpatricks took the name Mac Seartha, 'The son of Seartha'. Seartha being the Christian name of one of their chieftains.
Patrick Vincent Fitzpatrick (1792-1865) was an associate of Daniel O'Connell. William John Fitzpatrick (1830-1895) was a biographer and Thomas Fitzpatrick (1832-1900) an eminent physician.
The motto of the Fitzpatrck coat of arms is 'Ceart Laidir Abu' which translates as 'Right, Strenght to Victory'.
Coat of Arms
Fitzpatrick
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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