Clan McShane-Johnson-MacSeáin

The McShane Clan
Slainte! Welcome to the homesite of the McShane-Johnson Clan. We are the officially recognized clan network for McShanes the world over.

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Join your family and help build our history.  Our group has been working for about the last 10 years to trace the bloodline of the families McShane, Johnson, and McSeain in Ireland and beyond. We have achieved some real success in detailing the general history of the family, the different septs within Ireland, and the genealogies of the families that left Ireland for the New Worlds.

 

In addition to historical and genealogical research, the clan organization works to spread Irish culture, hold family reunions, and promote the position of the historical families and sept organizations within Ireland.  Additionally, as an independent sept of the greater O'Neill family, we work to foster ties between ourselves and the rest of our Ulster cousins.  

 

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We are the registered clan in Dublin, Belfast and throughout Ulster.  Further, we are recognized in every nation the diaspora moved within the New World.  Regardless of your nationality or your link to the family, it is a proud history and heritage, and I encourage you to join us and learn about your McShanes.

 

The Clan Organization:

Traditional Chiefs of Allied Clans

The Clan is legally established body in Ireland and the United States with membership in Ireland, UK, Australia, USA, and Canada.
Our goals are to:
1. Promote knowledge of the Clan and Irish history.
2. Link McShanes and Johnsons around the world.
3. Build an effective clan organization worldwide.
4. Share genealogies to help find ancestors
5. Continue to have reunions throughout the world.

I have written a detailed history of the original families with help from Trinity University and the Public Records office. Please see the link at the bottom of the page.
Contact me at clanmcshane@yahoo.co.uk

The Clan
The families of McShane, Johnson, and MacSeáin all are inter-related back to Ireland. Other names to include are Shane, MacSeáin, Shand, O'Chane, all theses have ties to McShane.

McShane is a name that tends to show up at different times throughout history and not absolutely tied to one bloodline. Because the name means "son of John" there have been many folks who have taken the name at different times in history. There are a lot of different stories about how the names changed, but generally, the name all started with "Mac Shane" or son of John. If you are related to one of these families, I encourage you to contact me here at this site. The Clan Association is brand new, and membership participation is key to our future success. The Irish Clans are only starting down the road the Scots Clans have already paved. However, with a growing membership and participation, we too can form the family ties our Gaelic cousins enjoy.

Our Clan's History
In general, the Clan McShane is an Ulster clan. The O'Neill Mor ruled all of northern Ireland for centuries. As second and third sons grew up, often Kings would give them Lordships or tracts of land away from the main royal holdings. The McShane's were just such a family.

Times have been difficult on the McShanes of northern Ireland. My own family had to change their name to Johnson during the early 18th Century to meet the law requirement of no Gaelic surnames.

 

Clan Motto:	Bi Ag Feitheamh or Anticipate
Clan Symbol:	Rampant Lion grasping a bleeding shamrock (trefoil)
Clan Breacan:	Clan McShane (McShane of the Sperrin Mountains) http://members.aol.com/jjrpaula/index.html

Clan Information & Related Links Clan Authorized Merchandise American College of Heraldry Irish Chiefs and the Modern Clans Related Coats of Arms Clan History Gaelic Knighthood and Nobility in Ireland The Honourable Society of the Irish Brigade Information on Co Mayo, Ireland St Patrick's Day

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