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Origin of Shea Total Records: 6  Origin of Shea, Meaning of Shea Origin: From the French 'BRASSEUR Surnames: Brashear Submitted by: Barbara V. Smith Origin of Shea, Meaning of Shea Origin: The name O'Shea is one of several transliterations of the Gaelic 'O'Seaghdha,' meaning 'descendant of Segda.' The Segda, or Seghdha, in question was a 10th century Chieftain of the Corcu Duibne kin group (which also produced the septs of O'Connell and O'Falvey), a western Kerry tribal group which can be identified at least as early as the 6th or 7th century in western Kerry, and which may be synonymous with the 'Iverni' described by Ptolemy in his outline of Ireland given in the mid-2nd century (note the similary between 'Iverni' and Uibh Rathach, or 'Iveragh,' of which the O'Sheas were Lords until the 12th century). Surnames: O'Shea Submitted by: Patrick M. O'Shea Origin of Shea, Meaning of Shea Origin: Looking for Hollingshead ancestors from Leicestershire from 1600s. Surnames: Hollingshead Submitted by: Caroline Cavanagh Origin of Shea, Meaning of Shea Origin: Researching William H. Shear, b. January 1838 in NY, d. Whiteside Co., IL. Have some indication of family in Sharon, NY in 1855 (state census: father, Henry SHEAR). Surnames: SHEAR Submitted by: Heather (Shear) Ford Origin of Shea, Meaning of Shea Origin: Sheats or Sheets Surnames: Sheets or Sheats Submitted by: Osceola Origin of Shea, Meaning of Shea Origin: SHEAHAN (SHEEHAN) is English for the Gaelic Title of Siochain, which means peace. Therefore, Thomas O'Shiochain is the Irish language version of Tom Sheahan or Thomas Sheehan and literally means Tom of Peace. Surnames: Sheahan Submitted by: Tom 2/17/2012 2:35 PM Page 1 of 1

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