Our Flaherty Family History
Our Flaherty Family History What do we know of our Flaherty family history? That they came from Ireland? That they were Catholic? And that our forefather's landed in Boston? Yes, yes, and yes. In this blog, I hope to collect information about what I currently know of our Flaherty's ancestry and their connection to Ireland, to Massachusetts, and maybe even the DNA lineage to current descendants. Ireland History Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic Sea and comprises some 32,000 square miles, and has been occupied since about 8,000 BC. Gaelic Ireland had emerged by the 1st century AD. The island was Christianized from the 5th century onwards. During this period Ireland was divided into many petty kingships under provincial kingships. In the late 8th century to early 11th century AD Viking raids and settlement took place. This was followed by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion, which lasted until the 16th–17th century Tudor conquest, which led to colonization by sett...