Flynn / O´Flynn

Sus armas: en campo de azur, un lobo pasante, de plata, y en el jefe tres bezantes, de oro; cimera, una mano diestra teniendo una serpiente, que tiene la cabeza hacia la izquierda.

El apellido O'FLYNN (O'Floinn en irlandés) deriva del nombre gaélico Flann, que significa rubicundo, cuando es aplicado a una persona. Dos clanes O'FLYNN se originaron en el Co.Cork, pero también los hubo de este nombre en Roscommon. Dice O'Hart que son de la línea de Heremon, descendientes de Fiachra Tort, hijo de Colla Uais, n° 85 en el pedigree de MacUais. Entre 1825 y 1880 se registraron veintiun FLYNN entre los pasajeros irlandeses llegados al puerto de Buenos Aires.

The O'Flynns became lords of large areas of counties Cork, Roscommon and Antrim. As warriors, they fought other clans, Viking raiders, Norman invaders, Anglo-Saxon conquerors. They founded churches, built castles and helped keep substantial parts of Ireland Gaelic and free for centuries. At the end of the sixteenth century, the O'Flynns marched with Hugh O'Neill and the other Irish clans in the last great war that ended in the defeat of the Gaelic order.

The name Flynn in Ireland is among the fifty most frequently found in the country. The name is derived from the Gaelic word 'flann' which means 'ruddy'. There were two O'Floinn Septs in County Cork where the name is still very widespread. Lynn and O'Lynn may be variants of this name.

Origen: Irlandés. First found in Tuitre (now Antrim), where according to O'Hart, they were Lords of Tuitre.

Variantes: Flynn, O'Flynn, Flinn, Lynn, O'Lynn, O'Linn, y otros.