Family of Hugh CANNON and Mary MCGINLEY

Husband:	Hugh CANNON (1908-1996)
Wife:	Mary MCGINLEY (1909-1997)
Children:	Maire Teresa CANNON
	Anne Patricia CANNON
	Sean CANNON (1943- )
	Margaret Carmel Imelda CANNON
Marriage	1943

Husband: Hugh CANNON

Name:	Hugh CANNON
Sex:	Male
Father:	John CANNON ( - )
Mother:	Anne CANNON ( - )
Birth	1908	Meenadreen, Co. Donegal
Death	2 Jan 1996 (age 87-88)	Kilcar, Co. Donegal
Occupation		Farmer

Wife: Mary MCGINLEY

Name:	Mary MCGINLEY
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1909	Meenacross
Death	12 May 1997 (age 87-88)	Killybegs, Co. Donegal
Occupation		Grocer

Child 1: Maire Teresa CANNON

Name:	Maire Teresa CANNON
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Richard VESSEY

Child 2: Anne Patricia CANNON

Name:	Anne Patricia CANNON
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Tony SMITH ( - )

Child 3: Sean CANNON

Name:	Sean CANNON
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Maire JOHN-COLUM ( - )
Occupation		Farmer
Birth	18 Sep 1943	Meenacross

Child 4: Margaret Carmel Imelda CANNON

Name:	Margaret Carmel Imelda CANNON
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Maurice HEGARTY ( - )

Note on Husband: Hugh CANNON - shared note

The History of Donegal Names

 

Letterkenny:

 

The fame of the O'Cannon kings of Tir Connel has become a permanent part in Irish

 

history through the survival of a number of place names and antiquities such as

 

Letterkenny the largest town in Donegal and derives its name from the Gaelic "Leitir

 

Canannain" meaning "hillside of the Cannons"

 

Cannon comes from the ancestral name Ui Canannain and

 

Tir Connel (all of Co. Donegal and part of Co. Derry) was the

 

"Land of the Cannons"

 

The Cannons are descended from two of Irelands most renowned Kings: Conn of the

 

Hundred Battles and Niall of the Nine Hostages. Their 350-year dynasty in Tir

 

Connel ended around 1250.

 

In the mid-thirteen century Rory O'Cannon and his son Niall became the power point

 

for Gaelic resurgence. This contained the seeds of Irish nationalism which prevented

 

the English expansion into Tir Connel.

 

By the early 1660's the name of Ui Canannain had been anglicised to O' Cannon.

 

Further anglicisation took place during the Penal Laws in the late 1700's and early

 

1800's and the name of Co.Donegal became Cannon.

 

However in the east of the county and in the neighbouring counties of Derry and

 

Tyrone the name, being spelt phonetically, became Canning.

 

O'Cannon, Cannon, Cannan, Canon and Canning are anglicised versions of the name

 

Ui Canannain.

 

.In the early 1880's there were 200 families bearing the Cannon surname living in

 

Co. Donegal. These were mainly small tenant farmers barely subsisting on a meagre

 

potato patch allotted to them. In 1845 the great potato famine culminated in

 

widespread poverty and starvation and a great exodus from Ireland began.

 

In the early 1900's there were little more than 20 families with the Cannon surname.

 

In 1841 the total population of Donegal was 296,000-this declined rapidly after

 

1884to a low of around 110,000in the early 1900's.

Note on Wife: Mary MCGINLEY - shared note

The History of Donegal Names

 

Letterkenny:

 

The fame of the O'Cannon kings of Tir Connel has become a permanent part in Irish

 

history through the survival of a number of place names and antiquities such as

 

Letterkenny the largest town in Donegal and derives its name from the Gaelic "Leitir

 

Canannain" meaning "hillside of the Cannons"

 

Cannon comes from the ancestral name Ui Canannain and

 

Tir Connel (all of Co. Donegal and part of Co. Derry) was the

 

"Land of the Cannons"

 

The Cannons are descended from two of Irelands most renowned Kings: Conn of the

 

Hundred Battles and Niall of the Nine Hostages. Their 350-year dynasty in Tir

 

Connel ended around 1250.

 

In the mid-thirteen century Rory O'Cannon and his son Niall became the power point

 

for Gaelic resurgence. This contained the seeds of Irish nationalism which prevented

 

the English expansion into Tir Connel.

 

By the early 1660's the name of Ui Canannain had been anglicised to O' Cannon.

 

Further anglicisation took place during the Penal Laws in the late 1700's and early

 

1800's and the name of Co.Donegal became Cannon.

 

However in the east of the county and in the neighbouring counties of Derry and

 

Tyrone the name, being spelt phonetically, became Canning.

 

O'Cannon, Cannon, Cannan, Canon and Canning are anglicised versions of the name

 

Ui Canannain.

 

.In the early 1880's there were 200 families bearing the Cannon surname living in

 

Co. Donegal. These were mainly small tenant farmers barely subsisting on a meagre

 

potato patch allotted to them. In 1845 the great potato famine culminated in

 

widespread poverty and starvation and a great exodus from Ireland began.

 

In the early 1900's there were little more than 20 families with the Cannon surname.

 

In 1841 the total population of Donegal was 296,000-this declined rapidly after

 

1884to a low of around 110,000in the early 1900's.