Family of John CANNON and Anne CANNON

Husband:	John CANNON ( - )
Wife:	Anne CANNON ( - )
Children:	Hugh CANNON (1908-1996)
	Michael CANNON ( - )
	Paddy CANNON ( - )
	Peter CANNON ( - )
	Maggie CANNON ( - )

Husband: John CANNON

Name:	John CANNON
Sex:	Male
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Occupation		Farmer

Wife: Anne CANNON

Name:	Anne CANNON
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-

Child 1: Hugh CANNON

Name:	Hugh CANNON
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Mary MCGINLEY (1909-1997)
Birth	1908	Meenadreen, Co. Donegal
Death	2 Jan 1996 (age 87-88)	Kilcar, Co. Donegal
Occupation		Farmer

Child 2: Michael CANNON

Name:	Michael CANNON
Sex:	Male

Child 3: Paddy CANNON

Name:	Paddy CANNON
Sex:	Male

Child 4: Peter CANNON

Name:	Peter CANNON
Sex:	Male

Child 5: Maggie CANNON

Name:	Maggie CANNON
Sex:	Female

Note on Husband: John 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: Anne CANNON - shared note