Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families . d familynames of the county. The names beginning with Bally, Kill,and Dun, numerous from a very early period, are traceable toCeltic influence, while Wexford, Forth, Bargie, Scar, Tuscar,and Saltees are among those given by the Danes. It was,however, from the Anglo-Norman, twelfth century conquestthat Wexford obtained its most enduring characteristics andsurnames, and it was as one of this latter band of adventurers,under Fitz-Stephen, that the first of the Synnott name ac-quired possessions in what afterwards
Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families . d familynames of the county. The names beginning with Bally, Kill,and Dun, numerous from a very early period, are traceable toCeltic influence, while Wexford, Forth, Bargie, Scar, Tuscar,and Saltees are among those given by the Danes. It was,however, from the Anglo-Norman, twelfth century conquestthat Wexford obtained its most enduring characteristics andsurnames, and it was as one of this latter band of adventurers,under Fitz-Stephen, that the first of the Synnott name ac-quired possessions in what afterwards became the barony ofForth in Wexford. And there his descendants are to befound in considerable numbers to the present day. In treating of this conquest,the Chronicle of the Four Masters describes the invaders as seventy Flemings, clothed in coats of mail, thus showing the special extraction assignedby the Irish to the first enterprisers; and it appears that, besides these, very many settlers ofthe twelfth century came from the Flemish colony in South Wales, and imprinted their 3. THE SINNOTT FAMILY characteristics in Ireland. Of this fact, several surnames are evidence—as Fleming, Baronof Slane; Prendergast, whose original name has a Flemish appearance, and was to be foundin the colonies from Flanders which established themselves in Pembrokeshire and on theScottish border; Chievres, now Cheevers; Synad, now Synot; Cullen, Wadding, Whythay,now Whittey; Cusac, Siggin, Wilkin, and Boscher. Indeed, were we to run through theroll of old county Wexford names, we should find fewest of Saxon origin; so that we haveto seek a sound reason why the Saxon language was the birth-tongue of the barony Forthdialect. Thus, the Norman prefix Fitz was frequent, there being Fitz-Henry, or Fitz-Harris;Fitz-Reymond, now Redmond; Fitz-Elie, and Fitz-Nicol. Other Norman names wereTalbot, from the barony of this name near Rouen, with Devereux, Rochfort, Neville, Browne,and Poer. To Pembrokeshire, the
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