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Flanagan Family History
Flanagan Genealogy & Family TreeFlanagan is an Irish name from County Roscommon, Ireland. It comes from the Gaelic O Flannagain which means "red" and "ruddy" and referred to someone with this hair color or complexion. The earliest known ancestor--Donough O'Flanagan, Bishop of Elphin--was recorded in 1308. The family motto is Certavi et vici which means "I have fought and conquered."
Other spellings include "Flanaghan," "Flannagan," "Flannagen," "Flanagen," "Flanigan," "Flannigan," "Flanagin," and "Flannagin." Notable people with the surname include Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan (The Others, Yes Man, Lost), American Olympic athlete James Showers Flanagan (rowing), and American football player Ed Flanagan (Detroit Lions, San Diego Chargers). The first Flanagan to come to America was Antho Flanagan in Virginia in 1705.
Flanagan Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Joannis Flanagan -- --, 1730
- Dominick (Dominicum) Flanagan -- --, 1799 December 0, 1869 Roscommon
- Thomas Flanagan -- --, 1800
- Jacobus Flanagan -- --, 1758 January 14, 1817 Roscommon
- Mathw Flanagan -- --, 1746 December 0, 1806
Flanagan Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Michael Flanagan -- --, 1776 June 2, 1854 County Roscommon
- John Flanagan -- --, 1806 December 0, 1871
- William James Flanagan -- --, 1867 March 31, 1940
- Anne B Flanagan -- --, 1886 March 23, 1980 Iowa
- William Ryan Flanagan -- --, 1924 May 13, 1964 Iowa
