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Ó Maoilmhichíl is an uncommon surname of Irish origin devolving into the common Irish surnames Mitchell and Mulvihill.

The surname Mitchell is derived from the sept or clan name Uí Mhaoilmhichíl which means patrons or devotees of Saint Michael the Archangel.

As the English language began to replace Irish and Scottish Gaelic, the surname was anglicised as Mitchell, Michael, Mulvihill, Mulville, or Melville, and other variations.

A family motto Pro aris et focis originates from the Irish family name "Mulvihill".

References

Descendants of the surname Ó Maoilmhichil

Brother Walfrid (born Andrew Kearns), Marist Brothers
John Francis Mitchell, Vice Chairman, Motorola, Inventor of Cell Phone
Daráine Mulvihill/Ní Mhaolmhichil, Irish Person of the Year 2001
William Mulvihill, Author

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-'''Ó Maoilmhichil''' is an uncommon surname of [[Irish language|Irish]] origin devolving into the common Irish surnames [[Mitchell]] and [[Mulvihill]].
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+'''Ó Maoilmhichíl''' is an uncommon surname of [[Irish language|Irish]] origin devolving into the common Irish surnames [[Mitchell (surname)|Mitchell]] and [[Mulvihill]].
-The surname [[Mitchell]] is derived from the [[Sept]] or [[Clan]] name Uí Mhaoilmhichil which means Patrons or Devotees of [[Saint Michael the Archangel]]. [[Michael]]! was the [[battle cry|war-cry]] in heaven in the battles against [[Satan|the Devil]] and his followers.
+The surname [[Mitchell (surname)|Mitchell]] is derived from the [[sept]] or [[clan]] name Uí Mhaoilmhichíl which means patrons or devotees of [[Michael (archangel)|Saint Michael the Archangel]].
+As the English language began to replace [[Irish language|Irish]] and [[Scottish Gaelic]], the surname was [[anglicisation|anglicised]] as [[Mitchell (surname)|Mitchell]], [[Michael (given name)|Michael]], [[Mulvihill]], [[Mulville]], or [[Melville (surname)|Melville]], and other variations.
-Following the ascendancy of [[Niall of the Nine Hostages|Niall Noigíallach]] as [[High King]], and the arrival of [[Saint Patrick]] in the late 4th century AD, [[Ulster]] was in transition from [[Druidism]] to [[Christianity]]. It is not surprising in [[Celtic polytheism|pagan]] [[Celt]]ic society with many [[list of war deities|war deities]], as tradition suggests, that the name Maoilmhichil would be adopted early in the development of Christian Ireland.
+A family motto ''[[Pro aris et focis]]'' originates from the Irish family name "Mulvihill".
-[[Brion]] was the half-brother of [[High King]] [[Niall]].  Brions dynasty was carried on through his two great-grandsons, [[Ona]] the ArchDruid and his [[eponym]]ous brother Maoilmhichil, the first legendary use of the [[Sept]] name.
-As the English language began to replace [[Irish Language|Irish]] and [[Scottish Gaelic]], the [[Sept]] name was [[anglicization|anglicized]] as [[Mitchell]], [[Michael]], [[Mulvihill]], [[Mulville]], or [[Melville (surname)|Melville]], and other variations. Members of the [[Sept]] also [[anglicization|anglicized]] their names to protect their property and in some cases to indicate a change in religion.
-The family motto "[[Pro Aris et Focis]]" originates from the Irish family name "Mulvihill".
-==History==
-The Mitchells from [[Sligo]] can be traced back to Hugh O'Maoilmhichil (Owen Mitchell), born about 1670 in [[Ulster]] during a period when there was great unrest among the [[O'Donnell]]s and the [[O'Neil]]s and the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Government]].
-A crisis point occurred during the [[Tudor conquest of Ireland|Elizabethan conquest]] of Ireland when the English authorities tried to extend their authority over [[Ulster]] and [[Hugh O'Neill]], the most powerful Irish lord in the country. O’Neill resisted with force and launched the [[Nine Years War (Ireland)|Tyrone Rebellion]], a nationwide war rather than a rebellion, with the intent of replacing English authority altogether. O’Neill enlisted the help of many Irish lords, but his most significant support came from King [[Philip III of Spain]], culminating in the [[Siege of Kinsale|Battle of Kinsale]] in 1601. The war ended in 1603 in favor of the English, and thereafter crown authority was gradually established throughout Ireland.
-Although they had their lands restored, [[Hugh O'Neill]] and Ruaidhri (Rory) [[O'Donnell]] were surrounded by enemies with old scores to settle. They were plotted against and spied upon, and in 1607, they were advised that it was the intention of the [[Government]] to have them arrested. They had the choice of leaving [[Ireland]] or spending the rest of their lives in prison.
-O’Neill and O’Donnell, and their families left Ireland on that historic day – 14 September 1607 - in the [[Flight of the Earls]]. Their lands in Ulster were confiscated and colonized in the [[Plantation]] of Ulster.
-A ship sailed out from [[Lough Swilly]], carrying a hundred people, including O'Neill and O'Donnell and their families. They were received with high honor on the Continent, but that was the end of Gaelic rule in Ireland.  However, heartbreaking though exile was for these great Celtic Lords, the people left behind in Ulster and the remainder of Ireland were the real victims - left in dire straits and at the mercy of the [[New Model Army|English]] and [[Oliver Cromwell]].
-Under [[James I of England]] Catholics were barred from all public office after the [[gunpowder plot]] was discovered in 1605.  The [[Old English (Ireland)|Gaelic Irish and Old English]] increasingly defined themselves as [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] in opposition to the [[New English|Protestant New English]] settlers. However, notwithstanding the [[Plantation of Ulster]] the native Irish (both Gaelic and Old English) remained the majority landowners in the country until after the [[Irish Rebellion of 1641]]. By the end of the resulting [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland]] in the 1650s, the [[Old English (Ireland)|New English]] Protestants dominated the country, and after the [[Glorious Revolution]] of 1688 their descendants went on to form the [[Protestant Ascendancy]].
-The confiscatory transition from Gaelic rule to the [[Protestant Ascendancy]] during the 17th century in Ireland placed the [[Old English (Ireland)|Irish and Old English]] at such disadvantage that political turmoil, [[Irish Potato Famine (1845-1849)|famine]], [[Emigration|waves of emigration]] ensued for more than 200 years until that fateful [[Easter Rising|Easter Monday, 1916]].
-Since the British Crown seized about 20% of the territory of Ulster - vast tracts of church land (technically confiscated after the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]], but relatively untouched till the reign of [[James I of England|James I]]) placed an unprecedented amount of territory at the disposal of the crown - virtually the whole of modern [[County Armagh|Armagh]], [[County Cavan|Cavan]], [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]], [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]], [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]] and [[County Donegal|Donegal]].
-The 18th century were times of tumultuous change in Ireland. Along with [[Roman Catholics]], the [[Ulster-Scots|Scots-Irish]] were legally disadvantaged by the [[Penal Laws]], which gave full rights only to [[Anglicans]], who were mainly the descendants of English invaders and settlers.  Land was seized, and people were displaced from their lands.  There were pressures to renounce [[Catholicism]] and [[Presbyterianism]]. There were pressures to eliminate the Gaelic language and it was illegal to play the [[Clàrsach|harp]] <ref>[[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]]: "hang the harpers wherever found and destroy their instruments." The [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] enactments against [[bards]], [[minstrels]], [[pipers]] and [[troubadour|rhymers]], were enforced after the promulgation of the [[papal Bull|Bull]], ([[Regnans in Excelsis|anathamizing Elizabeth]]) of [[Pope Pius V|St. Pius V]] in 1569, though Elizabeth herself retained in her service, an Irish harper called Donogh. p113. "A History of Irish Music".</ref> and [[uilleann pipes]] <ref>[[W. H. Grattan Flood]], "A History of Irish Music," Browne and Nolan, Dublin, 1906</ref>.  And the first of the large scale emigrations to America and Canada began, particularly among the Scots-Irish of Ulster.<ref>[[James H. Webb]] "Born Fighting - How the Scots-Irish Shaped America" published 2005.</ref>  13 of the earlier [[List of Presidents of the United States|Presidents of the USA]] were children of [[Scots-Irish American|parents born in Ulster]]
-Hugh (Owen Mitchell) O'Maoilmhichil, like his ancestors, had managed cattle herds for the O'Donnells and served as leaders in the local O'Donnell [[militia]]. Owen was also related to the O'Donnells through marriage.  Owen’s ancestors had acquired land for their services but the land was [[confiscation|confiscated]]. Owen came from a large family (details unknown) and had at least six sons and several daughters who left [[Ulster]] for [[Connacht|Connaught]]. Their slogan was: "Onward to Connaught or Hell"<ref>Quote attributed to John McLoughlin, listed as a tenant in the [[Griffith's valuation|Griffith Land Valuation 1868]], was [[Head teacher|Headmaster]], Cloughboley School for Boys. John McLoughlin was a cousin of the Mitchells and carried the memories of the OMaiolmhichil ancestry.  He rented a barn on Cloughboley Lane which was used as a classroom for the Mitchells and other boys.  Some of the boys wore  skirts rather than pants, presumably because they were poor.  The [[Gentry|English gentry]] would frequently have a "[[Hunting|hunt]]" originating at the {{convert|2600|acre|km2|sing=on}} [[Lissadell House]].  When the dogs, buglers and horsemen would come down through Cloughboley, past the school barn and out to the {{convert|900|acre|km2|sing=on}} Gethlin Estate.  Master McLoughlin would block the door when the buglers sounded. {{Citation needed|date=May 2007}}
-</ref>  because the land in the Connaught was rocky and not good.
 ==See also==
-* [[Mitchell]]
+* [[County Sligo]]
+* [[List of Sligo people]]
+* [[Mitchell (surname)]]
 * [[Mulvihill]]
-* [[Sligo people]]
-* [[County Sligo]]
 * [[Sligo]]
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-==Descendants of the surname O'Maoilnhichil==
+==Descendants of the surname Ó Maoilmhichil==
 *[[Brother Walfrid]] (born Andrew Kearns), [[Marist Brothers]]
+*[[John Francis Mitchell]], Vice Chairman, Motorola, Inventor of Cell Phone
 *[[Daráine Mulvihill]]/Ní Mhaolmhichil, Irish [[People of the Year Awards|Person of the Year]] 2001
-*[[William Charles Mitchell]], Banker, Chairman, Lake Shore Bancorp
+*[[William Mulvihill]], Author
-*[[Christine Marie Mitchell]], Professor, Industrial Systems, [[Georgia Institute of Technology]]
-*[[John Charles Sivalon, MM]], [[Superior General]], [[Maryknoll]] Missionaries
-*[[Joseph Thomas Brophy, FSA]], [[Actuary]], President, [[Travelers Companies|Travelers Insurance Company]]
-*[[Jonathan Mulvihill]], [[Lead Experience Architect]], [[Digitas]]
-*[[John Joseph Mitchell III]], [[Patron]], [[The Last Drop, Boston MA]]
-*[[Christopher Thomas Mitchell]], [[Writer]], [[Unpublished]] review of [[Jim Cramer]]'s [[Real Money]]
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