With origins that stretch back through the swirling mists of time to an age before recorded history, the ancient roots of the Rooneys of today are shrouded in colourful myth and legend.
But when myth and legend give way to historical fact, it is revealed how this clan were at the forefront of the determined Gaelic-Irish struggle to preserve their rights and privileges – often at great cost to themselves.
Read here the proud and stirring tale of the Rooneys.
NAME VARIATIONS INCLUDE: Ó Ruanaidh (Gaelic), O’Roney, O’Rooney, Roonay, Roney, Roony.
