I was just doing some research on my family heritage in Ireland.  I always joked with friends about how to pronounce me name, by saying this phrase, It’s like Micky Rooney Minus the Micky and Add Moe to male the Name MULROONEY,   Well I know my Family has ties to royalty in ancient times in Ireland.   Here’s some information I found on various sites on the web.

  O Mulrooney ( O Maolruanaidh)

  Rooney (Anglised)

 Our first King of Moylurg was not strictly speaking a MacDermot at all. When Mulrooney Mor died in the late 10^th Century his immediate descendants for over four generations were known by his name – O Mulrooney. Mulrooney was the younger brother of Conor, King of Connacht 966-971, the eponymous ancestor of the O’Conors. Mulrooney, having agreed not to contest Connacht with his older brother founded an indepedent tribe or tuath in Moylurg. After Dermot O Mulrooney (king of Moylurg 1124-1159, and our eponymous ancestor) Clan Mulrooney became Clan MacDermot and we have little more direct information about the O Mulrooney name. Edward MacLysaght maintains that what was left of the O Mulrooney Clan was subjugated by the Maguires of Fermanagh. The name exists still in the area but is more commonly spelt Rooney.

The Family comes from the County Galway in Ireland, My Great Great Grandfather John Mulrooney immigrated to the United States in 1840 some of the first Irish to come over during the 100 years of Irish Emigrations.  He worked the Rail Road till he saved enough to send for his younger Brother Darby Mulrooney to make the trip to the United States.  They work rail road together till they were able to get farms, they settled near the little town of Mt. Hope Wisconsin. Still some Mulrooney’s who still farm the land there. I found more information out about family history when I was looking up on the Army Directory and found there was another Mulrooney who joined the Army I emailed him and see if we shared any relatives, he wasn’t sure but got me in touch with his Aunt and we combined our research and found we were related they came from descendents of Darby Mulrooney.

Just tonight I was looking up about family colors, what the family clan would have worn for Kilts, to find out in Ireland you didn’t wear Tartans colors for your family name you wore for your county or District and since my Family originated in Galway we would wear the Galway Kilt/Tarton which is pictured to the left.

If your a Mulrooney and would like to share family history for Oenology research feel free to email me chris@christophermulrooney.com or just send a comment on this topic.

Thank you,