De Sailigéir

Rev Patrick Woulfe
1923

de SAILIGÉIR—XIde Seyntlegger, de St. Ledger, Sallinger, Sellinger, St. Ledger, etc.; Norman 'de St. Ledger,' Latin 'de Sancto Leodegario,' i.e., of St. Leger's, a common place-name in France. This family came to Ireland probably about the beginning of the 14th century and settled in different parts of the Pale, especially in Co. Kilkenny. By the 16th century they had become so Irish that Stanihurst describes them as 'mere Irish.' Their chief seat was at Tullaghanbroge; a branch of the family resided at Ballyfennon. The head of the family was called Baron of Slieve Margie. See Saileastar, Sailigéir, and Suilingéir.

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