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ORDER OF COLM CILLE

The Order of Colm Cille (O.C.C) is a cultural fraternal Order belonging to the Cinéal Chonaill clans. The Cinéal Chonaill refers to the majority of Irish clans located in Tír Chonaill the 'land of Conall', now known as Donegal. The award can be given only to those deemed to have been important to Donegal culture and history and very rarely to wider Irish culture. Awards can be bestowed on individuals only by recognised clan chieftains within the Cinéal Chonaill, either by primogeniture or by Brehon Law, also known as Tanistry.  The Order is named after St. Colm Cille (521-587), earlier spelt St. Colum Cille, the patron saint of all Donegal clans as well as one of the three patron saints of Ireland along with St. Pádraig and St. Brighde. Colm Cille, the 'Dove of the Church', spread Christianity throughout Ireland, Scotland and the north of England and it is fitting that this Order should hold his beloved and revered name. St. Colm Cille is regarded as the central figure ...
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 THE SNODDY CLAN. Variant spellings: Snoddie, Snoddagh, Snoddah, Snowday GAELIC FORM: Snoideach. The Snoddy clan are of Scottish Lowland origin. A branch resettled in Co Antrim in 1493 as dependants of the Mac Donnells of the Glens. Families and small clans that lived among the Mac Donnells of the Glens were allied with them from earlier times in Scotland. Allied or dependant clans were obliged to fight under the Mac Donnells of the Glens when needed. However, the Snoddys were simple farmers and we have no records of them taking up arms. Ballysnod was named after the Snoddy family. It is part of the parish of Inver which also includes the townlands of Browndod, Carnduff and Inver. All these townlands have an early connection with the Snoddys in Ireland. The Snoddy surname is a variant of Snodgrass. Snodgrass derives from the lands of Snodgrass at Irvine in south west Scotland. The meaning is ogten given as from English snoad 'smooth grass, a clearing'. However, we have Gaelic s...
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