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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