McAuliffe Clan History

1200 A.D	Approximate year of birth of Auliffe Alain MacCarthy, from whom all the McAuliffes are said to be descended, and from whom the clan is said to take its name. There are different views of clan origins, however.
1300 A.D	Approximate time in history. Pressure from the Normans and attacks by the O'Briens forces tribes from Tipperary to move to Cork. The McAuliffes accompany their parent clan, the MacCarthys.
1400 A.D	Records from this time show the McAuliffe clan to be well established in northwest Cork.
1535	Annals record that McAuliffes "won a great battle with Fitzgerald, FitzGibbon and Sheehy (McSheehy)".
1579	Desmond Rebellion. McAuliffes join the Earl of Desmond in rebellion against English rule.
1580	Clanawley attacked by English forces assisted by Butlers under Earl of Ormond. Massive destruction and loss of life.
1583	Desmond Rebellion ends. McAuliffes and others make peace with Ormond. McAuliffe Chieftain's son and nephew kill each other in duel.
1585	Pardon granted to Melaghlin McAwly (Malachy MacAuliffe), his wife and daughter.
1593	Land confiscated from McAuliffes is sold to Patrick Graunt, who sells it back to the McAuliffes.
1600	Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, raises revolt against English rule and is joined by McAuliffes and other Munster clans. Clanawley is again laid waste by English forces and many are killed.
1601	Spanish force lands at Kinsale - joined by Irish rebels, including McAuliffes.
1602	Dermot McAuliffe, Chieftain, killed in rebellion. John McAuliffe, son of chieftain, granted bail: shortly afterward he left Ireland to serve in Spanish army.
1606	John McAuliffe listed among 'gentleman pensioners' of Spanish Army. Others in Spanish service included a Dermot McAuliffe.
1610	McAuliffe lands are fraudulently granted to John Wakeman.
1612	James Fitz Nicholas Barry purchases Clanawley on behalf of McAuliffes.
1615	Enquiry into McAuliffe lands outlines the boundaries of their territory. Part of Clanawley is granted to Aldworth to be settled by "twenty families of English birth".
1620	Further grant of McAuliffe land made to Aldworth, including the town of Kilmacroghan: the name of the town soon afterward changed to Newmarket.
1634	Land dispute between McAuliffe and O'Keefe is resolved.
1641	Florence McAuliffe, last hereditary chieftain of the McAuliffes, is outlawed.
1647	McAuliffes join Battle of Knocknanuss. The Irish are heavily defeated by Cromwell's forces.
1660	The Downe Survey is completed; map shows sketch of Castle MacAuliffe.
1665	The McAuliffes help the Earl of Desmond in an ill-fated battle with the Butlers.
1666	The last of the McAuliffe lands are confiscated and split up.
1690	The Irish defenders at the Siege of Cork by William of Orange are commanded by Major Dermot McAulife.
1691	Treaty of Limerick. McAuliffes are amongst those who choose exile on the Continent.
1702	The Irish Brigade in action. Two McAuliffes are amongst those mentioned in dispatches at Cremona.
1709	The McAuliffe Regiment is commissioned in the Spanish Army, under the command of Dermot McAuliffe. The McAuliffe coat of arms is registered in Dublin.
1720	Michael McAuliffe dies in Spain, a Colonel in the Spanish Army. He is said by some to have been the last chieftain of the clan.
1845	The Irish potato crop is attacked by blight; beginning of the Great Famine and large-scale emigration. McAuliffes are scattered to many parts of the world, including England, the Unites States, Australia and New Zealand.