Finley- Very numerous: Scottish/Irish, a branch of Clan Farquharson, also used for O' Fionnghalaigh (Fennelly) in Midlands.
Fennelly & Fennell have been associated with the Ormond country since the fourteenth century. It appeared from time to time in the Ormond Deeds from 1324 onwards as Fynnel and the context suggest that these men were of Anglo-Norman not Gaelic stock. The name is found in the Justiciary Rolls in 1295 as de Fynaly. On the other hand O'Fynewil occurs in the Fiants between 1570 & 1600 always in Co. Kilkenny. In the next century Petty's "cenus" lists them both as principal Irish names in Co. Offaly.
Through the centuries the Finley family was affiliated with many different clans through marriage. The Clan Farquharson claims the Finley family as a sept or directly affiliated family, entitled to clan rights including the use of the Clan Tartan.
Slainte
~Irish Goddess~
