O’Keeffe Clan – One Name Study & Family Tree
Welcome to the O’Keeffe Clan Website!
In 1996, during the early days of the internet, the O’Keeffe Clan web site was created to help descendants of O’Keeffe, and other spelling variations, connect and share information with one another. Over 25 years later, and with the advent of new technology, our focus has expanded to the preservation of genealogical, historical, and biographical data pertaining to the O’Keeffe surname.
This One Name Study is funded and supported by members – no ads.
A One Name Study – O’Keeffe – centered family tree. Originally built from information provided by O’Keeffe researchers, Message Boards, and Genealogy Forums, the database now includes many publicly available O’Keeffe records. Sources include but not limited to: Census of Ireland, Irish Genealogy, RIP.ie, Irish Army Census Records, Find a Grave, WikiTree, and Family Search. Currently there are over 160,000 O’Keeffe’s and their spouses in the combined on-line databases.
The Diaspora is an Irish project to promote tourism in Ireland to help with their economic situation. The idea is for the local people in Ireland to collectively use parish records and search for descendants of those who left Ireland. One of the branches of project became known as the Irish Gathering.
In 2016 an O’Keeffe Gathering was held in Ireland. The website for the project, “okeeffeclans.com”, has since retired; the valuable contents of the website have been preserved here. You may still visit the Facebook page “O’Keeffe clan rally 2016”.
The O’Keeffes have a rich history through the Kings of Munster that goes back to the time of Jesus. The Kings of Munster and a variety of other information is contained in the O’Kief, Coshe Mang, Slieve Lougher and Upper Blackwater in Ireland by Albert Eugene Casey. It is a sixteen-volume set first published in 1952; affectionately known as the Casey Collection. Topics covered in this section include: Coat of Arms, Motto, Tartan, Kings, Castles, Gathering, Articles, Poem, and Notables.
The O’Keeffe Lineage from the Casey Collection, volume 1 page xii. The lineage starts with Felim, BC 52 – AD 10, King of Munster and ends with number 48, Daniel O’Keeffe, 1610-1694. The Munster kings and source information is available in the O’Keeffe Family Tree.
Castles associated with the O’Keeffes. Many taken from James Healy’s book: The Castles of County Cork. Articles are written for the more popular castles such as Dromagh Castle.
Famous and Notables O’Keeffes (Ó Caoimh, O’Keeffe, O’Keefe, Keeffe, Keefe) from Wikipedia and O’Keeffe researchers. The Wikipedia entries is a list of links for more and current information. There are articles about specific O’Keeffes, such as Fr. Eoghan, Daniel the Outlaw, Bishop Constantine O’Keeffe, John O’Keeffe the playwright, and others.
Interesting articles about the O’Keeffe’s. Topics include: O’Keeffe Chalice, O’Keefe Brewery. Castles can be found in the O’Keeffe Castles. Famous and Notables O’Keeffes are in the O’Keeffe Notables.
Resources for additional O’Keeffe information. Includes About, Search, Glossary, Helpful Hints for DNA and the GEDmatch project, Tips and Tricks for using the O’Keeffe Clan Family Tree, Goals, and Useful Web links for researching O’Keeffes.