The family of Creagh, or Creaghe, is of Milesian origin, descended from Herimone, 3rd son of Milesius and Scota, his wife, daughter of a Pharaoh of Egypt, through “Niall of the Nine Hostages,” Monarch of Erin A.D. 377....
The final E appears only to have been used by the Creaghes of Rheens and Tipperary Branches. The last representations of the Senior branch of the Rheens family – John Fitzstephen Creaghe....
The Creaghs became established in Limerick in the time of the Danes. They were originally O’Nialls from the North, an old Milesian family. The MILESIANS invaded Ireland from Spain about BC 753. These O’Nialls defeated the Danes, and drove them out of...
The two leading Anglo-Irish families in Ireland have long been the FitzGeralds and the Butlers. From being comrades in arms of the invading Strongbow1, they became by degrees rival barons, and fierce contestants for the vice-sovereignty of their adopted country. In the War...
The Creaghe name in the USA dates back to 1872 when St. George Creaghe (1852-1924) and his brother Gerald (Paddy) Creaghe (1856-1880) left their parents’ home in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland and settled in Apache County, Arizona Territory after one-year sojourn in the mining camps...
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