Dermod Buidh O'Cathan

Abt 950 - UNKNOWN

• Name	Dermod Buidh O'Cathan
  Born	Abt 950	Ulster, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	UNKNOWN
  Person ID	I11843	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Cathusaigh mac Cathan,   b. Abt 900, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Conn Cionntach O'Cathan,   b. Abt 970, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Anselan Buidhe O'Cathain, 1st of Buchanan,   b. Abt 975, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. UNKNOWN, Scotland  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F6309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The late Watson Buchanan (author of "History of Clan Buchanan and Its Septs: A Millenial Update" and a fluent Gaelic speaker), following William Buchanan of Auchmar (1723), suggests that the father of Anselan (a Viking name) was known as Buidh O'Kyan (O'Cathan), "the yellow-haired O'Kyan", and suggests further that he may have been a Norse Viking raider who stayed on. Furthermore, the "yellow hair" may be a strong indicator of Viking blood. His son, named Anselan, which is definitely not an Irish name, was the founder of the family of Buchanan in Scotland. Meanwhile, O'Cathan genealogies indicate that Anselan was brother of Conn O'Cahan, son of Dermod O'Cathan, both very Gaelic names. O'Cahan genealogies give a full Irish paternal ancestry, thus any Viking ancestry may have been maternal.