Re: Buffalo Bill CODY
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Re: Buffalo Bill CODY
Joe Flood 12/08/05
From an 1897 sketch:
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It is not generally known that genuine royal blood courses in Colonel Cody's veins. He is a lineal descendant of Milesius, king of Spain, that famous monarch whose three sons, Heber, Heremon, and Ir, founded the first dynasty in Ireland, about the beginning of the Christian era. The Cody family comes through the line of Heremon. The original name was Tireach, which signifies "The Rocks." Muiredach Tireach, one of the first of this line, and son of Fiacha Straivetine, was crowned king of Ireland, Anno Domini 320. Another of the line became king of Connaught, Anno Domini 701. The possessions of the Sept were located in the present counties of Clare, Galway, and Mayo. The names Connaught-Gallway, after centuries, gradually contracted to Connallway, Connellway, Connelly, Conly, Cory, Coddy, Coidy, and Cody, and is clearly shown by ancient indentures still traceable among existing records. On the maternal side, Colonel Cody can, without difficulty, follow his lineage to the best blood of England.
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According to this, Cody is a variant of Connelly and is derived from the place name (though I would like to see these "Ancient indentures") It's even possible the name came to Cornwall with the Irish missionaries, I guess.
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Re: Buffalo Bill CODY - no relation
Joe Flood 12/08/05