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Bradley in Ireland comes from the Gaelic Ó Brolcháin, a Cenél nEógain family of Tyrone and Derry remembered for its scholars, bishops and abbots. This collection brings the Bradley family crest on the Irish National Tartan to woven blankets, mugs, garden flags, ornaments and more, made for Bradley families proud of their Ulster roots.
Bradley in Ireland is mostly the anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó Brolcháin, a family of the Cenél nEógain, the northern Uí Néill dynasty whose heartland ran through Tyrone and Derry. English clerks heard Brolcháin and wrote Bradley, a name that already existed in England as a place name meaning "broad clearing."
The Ó Brolcháin were one of the great church families of the north. Máel Ísu Ua Brolcháin, who died at Armagh in 1086, was a celebrated poet and scholar whose devotional verse is still read. In the twelfth century members of the family served as bishops for the Cenél nEógain, and Flaithbertach Ua Brolcháin, abbot of Derry, rebuilt the town's great church in 1164. The name is still at home in Derry, Tyrone and Donegal, where Bradley remains one of the most characteristic surnames.
This collection carries the Bradley family crest on the Irish National Tartan across a woven cotton blanket, a printed throw, a mug, a garden flag, a coaster set, Christmas ornaments, a T-shirt and a novelty license plate. The woven blanket is the heirloom piece, while the mug and ornaments make easy everyday gifts for any Bradley.
For the full story of the name, read our Bradley Irish surname history.
