Bunyan Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Bunyan Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Bunyan

The Bunyan family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants of the name Bunyan include Bonyon, Bunyane, Bunion, Binane and Bunyon. This name is usually of Anglo-Saxon descent spreading to the Celtic countries of Ireland, Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. In Ireland the name is most associated with County Kerry where the name has frequently been changed to Bennett, Binnane and Banane. Ballybunion Castle was built by the Geraldines in the fourteenth century. It stands on the Castle Green site of an old promotory costal fort of the 'Clan Conaire'. In 1582 the Castle was acquired from the Geraldines by the Bonyon family when William Og Bonyan became Lord of Kerry. In 1583 William Og Bonyon lost the castle due to his part in the Desmond Rebellion. In 1612 the castle and the lands were granted to Thomas Fitzmaurice 16th Lord of Kerry and Lixnaw by the English King James 6th. By 1783 Richard Hare was in possession of the Castle. It was destroyed in the Desmond Wars and all that remains today is the East Wall. It stands as a memorial to the Bonyons and Bunyans, a proud and powerful family from whom today's beautiful coastal town of Ballybunion takes its name.