Purcell Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Purcell Name Origin



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Origin of the Name Purcell



The Purcell family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives.
Over the centuries Surnames developed a wide number of variants. Different spellings of the same name can be traced back to an original root. Additionally when a bearer of a name emigrated it was not uncommon that their original name would be incorrectly transcribed in the record books at their new location. Surnames were also often altered over the years based on how they sounded phonetically and depending on the prevailing political conditions it may have been advantageous to change a name from one language to another.
Variants of the name Purcell
include Purtill, Purtell and Purssell. This name was introduced into Ireland with the Normans after the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1172, being derived from the French word 'porcel'. The seat of the head of the family is in the ruined Castle of Loughmoe, a well known landmark near Thurles. The Chief was known as the Baron of Loughmoe, a title conferred by the first Earl of Ormond, as Lord of the Palatinate. In Irish the name is written Puirseil. The Purcells are a good example of the saying 'hiberniores hibernicus ipsis', for not only are they found as Bishops of Ferns and Waterford but as staunch fighters for the Irish cause. The variants Purtill and Purtell are numerous in County Tipperary while Purcell is numerous in Clare and Kilkenny as well as in most of the Counties of Munster .
The Purcell coat of arms came into existence centuries ago. The process of creating coats of arms (also often called family crests) began in the eleventh century although a form of Proto-Heraldry may have existed in some countries prior to this. The new art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own coat of arms, including all Purcell descendants.
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