Welcome to the Official Cassidy Clan Website.  The Cassidy Clan is a perpetual hereditary association comprised of persons that bear the Cassidy surname or are descended from an ancestor with the Cassidy surname or any of the variant spellings of Cassidy.  In the United States, many Cassidy variations exist, including Cassity, Cassaday and Casada.  We are a nonprofit organization founded and based in Ireland, and run entirely by volunteers from around the world. 

 

        Membership in our Irish Clan is open to all persons without regard to race, ethnic origin, religion, age or gender.  We take great pride in our heritage, seek to build common bonds among all Cassidys and their descendants and host a rally in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland where the Cassidys originated.  Our clan is one of the most vibrant clans in Ireland.   By joining, you will be supporting our goals and helping strengthen the Cassidy Clan.  

2008 Cassidy Clan Rally
August 8-10, 2008

Mahon's Hotel, Irvinestown,
County Fermanagh

www.mahonshotel.co.uk/

Céad Míle Fáilte go Fear Manach

Please consider this your website.  There is much for you to explore.  Our message board is where you should post notes on "missing" Cassidys in your ancestor research.  Please be sure also to visit our Members Contributions page for articles on the origin of the Cassidy surname and family histories.
          Interested in visiting County Fermanagh? Click here for information on sites and guides.  
          Photos by Janet Cassidy-Stroh from the 2000 Clan Rally.  We recently completed another successful Clan Rally. Over 100 Cassidys and their families attended from across the world.  The next Cassidy Clan Rally will be held August, 2008 in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh, which is slightly north of Ballycassidy, the ancestral home of all Cassidys.
 
          For information on joining the Cassidy Clan information, click here.
We have been given a 3 Shamrock Award by Telecom Ireland's directory of Internet sites.

 

Note on the Coat of Arms

           The use of a clan “coat of arms” is somewhat controversial.  In some countries, such as Scotland, the right to bear arms is strictly regulated by law, and a coat of arms belongs only to an individual and his direct heirs. In Ireland, however, the situation is more complicated, and “sept arms” are recognized. (A sept is a branch of a clan, such as the O’Kellys of Meath being a sept of Kelly.)
        As stated by Edward MacLysaght, the first Chief Herald of Ireland, “Briefly, then, the position is that many Irish coats of arms may be displayed without impropriety by any person of the sept indicated if he really does belong to that sept.” The arms to which MacLysaght refers and which fall into the category of sept arms, include Cassidy. Our thanks to Eddie Geoghegan for permission to quote from his web site. 
Copyright Notice
          All photographs posted within this website, with the exception of the aerial and long distance view of Devenish Island and other contributed by Janet Cassidy-Stroh and Brent Cassidy, are copyrighted 1999-2003 by Stephen Cassidy. Unless otherwise noted or attributed to a specific author, all text is copyrighted the Cassidy Clan. No photographs or text may be reprinted or republished in any form without the prior written permission of Stephen Cassidy or the Cassidy Clan.

The Cassidy Clan is pleased to announce the release of the book "Speculated Truth: A Genealogical Journey of Truth and Speculation" by Clan Secretary Brent Cassidy. The book is for all persons interested in Cassidy genealogy, Irish culture, traveling to County Fermanagh and Ireland.  Please click here to read more about the book and learn how to order a copy.





Inch Strand in County Kerry on the Dingle Peninsula by Sarah Cassidy.
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