 | The marriage of
Gwenllian, heiress of the line of Wizo, with
Gwgan ap Bleddyn, lord of Llangors, in the
county of Brecon, whose son Walter assumed the surname of Wogan,
together with the arms, 'or on a chief sable three martlets of the field,'
and became the founder of a family of great importance
in the history of Pembrokeshire
follow the link you will
have to scroll down a bit but the evidence is there. Wizo the Fleming
built Wiston Castle and
also the Church across the road. Wiston gets its name from Wizo the Fleming
known as Wizo's Town then shortened to Wiston. So from the
onset of the name we have been in High society and stayed there until we
lost favour with the protestant English Royalty. |
|
Wogan is anglicizing of the
Welsh name Gwgan meaning to scowl. |
| Sir
John Wogan built
Picton Castle in Wales as part of a dowry
for his bride Joan Picton |
| Under Pembroke Castle there
is a natural cavern named
Wogan Cavern |
| How did the name go to
Ireland . |
|
We went to aid
Dermott
Mc
Murrough Irish King of Leinster he was
having a bit of a set to with his neighbour Rory O'Connor who was made
High King of Ireland .He asked Henry 11 of England for help Henry
told him to ask the Earl of Pembroke (Strongbow) to help him who sent an
army to Ireland to fight on his behalf. Wogan knight was
included in this army. |
|
In 1295
Sir John Wogan was sent out
to Ireland by the King of England to sort out all the feuding that was going
on there. |
|
He was made
Justicar of all Ireland .Later he was granted the lands and Manor of
Rathcoffey in 1317 and later the castle manor and territory of Kildare
.
|
| In the same year that Sir
John was made
Justicar 1295 he was also asked to send an army of Irish troops to
Scotland |
|
Rathcoffey
Castle
in Ireland was the
baronial home of the Wogan family [link shows all that is left of the
castle] |
|
Clongeswood in
Ireland was the home of the Wogan-Browne
and is still standing to this day |
| Wogan to the USA would
have most probably come from Ireland or the UK . |
| With the onset of
better means of travelling it went to Canada ,Australia [there is two
recorded cases of Wogan being deported from Ireland ]and New Zealand . |
| The
name went to Germany around the 14th century and France, where the name to the best of my knowledge
has died out. |
| The main countries that have
got Wogan living in them are Wales, England ,Ireland ,USA, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand ,Germany obviously the name is
elsewhere but these are the main countries. |
