Royal House of Bradley

The Royal House of Ui Bhrolchan, aka Bradley, is one of the oldest Royal families from Ireland. Our passion is preserving our family history.


HRH Prince Carl

Sovereign of the

Royal House of Bradley

Coat of Arms for the

Royal House of Bradley

Seal of the

Sovereign Prince

Clan Badge, Royal Family Tartan for House of Bradley

Most Royal Order of the

House of Bradley


History of the

Dynastic Royal House of

Ui Bhrolchan aka Bradley

The Dynastic Royal House of Bradley, or Ui Bhrolchan, is an interdependent sovereign entity. 

Currently, Carl Bradley is a sovereign royal prince with full legal sovereign status, as established by blood and his Declaration of Sovereignty. The House of Bradley heads a dynastic lineage that descends from Milesius, king of Spain, through the line of his son Heremon. The family's founder was King Brión, son of Eocha Moy Veagon, King of Ireland, A.D. 350. The ancient name was Brodamhlacht, which signifies "Proud."

The possessions of the sept were located in the present-day counties of Meath, Fermanagh, Armagh, Cavan, Cork, Mayo, Donegal, Tyrone, and Derry. The Bradleys were identified with the Ui Bhrolchan, aka O'Bhrolchans, a branch of the Kinel Owens, also known as Cenel Eoghain, and head of the Sept Cenel Fearadhaigh, and formed the Cenel BhrolchanThey are of the High Kings of Ireland of Tara and the Kings of Aileach from Tyrone in Ulster, Ireland. His Royal Highness is a Sovereign Royal Prince. He comes from an unbroken line of Royal Princes that has issued a new Constitution and constitutional law of succession, along with new royal and noble titles for his royal princely house. And has also established Sovereign, Chivalric, Ecclesiastic, Royal, and Military Orders.

H.R.H. Prince Carl has, by letters patent, mandated that: "NO PAPAL BULL" (- is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by a pope of the Catholic Church) could be published in his dominions without his consent (placetum regium). H.R.H. Prince Carl, who is also the fourth in line of Royal Princes descending from the line of Suibne Menn, the High King of Ireland and King of Aileach, is the grandson of 'Brolchain the Royal Prince' (the namesake of the Bradley family), who is also of the first in line of descent and was the head of the Cenél Fearadhaigh and King of Cenél Eoghain and formed the Cenel Bhrolchan. This continuation of the Royal Princes has been passed from father to son until the present.

Cenel Bhrolchan / Clann Bradley

Bhrolchan ‘Irish’ Surname Lineage:

O’Brolchain aka Bradley, Ó Brolacháin, MacBrolchain, McBrillichain, MacBrolchan, McBrallaghan, O'Broileachain, O'Brellighan, O'Brileghane, O'Brallaghan, McBrollaghan, Brollaghan, McBradley, O'Bradley, Bradley, McBradlee, Bradlee, Brody, Brodie, Ua Brolcháin, Brabazon, Brabazon, McIntyre, Daly, Dealy, Robert(s), Sutherland, Fox, Norton, Clancy, Downie, Clinton, Brine, McGuire, Maguires, Alwell, Alwill, Callwell, Campbell, Carlos, Caulfield, Cawell, Howell, MacCaul, MacCall, McCall, MacCorless, MacCowell, MacCowhill, MacHall, MacGilmartin, MacMartin, Gilmartin, Martin, Kilmartin, O'Ferry, Ferry, Ferris, Mulpatrick, Kilpatrick, McGivern, McGiveran, McGivergan, Maguirin, M'Gwyrin, M'Guiverin, Magiverin, Magivern, Magiveran, MacGiverin, MacGiveran, MacGivern, McGivern, McGiveran, McGivergan, Guerin, Mag Uidhrin, Mac Uidhrén, Mac Uidhrein, Mac Uidhrín, and Mac Uidhrea.

Bhrolchan ‘Scottish’ Surname Lineage:

Ua Brolcháin, Mac An Teasor, McIntyre, Mac Bradlee, Mac Bradleigh, Mac Brophy, Brophy, Robertson, Grant, Coates, Stranahan, Ross, Gray, MacDonald, Clugston, Rice, McGregor, Mac Gregor, Livingston, Gilmore, Hall, Turner, Cameron, and Jack.

Origins of Bhrolchan

  • The Cenél Fearadhaigh, or 'kindred of Ferry', descended from Feradach mac Muiredach (Ferry MacMurdoch), a grandson of Eógain, and by the 12th century controlled a large portion of County Tyrone and had penetrated deep into County Fermanagh.
  • By the mid-14th century, the Maguires would break the power of the Cenél Fearadhaigh in Fermanagh.
  • And the Bhrolchan family would go on to become Prince-Priests, Abbotts, and Bishops throughout Ireland and Scotland, mainly in the Areas of Meath, Derry, and Armagh, Ireland, and in Kyntyre and on the Isle of Iona in Scotland.
  • The family wielded considerable power and sway with both the Church and the Royalty of both Ireland and Scotland.

Note:

Fearadhaigh was spelt as Feradaig in Old Irish (c700-c900) and Middle Irish Gaelic (c900-c1200). Feradach means 'Woodsman' from fear 'man' and fiodh 'wood' combined into Fer-fedach, Fer-fid (Ferid), 'man-wood' and -ach 'belonging to, involved with or having' Sept (Common Forms) Mac Cathmhaoil. 

Meaning: Battle-chief

Territory: Barony of Clogher, County Tyrone. 

Progenitor: Leading Sept of the Cenél Fearadhaigh, and one of the seven powerful septs supporting O'Neill. This name, Bhrolchan.

Progenitor: Bhrolchan of Cenel Bhrolchan / Clann Bradley / Ó Brolacháin. 

Meaning: from the Irish "brollach" meaning "Breastwork or Defender".

Territory: Parts of Donegal, Derry, Meath, and Tyrone (O'Brallaghan, Brollaghan, Bradley, Brodie). 

This was a prolific and adventurous Sept, where a branch of the family, the O'Brologhans, became established in the Western Highlands of Scotland via their connections with the monastery on Iona, thanks to the prior of Derry, Prince Domhnall Ua Brolcháin, who was its abbot. The Co. Cork Bradleys descend from this sept, and some Brollaghans in Co. Cavan assumed the Norman name Brabazon. And Prince and General Flann Adag Ó Brolcháin formed the Cenel Bhrolchan of the Clann Bradley.