The History of The Jago's

hi can you tell me more about the irish connection to our family i know there was a st.jago parish in roscommon kildare. I believe that the jago family was a celtic family.

Hi Stella,

I am not sure this will answer your question but the Jago name is quite rightly a celtic name and probably orginated in Wales in the form of Iago, Which later translated to Jago in Cornwall and became a surname from the around the 15 centry maybe earlier I cannot find much information on the Jago's of Ireland, I know it was orignally spelt Yagoe in Ireland. I know the spellings changed for names over generations as spellings became more standard. I have also read about the St Jago parish and I have also posted about this on my site.

Please read this it may be of intrest to you and as I find more information on the Jagos of Cornwall I will also me searching on our names overseas too. I would really like to get a big connection of our name.

http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:yvVynRZ0gyIJ:projects.exeter.ac.uk/cornishcom/documents/OnbeingaCornishcelt.pdf+celtic+surnames+jago+ireland&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

Stella,

My name is Paul, I'm from the USA, I have some family in Ireland and have also done some searching on this. Please take a look at this.

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A Curious Description of Ireland and its Inhabitants (from an
ancient Spanish manuscript in the National Library of Naples). In a
Spanish manuscript of the sixteenth century, belonging to the National
Library in Naples, and which appears to be copied from an older one, I
have found the following strange description of Ireland and its people.
The text runs so :

. . . "Esta tierfa (el Eeyno de Ybernia) es isla maritima, y dizen
estar fuera de las siete climas y la gente della es de muy larga vida, que
algunos dellos viven dozientos anos, y 4 quellos que nacen alii y se crian,
nunca pueden morir mientre que alii restan, y quando son muy flacos de
vejez sacan los de la Isla y luego mueren y en esta Isla no ay pan
empero son muy abundantes de ganados. Son gente simple y muy her-
mosos y a los jubileos de S. Jago vienen muchos dellos y el Key trae por
armas un escudo amarillo con un leon negro rampante."

TRANSLATION.

" This country (the Kingdom of Ireland) is a maritime island, and it
is said that it is out of the seven climates, and the people there have a
very long life, some of them live up to two hundred years, and those
who are born and live there can never die while they stay there, so that
when they are very feeble for old age they put them out of the island,
and they immediately die ; and in this island there is no bread, but there
is much cattle. The people are simple and very handsome, and many of
them come to the feasts of St. James ; and their king's arms are a
golden shield with a black lion rampant." L. S. SALAZAB.

www.archive.org/stream/journalofroyalso26royauoft/journalofroyalso26royauoft_djvu.txt

http://www.archive.org/stream/peerageofengland00kimb/peerageofengland00kimb_djvu.txt

Also have a look for the journal of archaeology of ireland this also lists information on the Jago name.

Best,

Paul

a little more on the Irish connection please click here.

http://jagosofcornwall.webs.com/cornwalltotheworld.htm