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KENEFICK Family History

This unusual and very interesting surname, noted in medieval records of the Irish province of Leinster from the late 13th Century, is ultimately of Welsh locational origin, from the parish and ancient town of Kenfig, north of Porthcawl in Glamorgan. The place is believed to have been so called from "Gynfrig", an Old Welsh personal name composed of the elements "cyn", a chief, "(gw)r", man or hero, plus the suffix of quality "ig". This urname was introduced into Ireland soon after the Anglo-Norman Invasion of 1170, led by Strongbow, a Norman living in Wales, and initially had the prefix "de" denoting "of Kenfig"...