Is the irish family name O'Coleman of royalty?

Question

i am wandering because i am an O'Coleman and i thought i read somewhere that my family was royalty in ireland.

Answer 1

no it is associate with the counties of

Sligo

Louth

Cork

most likely they were English invaders who had their names celtafied

Answer 2

There were lots of little tribal warlords calling themselves kings back then-basically, some ancestor of mine was king of six acres of pasture, one stream and a few hundred square yards of bog. The way I understand it, the Gaelic words for chieftain, king, and grand poo-bah are identical, so something probably got lost in translation.

Answer 3

Don't insult the Irish.