# Hession

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'''Hession''' (pronounced "hesh + in") is an old [Connacht](/source/Connacht) Irish surname. It is an Anglicized form of the Irish Ó hOissín. In [Irish](/source/Irish_language), it is pronounced "O + hush + een".<ref>{{cite book|title=Surnames of Ireland|author=McLysaght|year=1972}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=FmFmAAAAMAAJ&q=surnames+of+ireland]</ref>

It appears to originate in [County Galway](/source/County_Galway) and in [County Mayo](/source/County_Mayo). The Hession surname is predominantly found in these counties in the [Census of Ireland, 1911](/source/Census_of_Ireland%2C_1911).  It denotes descent from a person named [Oisín](/source/Ois%C3%ADn), a personal name meaning "little deer", and the name of the poet and warrior of the [fianna](/source/fianna) in Irish mythology. [Áed Ua hOissín](/source/%C3%81ed_Ua_hOiss%C3%ADn) was the name of two Irish clerics in the 11th and 12th centuries - the [coarb](/source/coarb) of [St. Jarlath](/source/St._Jarlath) (1050) and the first [Archbishop of Tuam](/source/Archbishop_of_Tuam) (1152) respectively.<ref>{{cite book|title=Annals of the Four Masters (translation)|author=O'Donovan|year=1856}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=eThNAAAAcAAJ]</ref> [George Petrie](/source/George_Petrie_(artist)) who unearthed the [High cross](/source/High_cross) at [Tuam](/source/Tuam) which bears an inscription [Áed Ua hOissín](/source/%C3%81ed_Ua_hOiss%C3%ADn) wrote that he was assisted by a gentleman of the name O'Heshin who little realised he was digging up the relic of an ancestor. Darby O'Hession (spelt O'Hoysshynne) is the name of a Galway Cleric in the 16th, a vicar choral recorded in that churches first charter of [St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church](/source/St._Nicholas'_Collegiate_Church) in [Galway](/source/Galway) in 1551.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/historyoftowncou00hard/page/n550 <!-- pg=246 quote=vicar choral. --> Hardiman History of Galway 1820]</ref>

Hession has occasionally been spelt Hessian in Galway and is sometimes falsely assumed to be of German origin - See [Hessian](/source/Hessian_(disambiguation)). MacLysaght suggests a connection with the surname [Ussher](/source/Ussher) - which is probably the name of a separate and distinct family of English Origin based in Dublin and later in Galway. This connection with Ussher is apparently the basis for claims the family is of Norman or English Origin, and the use of the Ussher Arms for the family on popular family history sites.

The name may be related with similar names  [Hishon](/source/Hishon) in [County Limerick](/source/County_Limerick) and [Hassan](/source/Hassan_(surname)) in [County Londonderry](/source/County_Londonderry).    Hishon is the anglicised form of Ó hOiseáin and finds an early reference amongst the Allies of the [MacNamara](/source/MacNamara) family in County Clare in the early 14th century.  While [Hassan](/source/Hassan_(surname))  is the anglicized form of Ó hOsáin.

The [Annals of Loch Ce](/source/Annals_of_Loch_Ce) record that Domnall Ua Cuirc king of [Muscraige](/source/Muscraige) was killed by Ua Oisin and Ua Fladhen in 1044, while another Ua Oisin was involved in conflict between the men of [Magh Ithe](/source/Magh_Ithe) and the [Airgíalla](/source/Airg%C3%ADalla) in 1055.

<ref>{{cite book|title=Surnames of Ireland|author=Edward Neafsey|publisher= Irish Roots Cafe|year=2002|isbn=0-940134-97-7 |id={{ISBN|9780940134973}}}}</ref><ref>hoganstand.com: [http://www.hoganstand.com/general/Identity/names/h.htm Irish Identity Surnames In Irish] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007011237/http://www.hoganstand.com/general/identity/names/h.htm |date=7 October 2008 }}</ref><ref>ulsterancestry.com: [http://www.ulsterancestry.com/irish-surnames.html Ulster Ancestry Irish Family Names]</ref><ref>surnamedb.com: [http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Hassan Surname] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205092138/http://surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Hassan |date=5 February 2010 }}</ref><ref>medievalscotland.org: [http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/Woulfe/SortedByGaelicSpelling_O4.shtml 16th & 17th Century Anglicized Irish Surnames ]</ref><ref>irishtimes.com: [http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= Irish Ancestors Surname Hession]</ref>

==People==

* [Áed Ua hOissín](/source/%C3%81ed_Ua_hOiss%C3%ADn), first [Archbishop of Tuam](/source/Archbishop_of_Tuam), died 1161
* Darby O'Hoysshyne [Vicar choral](/source/Vicar_choral) of [St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church](/source/St._Nicholas'_Collegiate_Church) - Royal Charter 1551
* [Liam Ó hOisín](/source/Liam_%C3%93_hOis%C3%ADn), [scribe](/source/scribe) and [translator](/source/translator), fl. 1825-1871
* [Roy Hession](/source/Roy_Hession) Evangelist, born London 1908
* [Reverend Brian Hession](/source/Reverend_Brian_Hession) Church of England Priest, pioneering religious film maker and early advocate against stigma in medicine, particularly cancer.  1909-1961.  <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7UC22XDtSM&t=222s The Reverend's Secret Mission]</ref> 
* Annie Hession (Mrs Keane), Traditional Singer
* Mairead Ni hOisin, Traditional Singer and Teacher 1892-1978<ref>[http://ainm.ie/Bio.aspx?ID=744 Mairead Ni hOisin]</ref>
* Maire Ni Oisin, Actress, An Comhar Dramaoichta <ref>[http://www.irishplayography.com/company.aspx?companyid=391 An Comhar Dramaoichta]</ref> 1900-1957 
* [James Hession](/source/James_Hession), [Fine Gael](/source/Fine_Gael) [Teachta Dála](/source/Teachta_D%C3%A1la), 1912–1999
* [Carl Hession](/source/Carl_Hession), Composer <ref>[http://irishtunecomposers.weebly.com/carl-hession.html Carl Hession]</ref>
* [Paul Hession](/source/Paul_Hession), Irish international track and field athlete, born 1983

==See also==
* [Hassan (surname)](/source/Hassan_(surname))
* [Hessian](/source/Hessian_(disambiguation))

== References ==

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