- 1841, "The Faction Fights of Ireland", in Robert's Semi-monthly Magazine for Town and Country, volume II, page 573
- And the Connels put the old man's corpse upon a cart, and laid a clean white cloth over it; and carried him past my own little place — keening over it
- 1872, "The French Orphan", in The School Board Readers: Standard V, page 11
- These good people were desirous that the Connels should spend some time under their roof, but Mark was unwilling to eat the bread of idleness
- 1831, "On the Etruscan Language", in GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL CHRONICLE, Volume CI, page 603
- Tyr is land in Celtic dialects, as Tyre — Tyr-connel, the land of the Connels in Ireland