No Mac Aileain households in Griffith's.
Mac Aileáin | Mac Clean: líonmhar, Cúige Uladh. Albanaigh - Mac Giolla Eáin, de ghnáth. Gallóglaigh a tháinig go h-Éirinn sa 15 céad. Clann mhór Albanach. |
MacClane | Very rare: Fermanagh. Variant of Mac Lean, q.v. |
MacCleane | Very numerous: Ulster generally, Dublin etc. Scots Gaelic Mac Giolla Eáin, devotee of St John. In Ireland as galloglasses 16 cent. MIF. |
MacLaine | rare: Antrim-Tyrone etc. Ir. Mac Giolla Eáin. See Mac Lean. |
MacLeane | numerous: Ulster generally. Ir. Mac Giolla Eáin, -Iain, devotee of St John. A family of galloglasses in Ulster and, of course, a notable Scottish clan. SS. |
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