Mac Dhuinnshleibhe


Mac Dhuinnshleibhe households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland

No Mac Dhuinnshleibhe households in Griffith's.

Surname Dictionary

Donleavy rare: scattered. See Dunleavy.
Dunleavy fairly numerous: W Ulster, Connacht. Ir. Mac Duinnshléibhe (Doinnléibhe). A leading family of Ulster before the Norman invasion. Then dispersed and occurring as Donlevy, MacAleevy, Leavy, Dunlop etc. IF.
Mac Dhuinnshléibhe Dunleavey, Mac Alea, Mac Aleavey: líonmhar in iarthar Uladh, Connachta. Shíolraigh siad ó Dhonnshléibhe Ó h-Eocha, rí Uladh sa 11 céad. Tar éis an Ionraidh, theith siad go Tír Chonaill mar a bhain clú amach mar lucht leighis. Bhí Mac an Ultaigh orthu, leis, chomh maith le an-chuid leagan gallda. Litriú nua: Mac Dhoinnlé. Féach Ó Duinnshléibhe. IF & SGG.
MacAlea Quite numerous: Down etc. Ir. Mac an Leagha, "son of the physician". A number of traditional medical families had this name with various anglicisations. SI.
MacAleavey Quite numerous: Down etc. Ir. Mac Dhoinnshléibhe, "Donn (brown) of the mountain". A ruling family of Down, they were overthrown by de Courcy in 1177. See Dunleavy.
MacEleavey rare: Armagh etc. Ir. Mac Dhoinnshléibhe. See Mac Aleavy.

The surname

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  • Dunleavy
    Dunleavy-McNulty connection

Parishes where Mac Dhuinnshleibhe and a second surname are found together

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