Mac Giolla Mhuire


Mac Giolla Mhuire households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland

No Mac Giolla Mhuire households in Griffith's.

Surname Dictionary

Mac Giolla Mhuire Gilmore, Mac Elmurray: líonmhar: Cúige Uladh & rl. Shíolraigh siad ó Ghiolla Mhuire Ó Morna, tiarna Leath Chathail, sa 13 céad. Sheasadar an fód an aghaidh an Choncais i dteannta na Niallach. Tá na leagain Mac Ilmurray in iarthar Uladh agus Kilmurry i Lár na Tíre. SGG.
MacElmurray rare: Tyrone. Ir. Mac Giolla Muire (devotee of Blessed Virgin).
MacEloney Very rare: Antrim. Ir. Mac Giolla Dhomhnaigh. See Mac Eldowney.
MacIlmurray rare: Belfast area. Ir. Mac Giolla Mhuire, Muire, the Blessed Virgin. The name was associated with W Ulster. See also Gilmore.
Murray Very numerous: all areas. Ir. Ó Muireadhaigh, Mac Muireadhaigh. These derive from the popular first name Muireadhach, lord, master. The name extended to Scotland whence many present-day Murrays in Ulster. See also Murrihy. IF.

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