No Mac an Ghalloglaigh households in Griffith's.
| Englishby | rare: Midlands etc. MacLysaght gives it as a pseudo-translation of Mac an Gallóglaigh, gallóglach being a galloglass or mercenary soldier, usually from Scotland. The basic name has even been changed to Ingoldsby as well as the "normal" anglicisation Gallogly. In Ulster, the name English is generally of this derivation. SI &MIF. |
| Gallogly | Quite numerous: Leitrim, Armagh etc. Ir. Mac an Ghallóglaigh, (gallóglach, a galloglass or mercenary soldier). A Donegal name, it has been changed to English and Englishby in some areas. See also Gollogly. MIF & SGG. |
| Gollogly | fairly rare: S Armagh. Ir. Mac an Ghallóglaigh (gallóglach, foreign soldier) i.e. a mercenary. Originally of Donegal. It has been anglicised English, Englishby, Ingoldsby. See also Gallogly. |
| Mac an Ghallóglaigh | Gallogly, Gollogly, Ingoldsby: líon beag: Liatrom, Ard Mhacha & rl. Tír Chonaill a bhfód dúchais, deir Mac Giolla Iasachta. Saighdiúirí ar phá a b'ea iad an chéad lá - ó Albain gan amhras. |
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