McElligot


McElligot households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


Household numbers by county in Griffith's (1847-64), as on the map

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Surname Dictionary

Mac Uileagóid Mac Eligott: líonmhar: Ciarraí thuaidh-Luimneach. Ceaptar gur Normannaigh, FitzElias, a tháinig ón mBreatain Bhig sa 13 céad, atá ionntu. D'fhéadfadh sé sin teacht le míniú de Bhulbh .i. go bhfuil an sloinne bunaithe ar dhíspeagadh ar Uileac nó Uilliam. Ar aon nós, táid i gCiarraí ón 16 céad agus Baile Mhic Uileagóid, in aice le Trá Lí, annsan mar fhianaise.
MacElligott numerous: N Kerry, Limerick etc. Ir. Mac Uileagóid, diminutive of Uileoc, William. Thought to be a Cambro-Norman family, FitzElias, in Ireland 13 cent and long identified with Kerry. SI &MIF.

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