| Mac an t-Sagairt | Taggart & rl.: líonmhar: Cúige Uladh. Chónaigh an chlann ag Baile Mhic an t-Sagairt i dtuaisceart Fhear Manach. Tá an-chuid leagan gallda - Mac Entaggart an ceann is fearr, is dócha. Bhí an sloinne i bhfeidhm in Albain, leis - rud a chuirfeadh le dáileadh agus uimhreacha i bhfos. Ní mór a thuigsint nach raibh aontumhacht na cléire i bhfeidhm go cruinn in Éirinn sa mheán-aois.MIF. |
| MacEntaggart | rare: Meath-Louth, Armagh etc. Ir. Mac an t-Sagairt (priest's son). A sept of Fermanagh. More common as Taggart, q.v. |
| MacEnteggart | fairly rare: Louth-Meath, Armagh. See Mac Entaggart. |
| MacIntaggart | rare: Ulster. Ir. Mac an t-Sagairt (son of the priest). Mac Taggart and Taggart are usual in Scotland. |
| MacTaggart | Quite numerous: Ulster generally. Ir. Mac an t-Sagairt (son of the priest). Clerical celibacy was not universal in mediaeval Ireland. There are various synonyms. MIF. |
| Taggart | numerous: almost all in Ulster, especially East. Ir. Mac an t-Sagairt, more accurately anglicised as Mac Entaggart, q.v. The name is common in Scotland. |
| Teggart | Quite numerous: Down-Armagh etc. A variant of Mac Entaggart; an English name also exists, though unlikely here. |
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