| Mac Taidhg | Teague, Mac Teague: líon beag: Tír Eoghain & rl. Ní clann aitheanta í de ghnáth ach ainm sinseartha a bhí forleathan i gCúige Uladh agus, ar ndóigh, leas-ainm ag na cóilínigh ar na dúchasaigh. Tá a lán leagan gallda ann. |
| MacTague | fairly rare: Leitrim-Donegal etc. Ir. Mac Taidhg, from first name Tadhg = poet. |
| MacTeague | rare: Tyrone etc. Ir. Mac Taidhg. As Mac Tague, q.v. |
| MacTeigue | Very rare: Antrim. Ir. Mac Taidhg. See Mac Tague. |
| MacTigue | Quite numerous: Mayo etc. Ir. Mac Taidhg. From first name Tadhg, poet. A branch of the O'Kellys in Galway; otherwise an ephemeral name in Mayo and Donegal. See also Tighe, Mac Caig, Mac Keague. |
| Ó Taidhg | Tighe: líonmhar: Connachta, Cabhán-Muineachán. Aithníonn de Bhulbh trí chlann: (1) in Uí Máil, Cill Mhantáin - scaipeadh go luath iad. (2) i bhFir Lí, Doire agus airchinnigh ag Tearmonn Chionnaith, an Dún. (3) Dream a bhí mar mhaoir ag rí-theaghlach Chonnacht. Fréamh: an t-ainm Tadhg, a chiallaíonn file. |
| Teague | Quite numerous: Tyrone etc. Ir. Ó Taidhg, from first name Tadhg, a poet. Generally not a sept but an eponymous native of Ulster, sometimes with racist connotation. |
| Tighe | numerous: Connacht, Cavan-Monaghan etc. Ir. Ó Taidhg (first name Tadhg, poet). A number of septs existed: Down, Wicklow, Roscommon, Clare. There is confusion with Mac Taidhg, a very common name known in Ulster as Teague. SI &MIF. |
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