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Mac Cába | Mac Cabe: thánadar ó Inse Gall ina ngallóglaigh go Breifne sa 14 céad. Táid líonmhar fós sa Chabhán, Muineacháin & Lú. B'fhéidir gur mar leas-ainm a thosaigh an sloinne: cába = clóca, ach, óir de bhunadh Lochlannach iad, seans gur ainm gallda é. |
MacCabe | Very numerous: Ulster generally, Leitrim-Roscommon, South East. Ir. Mac Cába, a galloglass family from the Western Isles who settled in Breifne (Cavan-Leitrim) and said to be of Norse origin. IF & SS. |
Parishes where McCaba and a second surname are both baptised.