Click on the red marker on the map below for a link to the FindMyPast transcript. (Free, registration required).
| Gilleese | Quite numerous: Fermanagh, Monaghan, Meath. Ir. Mac Giolla Íosa (devotee of Jesus). A sept of Derry, also a Scottish name. See Gillis, MacAleese, MacLeish. SI & SGG. |
| Mac Giolla Íosa | Mac Aleese, Gilleece: líonmhar in Aontroim mar Mac Aleese, níos lú in Oirghialla mar Gilleece. Tá a lán leagan eile ann - in Albain ach go h-áirithe. Bhí clann aitheanta i nDoire. Anois tá Uachtarán na h-Éireann againn i 1998! |
| MacAleese | numerous: Antrim etc. Ir. Mac Giolla Íosa (servant of Jesus). A sept of Derry where they are still represented. Found as Mac Leish in Scotland. SGG. |
| MacLees | fairly rare: Belfast area etc. Variant of Mac Aleese, q.v. |
Parishes where McLeese and a second surname are both baptised.