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The name "McBride" or "MacBride" is an Irish surname, the English spelling for the Irish name "Mac Giolla Bhríde". The surname is also found in Scotland, and is the anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Brighde, from earlier Mac Giolla Bhrighde (Irish), Mac Gille Brighde (Scottish) ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Brighid’.
McMahon or MacMahon (/ m ə k ˈ m æ n / mək-MAN or / m ə k ˈ m ɑː n / mək-MAHN; older Irish orthography: Mac Mathghamhna; reformed Irish orthography: Mac Mathúna; meaning "son of the bear") [1] is an Irish surname.
Brennan (/ ˈ b r ɛ n ən /) [1] is an Irish surname which is an anglicised form of two different Irish-language surnames: Ó Braonáin and Ó Branáin (or Mac Branáin). [2] [3] [4] Historically, one source of the surname was the prominent clan Ua Braonáin (O'Brennan) of Uí Duach (Idough) [5] in Osraige who were a junior Dál Birn sept stemming from a younger son of Cerball mac Dúnlainge ...
McCain is an Irish & Scottish English-language surname of Irish origin derived from Gaelic.The surname McCain first appeared in Derry in the province of Ulster and is Anglicised form "Mac Cathain and Ó Catháin Other spelling variations include O'Kane, Keane, McClaskey, Kane, O'Cain, McCain and many more [1]
The McGrath (Irish: Mac Raith, commonly now Mac Craith) family is an Irish clan.The name is derived from the Gaelic Mac Craith, recorded in other written texts as Mag Craith, Mag Raith and Macraith, including the Annals of the Four Masters and the Annals of Ulster.
McConnell or McConnel is an Irish and Scottish surname. [1] It is derived from the Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill (see MacDonnell). [2] Alternatively in Ireland, it may be derived from Mac Conaill meaning 'son of Conall', a given name composed of the elements con (from cú meaning 'hound') and gal (meaning 'valour').
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The Ó Flaithbertaigh family line and kingship can be traced back to Brión mac Echach Muigmedóin, King of Connacht, who was the half-brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Their father, Eochaid Muigh Meadhoin mac Muiredach, was, according to legend, also 122nd High King of Ireland and was a direct descendant of Galamh Milesius (c. 1763 BCE ...