Celtic Names with the Prefix Mac

Robert E. Matheson
1909
Chapter IV | Start of chapter

Names with the Prefix Mac.[1]

Name.

County.

MacAlister,

Antrim.

MacArdell,

Monaghan.

MacArthur,

Limerick.

MacAuley,

Westmeath.

MacAuliffe.

Cork.

MacBrady.

Cavan.

Mac Breen,

Kilkenny, Tyrone.

MacBrennan,

Roscommon.

MacBride,

Donegal.

MacBrodin,

Clare.

MacCabe,

Cavan, Monaghan.

MacCaffrey,

Fermanagh.

MacCafney,

Cavan.

MacCaghwell,

Tyrone.

MacCann,

Armagh, Louth.

MacCartan,

Down.

MacCarthy,

Cork, Kerry, Tipperary.

MacCashin,

Queen’s.

MacClancy,

Clare, Cork, Kerry, Leitrim.

MacClean,

Antrim, Donegal.

MacCloskey,

Donegal, Londonderry.

MacCogan,

Queen’s.

MacCoggan,

Leitrim.

MacCoghlan,

King’s.

MacColreavy,

Leitrim.

MacConmee,

Tyrone.

MacConnell,

Londonderry, Tyrone.

MacConry,

Galway.

MacConsnava or Ford,

Leitrim.

MacConway,

Longford, Sligo.

MacCormac,

Longford, Tipperary.

MacCoskley,

Tyrone.

MacCourt,

Tyrone.

MacCracken,

Londonderry.

MacCraith or Magrath,

Clare, Fermanagh, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford.

MacCrehan,

Kerry.

MacCrossan,

Donegal, Tyrone.

MacDavett,

Donegal, Mayo.

MacDermott,

Roscommon, Sligo.

MacDonnell,

Antrim, Clare, Fermanagh, Kildare, Londonderry, Monaghan, Queen’s.

MacDonough,

Cork, Sligo.

MacDorchy,

Leitrim.

MacDougall,

Antrim.

MacDowell,

Roscommon.

MacDuvan,

Donegal.

MacEgan,

Galway, Kerry, Tipperary.

MacElligot,

Kerry.

MacEneiry,

Limerick.

MacEnteggart,

Fermanagh.

MacEvoy,

Armagh, Queen’s, Westmeath.

MacFadden,

Donegal.

MacFergus,

Leitrim.

MacFineen,

Kerry.

MacFinnevar,

Leitrim.

MacFirbis,

Sligo.

MacGargan,

Cavan.

MacGarrahan,

Fermanagh.

MacGarry,

Mayo.

MacGauran,

Cavan.

MacGavan,

Longford, Mayo.

MacGennis,

Down.

MacGeoghegan,

Westmeath.

MacGeraghty,

Mayo, Sligo.

MacGettigan,

Donegal.

MacGibbon,

Mayo.

MacGilbride,

Donegal.

MacGilchrist,

Longford.

MacGilduff,

Galway.

MacGilfinnen or Leon,

Fermanagh.

MacGilfoyle,

Tipperary.

MacGillicuddy,

Kerry.

MacGilligan,

Londonderry, Longford.

MacGillikelly,

Clare, Galway.

MacGilmartin,

Leitrim.

MacGilmichael,

Monaghan.

MacGilmore,

Down.

MacGilpatrick or Fitzpatrick,

Kilkenny, Queen’s.

MacGilroy,

Monaghan.

MacGinty,

Donegal.

MacGiollamoholmoge,

Dublin.

MacGloin,

Leitrim.

MacGolrick.

Tyrone.

MacGonigal,

Donegal.

MacGorman,

Queen’s.

MacGourty,

Leitrim.

MacGowan or Smith,

Cavan, Donegal, Down, Leitrim.

MacGrane,

Meath.

MacGreal,

Mayo.

MacGuire,

Fermanagh.

MacGulskenan,

Fermanagh.

MacHale,

Mayo.

MacHugh,

Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Longford.

Mac-I-Brien, or O’Brien.

Tipperary.

MacIntire,

Donegal.

MacIntyre,

Tyrone.

MacKenna,

Kerry, Monaghan.

MacKenney,

Leitrim.

MacKenny,

Louth.

MacKeogh,

Roscommon, Wexford.

MacKeon,

Leitrim.

MacKiernan,

Cavan.

MacLennon,

Fermanagh.

MacLoghlin,

Donegal.

MacLoughlin,

Londonderry.

MacLysaght,

Clare.

MacMahon,

Clare, Monaghan.

MacManus,

Fermanagh, Roscommon.

MacMurrough,

Carlow, Wexford, Wicklow.

MacNally,

Antrim, Mayo,

MacNamara,

Clare.

MacNamee,

Londonderry.

MacNeney,

Monaghan.

MacNevin,

Galway.

MacNulty,

Cavan, Donegal, Mayo.

MacOiraghty,

Roscommon.

MacOscar,

Monaghan.

MacOwen

Tyrone.

MacPartlan,

Leitrim.

MacQuade,

Monaghan.

MacQuillan,

Antrim.

MacRannall or Reynolds,

Leitrim.

MacRory,

Down, Tyrone.

MacRuarc,

Westmeath.

MacShane,

Tyrone.

MacShanley,

Leitrim.

MacSheehy,

Cork, Kerry, Limerick.

MacSherry,

Cork.

MacSweeney,

Cork, Donegal.

MacSweeny,

Kerry.

MacTaggart,

Tyrone.

MacTeige,

Donegal.

MacTeigue,

Leitrim, Queen’s.

MacTiernan,

Cavan, Fermanagh.

MacTully,

Cavan, Fermanagh, Galway.

MacWard,

Donegal, Galway.

Notes

[1] Some of the names given in this Table are represented also in Scotland, and are stated to have been borne by followers of the Three Collas who returned to Ireland from that country in the fourth century.