Ó Maolghaoithe

Rev Patrick Woulfe
Irish Names and Surnames
1923

Ó MAOLGHAOITHE—I—O Mulgehy, O Mulgey, Mulgeehy, (Magee), Wynne; 'descendant of Maolghaoithe' (chief of the wind); the name of a Tirconnell family who were seated originally in the parish of Clondavaddock, Co. Donegal; now more common in Connacht, where, however, it is generally disguised under the anglicised forms of Magee and Wynne (for Wind).

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