Mac Giolla is a prefix-phrase used in some Irish surnames, meaning "son of the devotee of" (which is usually followed by the name of a prominent Christian saint). Examples of some notable individuals who bear this phrase in their surnames are:
Tomás Mac Giolla (1924–2010), former Irish member of parliament
Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde (1957–1984), Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer
Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig (c. 1580–c. 1652), Irish scholar and poet
Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna (c. 1680–1756), Irish poet
Surname list
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MacGiolla is a prefix-phrase used in some Irish surnames, meaning "son of the devotee of" (which is usually followed by the name of a prominent Christian...
ancestry, appears to have conducted a marriage alliance with Máel Coluim mac Alaxandair, son of Alexander I of Scotland, and claimant to the Scottish...
Antoine MacGiolla Bhrighde (Irish: [mˠək ˈɟɪl̪ˠə ˈvʲɾʲiːdʲə] 29 August 1957 – 2 December 1984), English Tony or Anthony MacBride (also misspelled McBride)...
bone meal from edible offal. On 9 March 1989 TDs Barry Desmond and Tomás MacGiolla made a series of allegations about Goodman International in the Dáil....
the Dál Birn dynasty, whose medieval descendants assumed the surname MacGiolla Phádraig. According to tradition, Osraige was founded by Óengus Osrithe...
Philip Joseph Gerard MacGiolla Bhain is a Glasgow-born Irish blogger, author, playwright and freelance journalist. From 1999 to 2006 he was a staff journalist...
John MacBride (sometimes written John McBride; Irish: Seán MacGiolla Bhríde; 7 May 1868 – 5 May 1916) was an Irish republican and military leader. He...
MacLean, also spelt Maclean and McLean, is a Scottish Gaelic surname (Mac Gille Eathain, or, MacGiolla Eóin in Irish Gaelic), Eóin being a Gaelic form...
Fitzpatrick / Mac Gilpatrick of the tribe of Cas – MacGiolla Phádraig Dál gCais Fitzpatrick / Mac Gilpatrick of Leinster – MacGiolla Phádraig Laighean...
genealogy of Iarlaithe mac Loga with that of his namesake in Armagh. Dónall MacGiolla Easpaig suggests that the saints could refer to one and the same person:...
McGillycuddy of the Reeks (Irish: MacGiolla Mochuda) is the hereditary Chief of the Name of McGillycuddy, a family originating around MacGillycuddy's Reeks, a range...
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (Irish pronunciation: [ˈd̪ˠuːl̪ˠt̪ˠəx mˠək ˈɪɾʲəvʲɪʃiː]), also known as Dubhaltach Óg macGiolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh...
The surname McBride or MacBride is an anglicisation of the Gaelic MacGiolla Bríghde (Irish) or Mac Gille Bríghde (Scottish), meaning son of the servant...
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