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The Surnames of Ireland
by Edward MacLysaght
Edward MacLysaght, The Surnames of Ireland, 6th edition (Dublin, Ireland, Irish Academic Press Ltd., 1985).
ISBN 0-7165-2366-3
Mac Auley, -Awley
There are two distinct septs of this name, viz. Mac Amhaighaidh of Offaly and Westmeath, and the more numerous Mac Amhlaoibh, a branch of the MacGuires which as Mag Amhoaoibh gives the form Gawley in Connacht. Both are derived from personal names. The latter must not be confused with MacAuliffe.
(Mac) Cahill
Mac Cathail. (The personal name Cathal, now generally made Charles, means valour.) Mainly Donegal and Cavan. See MacCall.
(O) Cahill
O Cathail. This is the name of several distinct septs; that of Galway is now found in Clare.
Mac Call
One of the many anglicized forms of Mac Cathmhaoil (see Campbell) of the Cenel Eoghain in use in Tyrone and Armagh. Also sometimes a synonym of MacCahill. See Caulfield.
Mac Calla
In Donegal this is a variant of MacCauly; in Armagh of MacCall.
Campbell
Mac Cathmhaoil (cathmhaoil, battle chief). An Irish sept in Tyrone; in Donegal it is usually of Scottish gallowglass origin, viz. Mac Allin a branch of the clan Campbell (whose name is from cam beal, crooked mouth). Many Campbells are more recent Scottish immigrants. See MacCawell. the name has been abbreviated to Camp and even Kemp in Co. Cavan.
Carley
The name is of two entirely distinct origins. It is an English name long established in Co. Wexford, hence the place-name Carleysbridge in that county. In Connacht it is that of the sept Mac Fhearghaile, formerly anglicized as MacCarrelly, which in variant spellings occurs frequently in 16th-century Fiants relating to Co. Roscommon.
Carlisle
This English toponymic is in Co. Antrim since 1588.
Carlos
See Corless.
(Mac) Carrolly
A synonym of Carley found in Westmeath.
(Mac) Caul
See MacCall.
(Mac) Cauley
See MacAuley.
Mac Cawell
Mac Cathmhaoil (cathmhaoil, battle chief). MacCawell is used colloquially for Campbell in Tyrone; also as a synonym of MacCall.
(Mac) Cawley
This variant of MacAwley is mainly found in north Connacht and Fermanagh.
Charles
Used as a synonym of Corless.
Coll
Col.
Usually of Norse origin; in som cases locative from Old-English coll, hill. Best known as the name of a Co. Limerick family, name is for Mac Colla, a galloglass family, sometimes changed to MacColley. See MacCullagh.
Colles
See Collis.
Collis
On record in Ireland since 1638, this name has since that time been continuously associated with Co. Kerry. It denotes son of Col, a diminutive of Nicholas.
(Mac) Corless
This appears early as Mac Coirleasa, later Mac Cathail and (mod.) Mac Carluis. The forename Cathal is equated with Charles. The family is of the Ui Maine and the name is now found mainly in Co. Galway.
(Mac) Corley
A variant of Curley, mainly found in Co. Mayo and Sligo.
(Mac) Cowhill, -Cowell
An occasional anglicized form of Mac Cathmhaoil. See MacCawell.
(Mac) Curley
MacThoirdealbhaigh. A variant of the Ulster Turley, mainly found in Galway and Roscommon; the place-names Ballymacurey and Curley’s Island are in the latter.
Mac Gale, -Gall
Variants of MacCall in Ulster especially Tyrone.
Gall
See Gaule.
Gaule
Mac an Ghaill (gall, foreigner). An Irish patronymic adopted by Stapletons. The Gaules of Gauletown, Co. Kilkenny, claimed to be a branch of the Burkes.
Hall
An English locative name (dweller or worker at the hall) on record in Munster since the 14th-century; it has become very numerous in Ulster since the 17th-century.
Mac Hall
A variant of MacCaul. Hall without the prefix Mac, numerous in Ulster, is English.
Harley
A well-known English name; in Ireland it is also a synonym of Harrily, but it sometimes changed to Hurley in west Cork.
(Mac) Kerley
This is usually the anglicized form of Mac Fhearghaile (Carley) mainly found in Oriel; it is an occasional variant of Curley in Offaly.
Kirley
See Kerley.
Mac Sorley
Mac Somhairle (from a Norse personal name). A branch of the Scottish clan MacDonald, this was one of the earliest galloglass families to settle in Ulster. MacSorley is also of the clans Cameron and Lamont. The name is now found in Tyrone and Antrim.
Tarry
A variant of Terry.
Terence
See Turley.
Terry
(French Terri from Old-German Theudoric, people rule). This Anglo-Norman family was closely associated with the city and county of Cork from the 13th-century. Terry is also used for Mac Toirdealbhaigh — see Turley.
(Mac) Turley, Torley
Mac Toirdealbhaigh. Mainly found in Cos. Armagh and Down. This name is also occasionally anglicized Terence and Terence, the forename Turlough, from which the surname is derived, being equated with Terence.