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Mac or McCloy is a Scottish surname. Also seen spelled as "MacLowe", or "MacLewis" is believed to be an offshoot of the Fullarton clan of Ayershire and recorded names are noted to include both or either Fullarton and MacLoy (or some variation) in records from the 1500s [1] MacLewis being derived from the name Lewis, noted as being a son of Fullarton:

"Two Sons Went out of the house of Fullarton one of the Name of Lewis and the other James. Lewis went to Arran and was called McLewis or McCloy and he Acquired Lands in Arran holding of the Croun and was made Crouner of Arran." as noted during the reign King Robert the III of Scotland in the 1300s. [2]

The same name may have been derived from Irish Gaelic origins and not be directly related to the MacCloy's of Arran. The Irish origin story is difficult to confirm and derives from a single account published in 1923.

The surname arose from the Scots slurring of the surname of the Irish MacDunleavy (dynasty) (Gaelic language MacDuinnshléibhe) royals, exiled in the still Celts Highlands of Scotland after the 12th century English conquest of the last remnants of the Dunleavy’s thereto reduced, though, still, sovereign Irish state in southeastern Ulster, that is the Ulaidh (province). The Dunleavy/MacNulty (Gaelic language Mac an Ultaigh, for an individual of the Ulaidh tribe) were the last line of rulers of the ancient Ulaidh Nation and the last line of historical Kings of Ulster.[3] McCloy may refer to:

See also

Clan MacLea/Livingstone

References

  1. ^ Eaton Reid, John (1864). History of the County of Bute and Families Connected Therewith. Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son. p. 238.
  2. ^ MacFarlan, Walter; Toschach Clark ed. (1900). Genealogical Collections Concerning Families in Scotland, Made by Walter MacFarlan 1750-1751. Edinburgh: the University Press for the Scottish History Society. p. 343. {{cite book}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Rev. Patrick Woulfe, Priest of the Diocese of Limerick, Member of the Council, National Academy of Ireland, Irish Names and Surnames, © 1967 Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, in Irish and English, pp. 355-356