Gallowglass Surnames, Discover your DNA story and unlock the secrets of your ancestry and genealogy with our autosomal DNA, Y-DNA, and mtDNA tests. See if you can find the Irish surnames in your family tree in one of the sections below. , MacSweeney, and McCoy. A well-known English state paper from that time delves into the matter. These were followed by MacDonnells, MacAlisters, MacCabes and several other groups settled by powerful Irish nobles in different areas. Nov 4, 2011 · Between 1300 and 1600 the Irish clans of Ulster and Western Ireland hired thousands of Scottish mercenaries (known as gallowglass), many of whom settled in Ireland. Chris McLain, administrator of the Gallowglass Project on FamilyTreeDNA (apparently our Mclean/MacPhail ancestor was part of this mercenary group in Ireland but more on that in another blog!), had this to say in a comment on Oct 1, 2025 · This “dowry of soldiers” set a precedent. But this trade continued for over 400 years and many Scots Clans got in on the act, so how does one identify other Clans and surnames ass iated with Gallowglass? Clues as to the origins of the Gallowglass can be found in the surname of the first to arrive; the MacDoughall’s, who’s surname translates as ‘son A 15th-century depiction of gallowglasses on the tomb of Feidhlimidh Ó Conchobhair, King of Connacht [1][2] The gallowglasses (also spelled galloglass, gallowglas or galloglas; from Irish gallóglach, meaning "foreign warrior") were a class of elite mercenary warriors who were principally members of the Norse-Gaelic clans of Ireland and Scotland between the mid-13th century and late 16th Start of the “surname system” 1100s Arrival of the Normans – and their surnames – who intermarry with the natives 1200s Arrival of the Galloglas (Scottish Mercenaries) – and their surnames 1500s – English take control of the island and start of major “plantations” of settlers from both England and Scotland – who bring their Mac an GHALLÓGLAIGH— VII — M'Agaloglie, MacGallogly, Gallogly, by 'translation,' English, Englishby, and by assimilation, Ingoldsby; 'son of the gallowglass' (Irish 'gallóglach'); formerly a Donegal surname; now found chiefly in Louth and Meath. These include names such as MacNeill, Sweeney, McRory, McQuillan, McSheehy, McCabe, McDonnell, McDowel, MacDonald etc… The Gallowglasses were the true image of men resigned to war and war only. They were the true mercenaries - living only to Jun 7, 2014 · According to this version, the contact begun by ‘gallowglass’ mercenaries from the Isles in the fifteenth century 1 was legitimised by the marriage of Eoin Mor MacDonnell to Marjorie Byset, and settlement followed 2. rrbh, qamai, gggqe, okumj6a, ela, 2aer, mdxf, tnjex, uzx4, tc, \