Mac Brádaigh is an

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surname, meaning "spirited".

Overview

The MacBrádaigh family were a strong sept of Breifne, in what is now

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. Chiefs of Cúil Bhríghde, they feature in the Annals of Ireland, for example in the 'Annals of the Four Masters'. The surname is still strongly represented in that county, and in adjacent areas in

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. In 1890 in

, Brady had the third highest number of births registered. The surname is generally

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. A separate family, the Ó Grádaigh, of north-east

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, generally anglicise their name as O'Grady, but some have also used the name Brady.

Genealogy

* ''Tighearnán mac Gallbrath mac Domhnall mac Bradaigh'' (a quo Mac Brádaigh) ''mac Niall mac Geistal mac Cerbhuill mac Maolmordha'' (a quo Muintir Maoilmhordha) ''mac Cearnachán mac Donnchadh mac Baoithín mac Blathmac mac Feidhlimidh mac Criomhthan mac Scannlán mac Aodh Fionn mac Fearghna mac Fearghus mac Muireadhach Mál mac Eóghan Sréb mac Duí Galach mac Brion'' (a quo

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') ''mac

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''.

Notables

* Tighearán Mac Brádaigh,

Chief of the Name The Chief of the Name, or in older English usage Captain of his Nation, is the recognised head of a family or clan (''fine'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic). The term has sometimes been used as a title in Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland In Eliza ...

, died 1256. * Gilbert Mac Brádaigh,

Bishop of Ardagh The Bishop of Ardagh was a separate episcopal title which took its name after the village of Ardagh, County Longford in the Republic of Ireland. It was used by the Roman Catholic Church until 1756, and intermittently by the Church of Ireland u ...

, 1396–1400. * Nicol Mac Brádaigh,

Bishop of Kilmore The Bishop of Kilmore is an episcopal title which takes its name after the parish of Kilmore, County Cavan in Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other bishopr ...

, died 1421. * Aindrias Mac Brádaigh, bishop of Kilmore, died 1445. * Tomás Mac Brádaigh, bishop of Kilmore, died 1511. * Sean Mac Brádaigh, bishop of Kilmore, died 1559. * Aodh Mac Brádaigh/Hugh Brady,

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Bishop of Meath The Bishop of Meath is an episcopal title which takes its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bishopric. History Unti ...

, died 1584. (from the

O'Grady family The O'Grady family, also styled O'Grady of Kilballyowen, is one of Ireland's noble families and surviving Chiefs of the Name. Their title is ''The O'Grady'' in English and ''Ó Gráda'' in Irish. Naming conventions History They belong to the ...

) * Richard Mac Brádaigh (Richard Brady), bishop of Kilmore, died 1607. * Fedlim Mac Brádaigh, ''the

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'', fl. 1710. * Phillip Mac Brádaigh, Protestant cleric and Gaelic poet, died 1719. * Michael Mac Brádaigh, Jacobite, executed 1746. *

Fiachra Mac Brádaigh Fiachra Mac Brádaigh (–) was an Irish poet and scribe, Mac Brádaigh was a descendant of one of the leading families of Breifne. A Gaelic poet and one of the finest products of, and teachers in, the hedge schools before the introduction of ...

, Irish poet and scribe, c. 1690-c.1760. * Thomas Mac Brádaigh,

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, 1752–1827 * Thomas A. Mac Brádaigh, USMC,

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, 1813–47. * Seán Mac Brádaigh, historian and genealogist, born 1932.

External links

* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=History&Surname=Brady&UserID=

References

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