The
Gaelic
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
surname Mac Ruaidhrí means "son of ''
Ruaidhrí''".
[ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 1777.] The
personal name
A personal name, or full name, in onomastic terminology also known as prosoponym (from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον / ''prósōpon'' - person, and ὄνομα / ''onoma'' - name), is the set of names by which an individual person is known ...
''Ruaidhrí'' is composed of two elements: the first is ''ruadh'', meaning "red"; the second is ''rí'', meaning "king".
Surnames which are in some cases derived from ''Mac Ruaidhrí'' include: ''Creary'',
[ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 610.] ''
McCreary'',
[ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 1755.] ''
McCrery'',
''McCrorey'',
[ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 1756.] ''
McCrorie'',
''
McCrory'',
''McGroary'',
''
McGrory'',
''
McRorie'',
[ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 1806.] ''
McRory
McRory is a surname. It is derived from the Irish surname '' Mac Ruaidhrí''. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 1806.
* Art McRory, Northern Irish Gaelic football manager
*John McRory
John McRory (February 15, 1834 – May 17, 1893) was a m ...
'',
''McRury'',
''
Roger
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...
'', ''
Rogers Rogers may refer to:
Places
Canada
*Rogers Pass (British Columbia)
*Rogers Island (Nunavut)
United States
* Rogers, Arkansas, a city
* Rogers, alternate name of Muroc, California, a former settlement
* Rogers, Indiana, an unincorporated community
...
'', ''Rorie'',
[ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016c) p. 2281.] ''Rorison'',
and ''Rory''.
A variant of ''Mac Ruaidhrí'' is ''Mac Ruidhrí''. Surnames which are in some cases derived from ''Mac Ruidhrí'' include: ''Creary'',
''
McCrary'', ''McCreary'',
''
McCreery'',
and ''McCrery''.
One particular family that has borne the surname ''Mac Ruaidhrí'' is
Clann Ruaidhrí
Clann Ruaidhrí was a leading medieval clan in the Hebrides and the western seaboard of Scotland. The eponymous ancestor of the family was Ruaidhrí mac Raghnaill, a principal member of Clann Somhairle in the thirteenth century. Members of Clan ...
. Members of this Scottish family settled in
Ulster
Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...
as
gallowglass commanders in the Middle Ages, and are last recorded acting as such in the fourteenth century. A family bearing forms of the name produced
herenachs for the parish of
Ballynascreen
Draperstown ()Toner, Gregory. ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland'', p. 85. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996; is a village in the Sperrin Mountains in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballinascreen and ...
.
[ O'Laughlin (1992) p. 129; O'Donovan (1862) pp. 22–23, 43, xvii n. 82.]
People
mac Ruaidhrí
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Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí (died
×1296)
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Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí (died 1268)
Mac Ruaidhrí
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Lachlann Mac Ruaidhrí
Lachlann Mac Ruaidhrí (fl. 1297 – 1307/1308) was a Scottish magnate and Scottish clan chief, chief of Clann Ruaidhrí. He was a free-booting participant in the First War of Scottish Independence, who remarkably took up arms against figures su ...
(fl. 1297–1307/1308)
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Raghnall Mac Ruaidhrí
Raghnall Mac Ruaidhrí (died October 1346) was an eminent Scottish magnate and chief of Clann Ruaidhrí. Raghnall's father, Ruaidhrí Mac Ruaidhrí, appears to have been slain in 1318, at a time when Raghnall may have been under age. Ruaidhrí ...
(died 1346)
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Ruaidhrí Mac Ruaidhrí
Ruaidhrí Mac Ruaidhrí (died 14 October 1318?) was a fourteenth-century Scottish magnate and chief of Clann Ruaidhrí. He was an illegitimate son of Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí, and is recorded to have participated in the kindred's military actions a ...
(died 1318?)
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