McQuillan and MacQuillan are surnames of

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

origin. There are several unrelated origins of the surnames McQuillan and MacQuillan. The Ulster variant of the surname was claimed to be an

anglicisation Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

of 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 ...

''Mac Uighilín'' (''son of Hugelin''), the name allegedly adopted by the family of Hugelin de Mandeville. The de Mandevilles were a

Cambro-Norman Cambro-Normans ( la, Cambria; "Wales", cy, Normaniaid Cymreig; nrf, Nouormands Galles) were Normans who settled in South Wales, southern Wales, and the Welsh Marches, after the Norman invasion of Wales, allied with their counterpart families ...

family and had conquered an area of north Antrim.The Book of Ulster Surnames, The Black Staff Press, In reality the de Mandevilles sold their estates in northern Antrim to the McQuillans of County Down. Both families had previously held the office of "constable of the bonnaght" for the Earldom of Ulster – a system adopted from the Irish where mercenaries were hired to act as a body of standing troops.MacQuillan Clan Association
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", derived from their "rout", a common term then for a private army.Bardon, Jonathan, A History of Ulster, page 45. The Black Staff Press, 2005. These McQuillans played a large role in the history of County Antrim

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Malcolm MacQuillan Malcolm MacQuillan (died 9/10 February 1307) was a 13th-14th century nobleman. In July 1300, Malcolm was granted safe conduct by the English so he could assail Scottish forces, on Scotland's western seaboard, with his galley fleet. As part of Rob ...

(died 1307), Scottish magnate *

Adrian McQuillan Adrian McQuillan, (8 June 1965, Ballymoney) is a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland representing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). A joiner by training and postman for 18 years, McQuillan was first elected to Coleraine Borough Counc ...

(born 1965), Northern Irish politician *

George McQuillan George Watt McQuillan (May 1, 1885 – March 30, 1940) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1907 to 1918 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians. I ...

(1885–1940), American Major League baseball pitcher *

Jack McQuillan John McQuillan (30 August 1920 – 8 March 1998) was an Irish politician, trade union official and army officer. Early life He was born in Ballyforan, County Roscommon in 1920, the eldest of seven childlen. His father, Thomas Francis McQuill ...

(1920–1998), Irish politician * Jack McQuillan (footballer) (1885–1941), English Footballer * Jim McQuillan (computer programmer), founder and project leader of the Linux Terminal Server Project *

Jim McQuillan (darts player) James "Jim" McQuillan (born 3 December 1940 in Dundalk, County Louth) is an Irish former professional darts player who has played members in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) & World Darts Federation (WDF) events in the 1970s and 1980s. P ...

(born 1940), Irish former darts player * John McQuillan (footballer) (born 1970), Scottish former professional footballer *

Matt McQuillan Matt McQuillan (born 19 June 1981) is a Canadian professional golfer. He has played on the Canadian Tour since 2003, and won one tournament there. McQuillan earned 2011 playing privileges on the PGA Tour with a strong performance in stage three o ...

(born 1981), Canadian professional golfer *

Michael McQuillan (Gaelic footballer) Michael McQuillan (born 2 October 1959 in Julianstown, County Meath) is an Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Euro ...

, Irish Gaelic football player *

Michael McQuillan (mathematician) Michael Liam McQuillan is a Scottish mathematician studying algebraic geometry. As of 2019 he is Professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Career Michael McQuillan received the doctorate in 1992 at Harvard University under Barry Mazu ...

, Scottish mathematician *

Rachel McQuillan Rachel McQuillan (born 2 December 1971) is a retired tennis player from Australia. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.Tony McQuillan Anthony John McQuillan (born 19 March 1951 in Greenslopes, Queensland) is a former Australian Test cricket umpire from Queensland. He umpired one Test match in 1993 between Australia and New Zealand at Perth on 12 November to 16 November 1993, a ...

(born 1951), Australian Test cricket match umpire

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