Mac Cearbhaill is a

Gaelic Irish The Gaels ( ; ga, Na Gaeil ; gd, Na Gàidheil ; gv, Ny Gaeil ) are an ethnolinguistic group native to Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man in the British Isles. They are associated with the Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languag ...

clan belonging to the

Three Collas The Three Collas ( Modern Irish: Trí Cholla) were, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, the fourth-century sons of Eochaid Doimlén, son of Cairbre Lifechair. Their names were: Cairell Colla Uais; Muiredach Colla Fo Chrí ( ...

kinship group, who were during the 11th and 12th centuries, kings of

Airgíalla Airgíalla (Modern Irish: Oirialla, English: Oriel, Latin: ''Ergallia'') was a medieval Irish over-kingdom and the collective name for the confederation of tribes that formed it. The confederation consisted of nine minor kingdoms, all independe ...

. Their name has been Anglicised as MacCarroll, Carroll, Carvill, MacCarville and various other spellings. The clan are associated especially with south-eastern

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 ...

and northern

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. They have numerous descendants in

County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Cou ...

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and elsewhere. In later times they were known as prominent musicians. The family lost out during the

Norman invasion of Ireland The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly sanc ...

, though their kinsmen the

Mac Mathghamhna McMahon, also spelled MacMahon (older Irish orthography: ; reformed Irish orthography: ), is a surname of Irish origin. It is derived from the Gaelic ''Mac'' ''Mathghamhna'' meaning 'son of the bear'. The surname came into use around the 11th c ...

and

Mag Uidhir The MacGuire ( ) family is an Irish clan based in County Fermanagh. The name derives from the Gaelic , which is "son of Odhar" meaning "dun", "dark one". According to legend, this relates to the eleventh descendant of Colla da Chrich, great-gran ...

hung on for longer.

Naming conventions

People

Kings

* Cu Caishil Ua Cerbaill, 1094-1101 * Donnchadh Ua Cearbaill, 1130–1168 * Murchard Ua Cerbaill, 1168–1189 * Muirchertach Ua Cerbaill, 1189–1194 * ''unknown'', 1194-1196

Others

* Donn Shléibhe Mac Cerbaill (died 1357), Irish musician

McCarroll

*Bonnie McCarroll (1897–1929), American rodeo performer *

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(born 1974), American fashion designer *

June McCarroll June McCarroll (June 30, 1867 – March 30, 1954) is credited by the California Department of Transportation with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line to separate lanes of highway traffic, although this claim is disputed by the F ...

(1867–1954), American nurse *

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(born 1971), English drummer

McCarville

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(born 1982), American women's basketball player *

Krista McCarville Krista Lee McCarville (born Krista Lee Scharf on November 10, 1982) is a Canadian curling, curler from Thunder Bay, Ontario. McCarville is a four-time Northern Ontario junior champion, the Curling at the 2003 Winter Universiade, 2003 Winter Univ ...

(born 1982), Canadian curler

McCarvill

Chris McCarvill Christopher Lee McCarvill (born October 3, 1971) is an American musician best known as the touring and/or recording bass guitarist and backing vocalist with arena rock bands Dokken and House of Lords. He is well known for his energetic and techn ...

(born 1971), American musician

MacCarvill

* Patrick MacCarvill (1893–1955), Irish politician

Carvill

Henry Carvill Lewis Henry Carvill Lewis (November 16, 1853 – July 21, 1888) was an American geologist and mineralogist. Career Lewis was born in Philadelphia on November 16, 1853, and was educated at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Masters of Arts ...

(1853–1888), American geologist and mineralogist * Michael Carvill (born 1988), Northern Irish footballer * Patrick Carvill (1839–1924), Irish politician

References

Bibliography

*Livingstone, Peadar ''The Monaghan Story: A Documented History of the County Monaghan from the Earliest Times to 1976'' (1980) *McCarville, James W. ''The McCarville/McCarvel Family Genealogy, 900 AD to 2002 AD'' (2002) *McCarville, Mary Michele ''American Doctor'' (2009)