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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Anglicised Irish-language surnames, Irish-language masculine surnames, Mac Maolain, Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh, O Dalaigh, O Duibhgeannain, Mac an Bhaird, McLaughlin, McGeachie, Doyle, Gordon, Burns, McPhillips, MacLeod, Riley, Mitchell, McCann, O'Dea, O Rothlain, O Maol Fabhail, O'Callaghan, McCabe, O'Doherty family, MacShane, Phelan, O Tomhrair, Mac Torcaill, O Cadhla, Hanrahan, Mac Shitric, Healey, O Maolconaire, Mac Iomhair, Bowie, Mac Raghnaill, Paterson, Mac Coitir, Mac Aodhagain, Ormond, Mac Con Midhe, O Tormaigh, Mac Eachain, O hArailt, Mac Somhairle, Callahan, O Cleirigh, Hyland, Mac Ospaic, Musgrave, Gahan, Mac Fhirbhisigh, McCaughan, Keogh, O Gadhra, Sweeney, Caomhanach, McGaffin, Haughn, Mac Giolla Chuda, Chaney, McGahan, O Cathain, McGaughey, O an Chaintighe, Mac Scannlain, O Scannlain, Dargan, McAtee, O Scannail, Branagan, O Sceallain, Doohan, Callihan. Excerpt: Mac Maolain Gaelic-Irish surname. Mac Maolain was a surname borne by a number of unrelated families in Gaelic Ireland, found in Breifne, Mide, Brega, and Connacht Now anglicized MacMullen, MacMullan, MacMoylan, McMullen, McMullan and McMullin. Maelan mac Cathmogha was king of Maigh Seola (now part of County Galway) at his death in 848, is claimed as an ancestor of the southern Ui Briuin family, though historians such as T. F. O'Rahilly thought the connection fictitious. A sept of the Gailenga of Brega adopted the surname Mac Maolain. The Annals of Ulster sub anno 1018 state "Maolan, mac Eccnigh ui Leochain, tigherna Gaileng & Tuath Luicchne (Luigne) uile, do mharbhadh dona Saithnibh" (Maolan, son of Eccnigh ui Leochain, king of Gaileng and all Luigne, was killed by the Saithne). In 1051, Laidcenn mac Maolain h-Ui Leocain is listed as tigherna Gaileng (king of Gaileng). In 1144, Mac Mic Maolain, tigherna Gaileang Breagh ("the son of Mac M...
