Mac Ruaidhrí

The Gaelic surname Mac Ruaidhrí is a patronymic form of Ruaidhrí and means "son of Ruaidhrí".^[1] The personal name Ruaidhrí is derived from a name composed of Old Celtic elements meaning "red" and "king".^[2] A variant form of Mac Ruaidhrí is Mac Ruidhrí.^[3] Anglicised forms of Mac Ruaidhrí include: McCreary,^[4] McCrory,^[5] Roger,^[6] and Rorie.^[7]

One of several families which bore the surname was the Scottish Clann Ruaidhrí.^[8] Members of this family settled in Ulster as gallowglass warriors in the Middle Ages, and are last recorded acting in such a capacity in the fourteenth century.^[9]

People

mac Ruaidhrí

• Ailéan mac Ruaidhrí (died ×1296)
• Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí (died 1268)

Mac Ruaidhrí

• Lachlann Mac Ruaidhrí (fl. 1297–1307/1308)
• Raghnall Mac Ruaidhrí (died October 1346)
• Ruaidhrí Mac Ruaidhrí (died 14 October 1318?)

Citations

1. Hanks (2006a); Hanks (2006b); Hanks (2006c); Hanks (2006d).
2. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 355; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ruaidhrí.
3. de Bhulbh (1997) pp. 166, 267.
4. Hanks (2006a).
5. Hanks (2006b).
6. Hanks (2006c).
7. Hanks (2006d).
8. Ó Cuív (1988) p. 84.
9. Nicholls (2007) p. 89.

References

• de Bhulbh, S (1997). Sloinnte na h-Éireann: Irish Surnames. Limerick: Comhar-Chumann Íde Naofa Teo. ISBN 0-9530560-0-7. OL 316008M – via Open Library. (registration required (help)).
• Hanks, P, ed. (2006a) [2003]. "McCreary". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195081374. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via Oxford Reference. (subscription required (help)).
• Hanks, P, ed. (2006b) [2003]. "McCrory". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195081374. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via Oxford Reference. (subscription required (help)).
• Hanks, P, ed. (2006c) [2003]. "Roger". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195081374. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via Oxford Reference. (subscription required (help)).
• Hanks, P, ed. (2006d) [2003]. "Rorie". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195081374. Retrieved 10 June 2016 – via Oxford Reference. (subscription required (help)).
• Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K; Hodges, F (2006) [1990]. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
• Hanks, P; Hodges, F (2003). A Dictionary of First Names (MOBI). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198606052.
• Nicholls, K (2007). "Scottish Mercenary Kindreds in Ireland, 1250–1600". In Duffy, S. The World of the Galloglass: Kings, Warlords and Warriors in Ireland and Scotland, 1200–1600. Dublin: Four Courts Press. pp. 86–105. ISBN 978-1-85182-946-0 – via Google Books.
• Ó Cuív, B (1988). "Personal Names as an Indicator of Relations Between Native Irish and Settlers in the Viking Period". In Bradley, J. Settlement and Society in Medieval Ireland: Studies Presented to F.X. Martin. Irish Studies. Kilkenny: Boethius Press. pp. 79–88. ISBN 0863141439 – via Google Books.