44 SOJ\IE ANGLICISED SURNAMES IN IRELAND. the Pictish nation in Ulster. 0 'Dugan writes of the sept: "Mac Maoil-Iosa of the fair countenance" ruled over Magh · Breacraidhe, which district was located in the present County of Leitrim. Monday, Munday, Mundy.-These three names in S. West Ulster and adjoining parts of North Connacht, particularly in the County of Cavan, Lisnaskea in Co. Fermanagh, and Clones, Co. Monaghan, are the anglicised forms of McAloon, M' Clune, and McLune; in Gaelic Mac Giolla-E6in. Montgome:ry.-In the districts about Armagh and in the Lower Fews districts of that County, and in the Eastern parts of Co. Down, the names M' Glammery and Maglamery have been changed to Montgomery. M' Gomery (Mag Iomaire), a Galloway sept name has also been changed to Montgomery in many cases. See Bigger. Mag Ghiolla-Ambr6is is the correct Gaelic form of M' Glammery. Mortimer.-In North Connacht, particularly, the Ii;ish Mortagh and Murtagh (O'Muircheartaigh) changed to the Norman name of Mortimer. sept name has been Milford.-This name is the anglicisecl form of an old Co. Donegal sept name 0 'Maolfoghmhair. Mahood.-Mac hUid. See Hood. Mathieson, Matheson.-These two names are the anglicised forms of the Scottish clan name Mac Mhathan. Its earlier form was Mac Mathghamhna, similar to the Irish form of M' Mahon. Some of the clan still retain a lesser anglicised form in l\foMathan. Matthewson is another form assumed. Matthewson.-Mac Mhathain. See Mathieson. Megall, Magall.- These two names are a Galloway form of McCall, found in N.E. Ulster, also written M' Gale. In Gaelic J\fag Chathail. See Hall. Montague.-This name is the anglicised form of Teague and McTeague in Co. Tyrone and bordering counties; in Gaelic Mac Taidhge. Molyneux.-This name has been assumed by some of the 0 'MuJli· gan sept in the Midland Counties of Ireland; in Gaelic 0 'Maolagain. M11ligan, Milliken.- These two names are of the '' 0 '' septs in Galloway; in Gaelic 0 'Maolagain. The name is common in Dumfries County and in North-East Ulster.
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