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| Posted by: Macfive 28-Oct-2006, 05:44 PM |
| Background: O'MOLLOY, MULLOY: O'MAOLMHUAIDH MODERN COUNTY: Offaly MEANING: `descendant of Maolmhuadh'. (The Adjective maudh denotes big and soft as well as noble. The name derived from maol `chieftain' and muadh `proud'.) Albin O'Molloy, died 1223, was one of the bishops who officiated at the coronation of King Richard the Lionheart in England in 1189. A less important O'Molloy sept derived its name from O'Maoil Aoidh `descendant of a follower of St Aedh'. Variations: Molloy, Mulloy, O'Molloy, Maloy, Mulvogue, Logue, Mullock, Mulvihill, Slowey, MacCloy More Info: http://heraldry.celticradio.net/search.php?id=26 Discussion of this family is welcomed. |