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]

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  • 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 978-0198606055.
  • 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&ndash, 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&ndash, 88. ISBN 978-0863141430 – via Google Books.
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