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McLoughlin (properly MacLoughlin) is a Gaelic-Irish surname.
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Origins
McLoughlin - (pronounced Mac-lau-'gh'-lin) ('gh/ch' sound as in 'Irish Loch' meaning lake) is the Modern English form of the surnames for two different, but distantly related septs, both of considerable importance to Irish history. 'Mc' is an abbreviation of 'Mac' meaning 'son'/ 'son of'. There are various similar versions of the name (also spelled MacLoughlin, and McLaughlin; and, in Scotland, MacLachlan and McLauchlan).
MacLoughlin of Cineál Eoghain
The McLoughlins of Ulster are part of the Northern Uí Néill. They ruled what is now County Tyrone, Londonderry and Donegal. High Kings of Ireland from this family were -
- Domnall Ua Lochlainn, reigned 1083-1121, with opposition.
- Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, reigned 1156-1166.
Ó Máoilsheáchlainn of Clann Colman
The Ó Máoilsheáchlainns of the Kingdom of Mide (presently the counties of Meath, Westmeath, and parts of the counties of Dublin, Kildare, Offaly, Longford, and Louth, all now in Leinster, and part of County Cavan, now in Ulster) are descendants of the Southern Uí Néill.
High Kings of Ireland of this family included:
- Conchobar mac Donnchada, reigned 819-833, with opposition.
- Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid (aka Máel Sechnaill I), reigned 846-862.
- Flann Sinna, reigned 879-916.
- Donnchad Donn, reigned 919-944.
- Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (aka Máel Sechnaill II), reigned 980-1002;1014-1022.
The Ó Máoilsheáchlainns of Meath lost their lands and their power in the centuries following the Norman Invasion - their homeland of Meath even losing its status and being absorbed into Leinster. The family family were recorded as O'Melaghlin, and after the 17th century, McLoughlin.
In Scotland
See Clan Maclachlan (also spelled McLauchlin, McLauchlan, and so forth).
People
- Alan McLoughlin
- Coleen (McLoughlin) Rooney
- Colin McLoughlin
- Denis McLoughlin
- Emmett McLoughlin
- James McLoughlin
- John McLoughlin ("Father of Oregon")
- John McLoughlin (World Trade Center attack survivor), co-writer of the film World Trade Center
- John McLoughlin, MM, Maryknoll priest, founder of Bishop Walsh Primary School and Bishop Paschang Memorial School in Hong Kong[1]
- Maurice McLoughlin
- Patrick McLoughlin
- Thomas McLoughlin
- Tom McLoughlin
References
- ^ "Father John Mcloughlin, M.M. R.I.P.". Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Archive. http://archives.catholic.org.hk/In%20Memoriam/Clergy-Brother/J-McLoughlin.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
Categories:- Surnames derived from patronyms
- Surnames
- Irish families
- Surnames of Irish origin
- Families of Irish ancestry
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