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DeutschÓ Maoláin
Ó Maoláin is a Gaelic-Irish surname usually anglicised as Mullin, Mullins, Mullan, Mullane, Mallon, Moylan, Mullen and Mellon, any of which may have an "'O'" prefix.
Overview
[edit]There are at least three unrelated families of the name native to Ulster, with at least one further family, again unrelated, found in Munster in the County Cork-County Kerry region. The Ulster Ó Maoláin's were as follows:
- Ó Maoláin of Cianachta Glenn Geimin, a district of Tír Eoghain. Nowadays Mullin or Mullins.
- Ó Maoláin of Clones, County Monaghan. Nowadays anglicised as Mullin or Mellon.
- Ó Mealláin, anglicised as Mallon.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- The Ulster Clans: O'Mullan, O'Kane and O'Mellan, T.H. Mullin, Belfast, 1966. Copy available at the National Library of Ireland (ir 9292 m 29).
- Siblings and descendants of Martha (McMullen) and James Robinson (1770-1/5/1845) of County Tyrone, Ireland, and their Irish and US descendants, Jamie Robinson, Smithfield, PA, c.1989 (Library of Congress, CS71.R66 1989).