Mac Brádaigh
Mac Brádaigh is an Irish surname, meaning "spirited".[1]
Overview[]
The MacBrádaigh family were a strong sept of Breifne, in what is now County Cavan. Chiefs of Cúil Bhríghde, they feature in the Annals of Ireland, for example in the 'Annals of the Four Masters'. The surname is still strongly represented in that county, and in adjacent areas in County Meath. In 1890 in County Cavan, Brady had the third highest number of births registered.[2] The surname is generally anglicised as Brady.
A separate family, the Ó Grádaigh, of north-east Thomond, generally anglicise their name as O'Grady, but some have also used the name Brady.
Genealogy[]
- Tighearnán mac Gallbrath mac Domhnall mac Bradaigh (a quo Mac Brádaigh) mac Niall mac Geistal mac Cerbhuill mac Maolmordha (a quo ) mac Cearnachán mac Donnchadh mac Baoithín mac Blathmac mac Feidhlimidh mac Criomhthan mac Scannlán mac Aodh Fionn mac Fearghna mac Fearghus mac Muireadhach Mál mac Eóghan Sréb mac Duí Galach mac Brion (a quo Uí Briúin') mac Eochaid Mugmedon.
Notables[]
- , Chief of the Name, died 1256.
- , Bishop of Ardagh, 1396–1400.
- , Bishop of Kilmore, died 1421.
- , bishop of Kilmore, died 1445.
- Tomás Mac Brádaigh, bishop of Kilmore, died 1511.
- Sean Mac Brádaigh, bishop of Kilmore, died 1559.
- /Hugh Brady, Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath, died 1584. (from the O'Grady family)
- (Richard Brady), bishop of Kilmore, died 1607.
- , the bard of Armagh, fl. 1710.
- , Protestant cleric and Gaelic poet, died 1719.
- , Jacobite, executed 1746.
- Fiachra Mac Brádaigh, Irish poet and scribe, c. 1690-c.1760. see Fiachra poem in "The Catholics of Ulster: A History" by Marianne Elliot"
- , Field marshal of Austria, 1752–1827
- , USMC, Battle of Chapultepec, 1813–47.
- Seán Mac Brádaigh, historian and genealogist, born 1932.
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Mac Brádaigh". LibraryIreland.com.
- ^ "Brady". Ireland101.com.
Categories:
- Irish families
- Surnames
- Surnames of Irish origin
- Irish-language surnames
- Families of Irish ancestry