Gilleran History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Etymology of Gilleran

What does the name Gilleran mean?

The surname Gilleran comes from the original Irish Mac Giolla Luaithrinn, meaning son of a devotee of St. Luaithrinn.

Early Origins of the Gilleran family

The surname Gilleran was first found in County Sligo (Irish: Sligeach), in the province of Connacht in Northwestern Ireland.

Early History of the Gilleran family

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Gilleran Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Killoran, MacKilloran, Gilloran and others.

Early Notables of the Gilleran family

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Gilleran migration to the United States +

Gilleran Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Lackey Gilleran, aged 40, who landed in Maryland in 1813 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Gilleran (post 1700) +

Thomas Gilleran, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 2
Michael C. Gilleran, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1988 3
Mary Gilleran, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1980 3

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html