| ![Show Contents]() MacHale History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Ireland The Gaelic name used by the MacHale family in ancient Ireland was Mac Ciele, which is derived from the word ciele, which means companion. Early Origins of the MacHale familyThe surname MacHale was first found in County Mayo (Irish: Maigh Eo) located on the West coast of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Connacht, from before the 12th century. Early History of the MacHale familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacHale research. Another 62 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early MacHale History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. MacHale Spelling VariationsThe recording of names in Ireland in the Middle Ages was an inconsistent endeavor at best. The many regional dialects and the predominate illiteracy would have made common surnames appear unrelated to the scribes of the period. Research into the name MacHale revealed spelling variations, including MacHale, McHale, MacHail, McHail, McCale, MacCale and others. Early Notables of the MacHale familyNotable amongst the family name at this time was - Reverend John MacHale who was 47 years the Archbishop of Tuam
 MacHale migration to the United States | + |
Irish families began to immigrate to British North America and the United States in the 18th century, but the greatest influx of Irish immigrants came during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. The earlier settlers came to North America after a great deal of consideration and by paying relatively high fees for their passage. These settlers were primarily drawn by the promise of land. Those later settlers that came during the 1840's were trying to escape the conditions of poverty, starvation, disease, and death that had stricken Ireland. Due to the enormity of their numbers and the late date of their arrival, these immigrants primarily became hired laborers instead of homesteading settlers like their predecessors. An exhaustive search of immigration and passenger lists has revealed many Irish immigrants North America bearing the name MacHale:
MacHale Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Thomas MacHale, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 1
- Anthony, James, John, Martin, Patrick, Peter, and Richard MacHale all, who arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860
| Contemporary Notables of the name MacHale (post 1700) | + |
- P. R. MacHale, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1952 2
- Amy Georgia MacHale (b. 1892), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana, 1948 2
- John MacHale (1791-1891), Irish Roman Catholic archbishop and Irish nationalist
- John MacHale (1791-1881), Archbishop of Tuam
- Desmond "Des" MacHale, associate professor of mathematics at University College Cork, Ireland
- 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 2016, January 15) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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MacHale migration to the United States 
