Mullally History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

A massive amount of Ireland's native population left the island in the 19th century for North America and Australia in hopes of finding more opportunities and an escape from discrimination and oppression. A great portion of these migrants arrived on the eastern shores of the North American continent. Although they were generally poor and destitute, and, therefore, again discriminated against, these Irish people were heartily welcomed for the hard labor involved in the construction of railroads, canals, roadways, and buildings. Many others were put to work in the newly established factories or agricultural projects that were so essential to the development of what would become two of the wealthiest nations in the world. The Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s initiated the largest wave of Iris immigration. Early North American immigration and passenger lists have revealed a number of people bearing the name Mullally or a variant listed above:

Mullally Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Ann Mullally, aged 28, who landed in America from Mullingar, in 1898
• Margaret Mullally, aged 30, who immigrated to the United States from Mullingar, in 1898

Mullally Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Richard Mullally, aged 26, who landed in America from Ballingarry, in 1901
• John Mullally, aged 8, who landed in America from Dublin, in 1903
• James Mullally, aged 5, who landed in America from Dublin, in 1903
• Edmund Mullally, aged 20, who landed in America from Belfast, in 1906
• Thomas Mullally, aged 20, who landed in America from Mullinahone, Ireland, in 1906
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• John Badger Mullally, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from New York County 15th District, 1909 [1]
• Megan Mullally (b. 1958), American seven-time Emmy Award nominated and four-time Golden Globe nominated actress and singer, host of talk show The Megan Mullally Show
• Paddy Mullally (b. 1976), Irish hurler who played from 1999 to 2004
• Richard "Richie" Mullally (b. 1978), Irish hurler who played from 2002
• Sasha Mullally, Canadian professor of History at the University of New Brunswick and author of the book Unpacking the Black Bag: Country Doctors and the social transformation of rural medicine, 1900-1950
• Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally DBE (1962-2005), British nurse and priest, independent governor for London South Bank University (2005)
• Frederic Mullally (b. 1918), English journalist, public relations executive, and novelist
• John Cooney Mullally (b. 1930), Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for King's, Prince Edward Island (1963-1965)
• Alan Mullally (b. 1969), former English cricketer who played from 1987 to 2005
• Erin Mullally (b. 1990), Australian actor and model