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Where did the Irish Galligan family come from? What is the Irish Galligan family crest and coat of arms? When did the Galligan family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Galligan family history?
Many Irish names are merely English translations of Gaelic names. The name Galligan was a translation of the Gaelic name Mac Giollagain, which is derived from the word "giolla," which means "lad."
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- Known spelling variations
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- First settlers to North America
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Many different spelling variations of the surname Galligan exist in the archives researched. Ancient scribes and church officials recorded names as they were pronounced, often resulting in a single person being recorded under several different spellings. Different spellings that were found include Gilligan, Gilegan, Gillegan, Giligan and others.First found in County Londonderry, where they held a family seat at a place called Magilligans Strand.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Galligan research. Another 184 words(13 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Galligan History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Galligan. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
During the middle of the 19th century, Irish families often experienced extreme poverty and racial discrimination in their own homeland under English rule. Record numbers died of disease and starvation, and many others, deciding against such a fate, boarded ships bound for North America. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Unfortunately, many of those Irish that arrived in Canada or the United States still experienced economic and racial discrimination. Although often maligned, these Irish people were essential to the rapid development of these countries because they provided the cheap labor required for the many canals, roads, railways, and other projects required for strong national infrastructures. Eventually the Irish went on to make contributions in the less backbreaking and more intellectual arenas of commerce, education, and the arts. Research early immigration and passenger lists revealed many early immigrants bearing the name Galligan:
Galligan Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Ann Galligan, aged 32, who settled in America, in 1894
Galligan Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Andrew Galligan, aged 34, who landed in America from Cavan, in 1900
- Bernard Galligan, aged 25, who emigrated to America from Ballinagh, Ireland, in 1907
- Anne Galligan, aged 7, who landed in America from Oldcastle, Ireland, in 1908
- Annie Galligan, aged 25, who emigrated to the United States from Newtown, Ireland, in 1910
- Annie Galligan, aged 20, who emigrated to the United States from Gavan, Ireland, in 1914
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- Zachary Wolfe "Zach" Galligan (b. 1964), American actor
- Thomas R. Galligan (b. 1947), American politician who served as mayor of Jeffersonville, Indiana USA (1996 to 2003)
- Thomas C. Galligan Jr, eigth president of Colby-Sawyer College
- John T. Galligan (1865-1937), American professional baseball player
- M. Devin Galligan (d. 2003), founder of the charitable organization "Strain the Brain"
- Peter Paul Galligan (1888-1966), Irish Sinn Féin politician
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The Galligan Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Galligan Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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