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MacElroy Family Crest
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Where did the Irish MacElroy family come from? What is the Irish MacElroy family crest and coat of arms? When did the MacElroy family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the MacElroy family history?

The name MacElroy has seen many modifications since the time in which it was first devised. In Gaelic it appeared as Mac Giolla Rua, which means son of the red-haired youth.

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Numerous spelling variations were revealed in the search for the origin of the name MacElroy family name. Before widespread literacy, a person entrusted the proper documentation of his name to the individual scribe. As a result, a name was often recorded under several different variations during the life of its bearer. Variations found include Gilroy, Kilroy, MacGilroy, MacElroy, MacGreevy, Greevy, MacGilrea, McGilroy, McElroy, McGreevy, McGilrea, MacIlrea, McIlrea, Magilroy, Magilrea, MacElry, McElry, MacIlree and many more.

First found in County Clare, where they held a family seat from ancient times, and were directly descended from Irial, the ancient King of Ulster.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacElroy research. Another 282 words(20 lines of text) covering the years 1376, 1638, and 1640 are included under the topic Early MacElroy History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Often leaving from racial discrimination and colonial oppression, thousands of families left Ireland in the 19th century for North America aboard passenger ships. Many early immigrants found a plot of land to call their own, something unimaginable for most Irish families. Those that arrived later were often accommodated as laborers since there was a large demand for cheap labor. This was the fate for many of the families that arrived in North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Whether they became agrarian settlers or industrial workers, the Irish that came to North America were invaluable for rapid development of the infant nations of the United States and Canada. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name MacElroy or a variant listed above:

MacElroy Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • John MacElroy, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1798

MacElroy Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Arch MacElroy, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1811

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The MacElroy Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The MacElroy 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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