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

There are many Irish surnames being used today that are almost indistingushiable from their ancient forms. MacGroarty originally appeared in Gaelic as MacRobhartaigh," or "son of Robhartaigh," an old personal name derived from the Irish word "robharta" meaning "full tide."

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Roarty, O'Roarty, McRoarty, MacRoarty, Mcgroarty and many more.

First found in County Donegal, where they were the coarbs (hereditary lay lords) of the church of St. Columcille in Tory Island.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacGroarty research. Another 431 words(31 lines of text) covering the years 1090 and 1663 are included under the topic Early MacGroarty History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John McGroarty, who arrived in New York, NY in 1840; Hugh McGroarty, who arrived in Boston sometime between 1851 and 1853; Patrick McGroarty, who settled in Massachusetts in 1852.

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