Origin Displayed: Irish-Alt
Origins Available: Irish-Alt, Irish
Spelling variations of this family name include: Shanley, Shanly, MacShanley, McShanley, MacShanly and many more.First found in Leitrim where they were anciently seated in that county, some say, well before the 10th century.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Thomas Shanley, who settled in Charles Town, SC in 1767; Bernardo Shanly, who settled in Mississippi in 1789; James D. Shanley, who settled in Philadelphia in 1819.
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