The surname Gilleran comes from the original Irish Mac Giolla Luaithrinn, meaning son of a devotee of St. Luaithrinn.
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Early Origins of the Gilleran family
The surname Gilleran was first found in County Sligo (Irish: Sligeach), in the province of Connacht in Northwestern Ireland.
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Early History of the Gilleran family
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Gilleran Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Killoran, MacKilloran, Gilloran and others.
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Early Notables of the Gilleran family
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Gilleran migration to the United States
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Gilleran Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
Lackey Gilleran, aged 40, who landed in Maryland in 1813 1
Contemporary Notables of the name Gilleran (post 1700)
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Thomas Gilleran, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 2
Michael C. Gilleran, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1988 2
Mary Gilleran, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1980 2
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Gilleran migration to the United States 
Ireland
