During the 17th and 18th centuries, many Irish Gaelic names were forcibly translated in English. The Irish O'Maolmocheirghe, often anglicized as O'Mulmohery and Mulmoher, began to be substituted with Early and Earley, a loose translation of the elements "moch" meaning early and "eirghe" meaning rising.
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Early Origins of the Irlee family
The surname Irlee was first found in the 12th and 13th centuries, when a bishop of Breffny near Kilmore in Galway and an abbot of Kells in County Meath were both called O'Mulmoghery. In Counties Kilkenny and Tipperary the name Erley is of Norman descent, and is sometimes found as d'Erley. Robert Erley was the Prior of Kells in County Kilkenny in 1361, and Erleystown was on record in Tipperary as early as 1305.
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Early History of the Irlee family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Irlee research. Another 118 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1659, 1814 and 1874 are included under the topic Early Irlee History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Irlee Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Early, Earley, O'Mulmohery, Mulmoher and many more.
Early Notables of the Irlee family
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Migration of the Irlee family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Donald Early, who landed in Quebec in 1825; Catherine Early, who arrived in Baltimore in 1829; Pat Early, who immigrated to St. John, New Brunswick in 1833.
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