Melady History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Melady family

The surname Melady was first found in County Clare (Irish: An Clár) located on the west coast of Ireland in the province of Munster, where they held a family seat as a Dalcassian sept on the borders of Galway, neighbours of the Kennedys. After the Norman Conquest of England, was strongly influenced by the invasion of Strongbow in 1172 which was almost equal to the enormous Irish cultural impact on England Scotland, Wales and the whole of Europe before the Norman Conquest from the 1st to 7th centuries. Many Irish clanns, sept names were intermixed and family groupings became almost indistinguishable. The name claims direct descent from Maolaneididh, who was King of Conmacne and died with Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.

Early History of the Melady family

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Melady Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Melody, Mellody, Malody, Mallody, Mallady, Malady, Moledy, Molledy, Mullady, Mylady, O'Melody, Mulady, Muledy, Mulledy, O'Mellody, O'Malody, O'Mallody, O'Mullady, O'Mulledy, Millady, O'Millady, Mulleady and many more.

Early Notables of the Melady family

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Melady migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Melady Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

James Melady, who arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1843

Contemporary Notables of the name Melady (post 1700) +

Thomas Patrick Melady (b. 1927), American politician, U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, 1969; Uganda, 1972; Vatican, 1989-93 1
Margaret Melady, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 2008 1

Citations +

The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html