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While the Anglicized versions of Irish names are familiar to most people, all Irish names have a long and proud Gaelic heritage that is often unknown. The original Gaelic form of the name MacColgen is Ó Cuileagain.
The surname MacColgen was first found in County Derry, also known as Londonderry where they claim descent from the O'Conors (Faley) through Cumasach, brother of Aeneas, having derived their surname from the Irish "colg" which means "sword," thus the name Colgan was a "swordsman," a quo Clann Colgain. 1
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacColgen research. Another 56 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1592, 1645, 1657 and 1765 are included under the topic Early MacColgen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Colgan, MacColgan, McColgan, O'Colgan and others.
Prominent amongst the family at this time was John Colgan, O.F.M. (1592-1657), an Irish Franciscan friar noted as a hagiographer and historian. He was a "member of the Irish Minorite convent of St. Antony of Padua at Louvain. He was also professor of theology in the university of that place, but it appears that he retired from that office before 1645. He projected a colossal work on the...
Another 67 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early MacColgen Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Patrick Colgan, who arrived in New York in 1761; John Colgan, who arrived in New Jersey in 1771; Edward McColgan, who came to New Castle, DE in 1771; John McColgan, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1816.