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![Show Contents]() MacEnally History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Ireland
The original Gaelic form of MacEnally was Mac an Fhailghigh, which is derived from the word failgheach, which means poor man. Early Origins of the MacEnally familyThe surname MacEnally was first found in counties Armagh and Monaghan (Irish: Muineachán) located in the Northern part of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Ulster, where they held a family seat from ancient times. Early History of the MacEnally familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacEnally research. Another 100 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1120, 1653, 1680 and 1697 are included under the topic Early MacEnally History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. MacEnally Spelling VariationsPronunciation, rather than spelling, guided scribes and church officials when recording names during the Middle Ages. This practice often resulted in one person's name being recorded under several different spellings. Numerous spelling variations of the surname MacEnally are preserved in these old documents. The various spellings of the name that were found include McNally, McAnully, McAnalley, McAnally and others. Early Notables of the MacEnally familyAnother 48 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early MacEnally Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 MacEnally migration to the United States | + |
During the 19th century thousands of impoverished Irish families made the long journey to British North America and the United States. These people were leaving a land that had become beset with poverty, lack of opportunity, and hunger. In North America, they hoped to find land, work, and political and religious freedoms. Although the majority of the immigrants that survived the long sea passage did make these discoveries, it was not without much perseverance and hard work: by the mid-19th century land suitable for agriculture was short supply, especially in British North America, in the east; the work available was generally low paying and physically taxing construction or factory work; and the English stereotypes concerning the Irish, although less frequent and vehement, were, nevertheless, present in the land of freedom, liberty, and equality for all men. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Research into passenger and immigration lists has brought forth evidence of the early members of the MacEnally family in North America:
MacEnally Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Peter MacEnally, aged 26, who arrived in Maryland in 1812 1
- 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)
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MacEnally migration to the United States 
