McAnully History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

The original Gaelic form of McAnully was Mac an Fhailghigh, which is derived from the word failgheach, which means poor man.

Early Origins of the McAnully family

The surname McAnully 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 McAnully family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our McAnully research. Another 100 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1120, 1653, 1680 and 1697 are included under the topic Early McAnully History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

McAnully Spelling Variations

People who were accounted for by scribes and church officials often had their name recorded many different ways because pronunciation was the only guide those scribes and church officials had to go by. This resulted in the problem of one person's name being recorded under several different variations, creating the illusion of more than one person. Among the many spelling variations of the surname McAnully that are preserved in archival documents are McNally, McAnully, McAnalley, McAnally and others.

Early Notables of the McAnully family

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McAnully migration to the United States +

Ireland became inhospitable for many native Irish families in the 19th centuries. Poverty, lack of opportunities, high rents, and discrimination forced thousands to leave the island for North America. The largest exodus of Irish settlers occurred with the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. For these immigrants the journey to British North America and the United States was long and dangerous and many did not live to see the shores of those new lands. Those who did make it were essential to the development of what would become two of the wealthiest and most powerful nations of the world. These Irish immigrants were not only important for peopling the new settlements and cities, they also provided the manpower needed for the many industrial and agricultural projects so essential to these growing nations. Immigration and passenger lists have documented the arrival of various people bearing the name McAnully to North America:

McAnully Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Daniel McAnully, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1773 1

McAnully Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James McAnully, aged 26, who arrived in New York in 1812 1
Daniel, Francis and Patrick McAnully all, who arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860

Citations +

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)