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Early Origins of the McAtamney family

The surname McAtamney was first found in Leinster, where they held a family seat as Chiefs. Irish history, after the Norman Conquest of England, was strongly influenced by the invasion of Strongbow in 1172, 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. This family name was found later in County Down, Tyrone and Fermanagh where they also held estates.

Early History of the McAtamney family

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McAtamney Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Timony, Timpany, MacTimpany, Tympany, Tumpeny, Tempany, Tenpanny, Tenpenny, Tamaney, MacTammany and many more.

Early Notables of the McAtamney family

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United States McAtamney migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

McAtamney Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Bridget McAtamney, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1864 1

Contemporary Notables of the name McAtamney (post 1700) +

  • Máiréad McAtamney -Magill (b. 1944), retired Irish camogie player for Antrim (1958-1983), she captained Antrim to the All-Ireland title in 1979
  • Francis Stevens McAtamney (1934-2022), New Zealand rugby union player for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1956 and 1957, playing in the prop position


  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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