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MacQuilly Surname Definition:

MACQUILLY: Probably Irish MacCoiligh, a short form of Mac an Choillgh, 'son of the cock' (coileach). A commission for the trial of a man named McQuhillie was issued in 1558 (ER., XIX, p. 451). Helen M'Quhillie appears in Edinburgh, 1675 (Edinb.

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MACQUILLY: Probably Irish MacCoiligh, a short form of Mac an Choillgh, 'son of the cock' (coileach). A commission for the trial of a man named McQuhillie was issued in 1558 (ER., XIX, p. 451). Helen M'Quhillie appears in Edinburgh, 1675 (Edinb. Marr. ), and Donald M'Quilly of Eigg was a Jacobite prisoner of the '45 (Prisoners, III, p. 180).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Mac an Choiligh This name, and its variants MacGilly and Magilly (in use in Co. Monaghan), have been extensively changed to the English name Cox. IF 251; Map Ros

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

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