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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).
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
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| Maquiller | 78 | 77 | / |
| Masquille | 78 | 25 | / |
| Maquielle | 78 | 2 | / |
| Macquelle | 78 | 1 | / |
| Maiquelly | 78 | 1 | / |
| Maquillle | 78 | 1 | / |
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| Macqula | 75 | 14 | / |
| Macilli | 75 | 9 | / |
| Macelly | 75 | 7 | / |
| MacLloy | 75 | 0 | / |
| Mayquielli | 74 | 2 | / |
| Masquiller | 74 | 1 | / |
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| Maquelle | 71 | 20 | / |
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| Makwilly | 71 | 1 | / |
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| Mahqulli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maguilli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maquelli | 71 | 1 | / |
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| Maclay | 67 | 1,121 | / |
| Magguilli | 67 | 65 | / |
| MacWillie | 67 | 61 | / |
| MacKillip | 67 | 25 | / |
| Macloy | 67 | 22 | / |
| MacKly | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mackellay | 67 | 16 | / |
| Macley | 67 | 13 | / |
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| MacWillia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maikly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maiquella | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maquli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maqueller | 67 | 1 | / |
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| Maccly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mancuelle | 67 | 1 | / |
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| MacKillee | 67 | 0 | / |
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