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McSpuron Surname Definition:

MACSPORRAN: Gaelic Mac-an-sporain, 'son of the perse. ' in popular tradition the Macsporrans are said to have been hereditary persebearers to the lords of the Isles. Martin (W. I., p. 262), when mentioning the tombs in Iona, says: "in the West-end is the Tombs of Gilbrid and Paul Sporran, antient tribes of the Mack Donalds.

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McSpuron Surname Distribution Map

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Scotland71:534,74514,325

McSpuron Surname Meaning

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MACSPORRAN: Gaelic Mac-an-sporain, 'son of the perse. ' in popular tradition the Macsporrans are said to have been hereditary persebearers to the lords of the Isles. Martin (W. I., p. 262), when mentioning the tombs in Iona, says: "in the West-end is the Tombs of Gilbrid and Paul Sporran, antient tribes of the Mack Donalds." Duncan M'Sparren was one of M'Nachtane's soldiers shipped at Lochkilcherane for service in France, 1627 (HP., II, p. 115). Donald M'Sporran in Auchnagairoch, parish of Knapdaill, 1677, and Gormla N'Sporran, spouse to Donald M'Ilcher in Muastill, parish of Killean, appear in the following year (Argyll). The late Rev. C. M. Robertson said that Macsporain is merely a Gaelic rendering of the imnorted name Percell, but on the other hand it has been recently said (Weekly Scotsman, Jan. I, 1938) that when clan names were proscribed after the '45 the name Macporran was Anglicized Pursell. The Irish form of the name is Macsparran. King Malcolm II (1005-34) is credited in tradition with having a treasurer called Paul na Sporan or Paul of the Purse.

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