2,328 Global MCGONAGLE Family Members

MCGONAGLE Family History

Recorded as McGonigle, McGonigal, McConagle, McConville or Conwell, this is an illustrious early Irish surname. It is believed to have provided more members of the clergy per head of numbers, than any other Irish clan, and yet at the sametime to have had many members who have followed a warlike tradition. Until the 20th century, the nameholders were constant in their close association with County Donegal, and until then, the name was rarely recorded elsewhere. The clan were originally what is known as an 'erenagh' family.