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MCGRORY Family History

This Scottish and Irish surname is recorded in various spelling forms including MacRory, MacCrory, MacCrorie, MacGrory, and in the short forms commencing "Mc". The origination is from the pre 10th century Gaelic name Mac Ruaidhri, composed of the elements "mac", meaning "son of", and the personal name "Ruaidhri", meaning "powerful ruler". The name was popular in Scotland from the early medieval times( see below), and according to Petty's 1659 Census of Ireland, was equally so there. However in Ireland the surname is now rare, and in the south of the country is generally recorded as Rodgers and Rogers! The true Gaelic sept of MacRory were originally to be found in Counties Tyrone and Derry, and it is probable that they were originally gallowglasses, or mercenary soldiers, who came to Ireland from Scotland in the 14th century...