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McCluney Family History

Recorded in several forms including McCluney, McClooney, McClunie, Cluney, Clunie, Clooney, Chiny and others, this is a Scottish surname, although one also recorded in Ireland, and particularly Ulster. It is locational from a place called Clunie in the district of Stormont, in the county of Perthshire. The placename means the hill side near the reef, Clunie being situated on the shores of one of the small lochs of Lunan Burn, near Blairgowrie. Early examples of the surname recording include William de Cluny of Perthshire who rendered homage to King Edward 1st of England in 1296, whilst another William de Cluny, but of Brechin, also rendered homage in the same year.