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McCullagh Family History

Recorded in many spelling forms including McCullough and McCullagh, this surname is Gaelic. It is an anglicized form of the Old Scots Gaelic "MacCullaich" or "MacC(h)ullach", meaning the son of Cullach. This is from "Mac", son of, and the personal byname "Cullach", meaning boar. This wild animal takes a great deal of its significance from Norse mythology, and to it were attributed qualities of courage and fertility. Consequently, as a personal name "Cullach" would originally have been bestowed on an illustrious warrior or brave fighter. Early recordings of the surname from Scotland include: Michel Maculagh, who rendered homage to the King of England in 1296; Sir Patrick McCoulagh, charter witness in Galloway (1354); Helise Makcoulach, who married in 1478; and Patrick Makcowloch or Mackullouch, vicar of Arbroath, in 1482...