MacGrath;
Variant Spellings; Magra, Magragh, Magrath, MacGraw, MacGra, McCraith, McGra, McGragh, Megrath, Megraw.
The Gaelic name of MacGrath is to be found in Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland there are two main septs of the name one originating in Ulster and the other in Munster. The territory of the Ulster sept is on the border between Donegal and Fermanagh, while in Munster the name is found in southern Co. Clare. The Munster MacGraths were hereditary poets to the O'Briens of Thormond.
Today due to spread with time MacGraths are to be seen in counties Waterford and Tipperary, while in Ulster they are found mainly in Tyrone.
In Irish the name is given as Mac Craith or 'son of Craith'.
The notorious Miller MacGrath (1523-1622), started out as a Catholic and became the Protestant Archbishop of Cashel. Andrew MacGrath (d.1790) was a Gaelic poet in the best MacGrath tradition. Joseph MacGrath took part in the 19116-1921 Irish War of Independence and founded the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes.
In the United States Rev. James MacGrath (1835-1898) was Provincial of the Oblates and Andrew Condon MacGrath (1813-1893) was a judge, Governor of Carolina and sympathized with the South in the Civil War.
Coat of Arms
MacGrath
Where the Family Lived (Blue Area)
Addresses for More Information
Ireland
Centre for Irish Genealogical and Local Studies, Carraig, Cliff Road, Windgates, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. (Sean Murphy, MA, Director)
General Register Office, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 671 1000
Website http://www.doh.ie/manual/chap4/gere.htm
National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 478 3711
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 603 0200
Website www.heanet.ie/natlib
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 66 Balmoral Street, Belfast BT9 6NYY, Northern Ireland
Telephone (01232) 251319.
Website http://proni.nics.gov.uk/index.htm
University College Dublin, Adult Education Office, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Website http://www.ucd.ie/delltti
Britain
Family Records Centre, London, England.
Website http://pro.gov.uk/about/frc/default.htm
Public Records Office, Kew, Surrey, England.
Website http://www.pro.gov.uk
General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Website http://www.open.gov.uk/index.html
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.
Website http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.htm
North America
Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, Family History Information, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Website http://lds.org/en/ 2 how do I begin/0- how do I begin.html
Family Tree Maker’s Genealogy Site
Website http://www.familytreemaker.com/index.html
The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA), P.O. Box 619 Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.
Website http://tiari.ie
Irish Genealogical Society International, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Website http://www.rootsweb.com irish/index.html
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Massachusetts, USA.
Website http://nehgs.org/main-01.htm
Australasia
Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Website http://www.alphalink.com/au/esv
National Archives of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
Website http://www.aa.gov.au/AA_WWW/AA_Home_Page.html
National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Website http://www.archives.dia.gov.nz
List of Links
Cyndi’s List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet: Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Website http://www.cyndilist.com/ireland.htm
UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service.
Website http://www.genuki.org.uk
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