O Maun - O Meany
O Maun or O Maune or O Mawn. Used as variants for O Maughan, which see, in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province.
Maun or Maune or Mawn or Maghun or Mayon. Short for Mathew. Norman origins -
Maunsel or Mansell. Norman origins. They were in Co. Limerick and Co. Tipperary in Northern Munster and Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster in the 13th Century AD and still in both Munster Counties in the early 17th Century AD.
Fitz Maurice. English Earls who were in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province. See also Fitz Gerald.
Mavitty. Used for Mac Vitty, which see.
Mac Mawe - Irish / Mac Maighe. An Irish patronymic used by a branch of the Condons, which see, to Gaelicize their name. May also have been used as a synonym.
Mac Mawe. Used for Mac Math, which see.
Mawhannon. Used as a synonym for Buchanan, which see, in the Ulster Province.
Mawhinney or Mac Whinney or Mac Queeney. Used as variants for Mac Sweeney, which see Gaelic Irish / Mac Shuibhne. Not connected to Mac Weeney, which is also sometimes used as a synonym for Mac Queeney.
Mawhittey. Used for Mac Whitty, which see.
Maxey. Used as a variant for Mackessy, which see.
Maxwell. The English Earl of Farnham who had Estates in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster in the Ui Briuin Breifne kingdom of East Breifne.
Maxwell. Used as a synonym for Mescall, which see.
Maxwell. Scottish origins. They were in the Ulster Province.
O May or O Mea - Irish / Ua Miadhaigh / miadhach (honourable). A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Southern Leinster. See also Mawe.
May. English origins.
Mayart -
Mayberry. They were in the Ulster Province.
Maybury. English origins. They came to Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province with Petty and Orpen, which see.
Mayduck. See Maddock.
Mayers. See Meares.
Maynard -
Mac Mayne. Used for Mac Manus, which see, in Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of the Ulster Province.
Mayne. English origins. They were in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province.
Mac Mayo. Derived from Mac Mawe - Irish / Mac Maighiu, which see. Mayhew and Mahew were used as variants.
Maypowder -
Mayward -
Maxwell -
Maziere. French Huguenot origins. They were in Co. Cork in Southern Munster. O Mea. See O May. Meacle. Origins unknown as yet. They were in the Connemara region in the west of Co. Galway in Southern Connacht. Meade or Mead or Meed / Miagh / de Midia - Irish / Midheach. Originally from Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster. They were later in Co. Cork in Southern Munster in the 14th Century AD.Meade or Mead or Meed. English origins.
Mac Meadh. See Mac Namee.
Meagh -
O Meagher
or O Maher which see - Irish / Ua Meachair - michair / kindly. A Heberian Cianachta Sept / Family branch, who were kinsmen to the O Carrolls of Ely and also had their territory as Kings in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of Ormond / Aur Mhumhain in the Munster Province and the adjacent territory in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster. Especially see O Maher.O Meally. Used as a synonym especially for O Melly, which see and was also used sometimes for O Malley, which see.
O Mealue. See O Millea.
Mealiffe. See Maliffe.
O Meaney. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province.
O Meany or O Meaney or O Mainey. Used for O Mooney, which see - Irish / Ua Maonaigh. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Aur Mhumhain / Ormond / North Eastern Munster and Tuaisceart Mhumhain / Thomond / Northern Munster and are now in Co. Clare in the north - west of Munster and Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster.
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