Mac Giolla

Mac Giolla is a prefix-phrase used in some Irish surnames, meaning "son of the devotee of" (which is usually followed by the name of a prominent Christian saint). Examples of some notable individuals who bear this phrase in their surnames are:

• Tomás Mac Giolla (1924–2010), former TD
• Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde (1957–1984), Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer
• Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig (c. 1580–c. 1652), Irish scholar and poet
• Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna (c. 1680–1756), Irish poet

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Mac Giolla.
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