Derived from the region in Scotland called Moray seaboard settlement. A notable bearer of this surname was General James Murray (1721-1794), who was the first British Governor-General of Canada.
The town of Garryowen was named after the old Irish tune Garry Owen which was one of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's favorite marching songs. Garry Owen is an old Irish quick-step that can be traced back to the 1800s. it is known to have been used by Irish regiments as a drinking song.
The name Dungloe or Dunglow is believed to come from the Irish Dun gCloiche. Gcloiche this name came into Common english usage in the later years of the 18th century when the monthly, fair formerly held At gCloiche (dÃºn gcloiche five miles north of the) nascent town was transferred To An. clochan clochÃ¡n liatht is the main town in The Rosses and the largest in the Donegal Gaeltacht. Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the 18th Century, and now serves as the administrative and retail centre for the west of Donegal, and in particular the Rosses, with the only mainland secondary school for the area.