McClure (surname) McClure (surname) McClure is a surname with several origins. One origin of the name is from the Scottish Gaelic "MacGilleUidhir", and Irish "Mac Giolla Uidhir", which probably mean "son of the pale one” or “son of the cold one.” Another origin of the name is from the Scottish Gaelic "MacGilleDheòradha", and the Irish "Mac Giolla Dheóradha", which mean "son of the servant of the pilgrim". In the Scottish clan system, McClures are a sept of Clan MacLeod of Dunvegan. Famously, an Irish king with the surname McClure threw and knocked out a fellow lad and commoners called a punch that
Curry (surname) Curry (surname) Curry is a common surname used in Ireland, Scotland and England. In England and Scotland, it is thought to derive from local place names and, in Scotland, also possibly from MacVurich. In some cases the surname is an Anglicised form of the Irish "Ó Comhraidhe"; the "h" lenites the preceding consonant, so the Anglicised form is not far from the pronunciation in Irish. It sometimes takes the form Corry or Corra, especially in the northern counties, where in the few early records in which the name is found the prefix ‘Mac’ is usually substituted for ‘O’. Corry, however,