Gilmore (surname) lad". Gilmore (surname) Gilmore and Gillmore are surnames with several origins and meanings. The name can be of Irish (from Ulster) and Scottish Highland origin, Anglicised from the Gaelic "Mac Gille Mhoire" (Scottish Gaelic), "Mac Giolla Mhuire" (Ulster Irish Gaelic). The name was a patronymic name meaning "servant of (the Virgin) Mary". Another origin of the surname Gilmore is Irish, with two separate meanings. In County Armagh, the name is an Anglicised form of "Mac Giolla Mhura" "servant of St. Mura" (of Fahan, County Donegal). In County Sligo, "Gilmore" is an Anglicisation of "Mac Giolla Mhir" meaning "son of the
Moran (surname) in north Mayo, surrounding the modern town of Ballina. Following the Norman invasion, their territory was usurped by the Barretts and Burkes and the sept lost its central organisation. The modern distribution of the surname within Mayo suggests that the Morans spread southwards and today are chiefly found in the central area of the county, particularly in the barony of Carra. Moran (surname) Moran () is a modern Irish surname and derived from membership of a medieval dynastic sept. The name means a descendent of "Mórán". “Mor” in Gaelic translates as big or great and “an” as the prefix the.