McKinley (surname) McKinley (surname) McKinley is a Scottish and Irish surname historically associated with northwestern Ireland's County Donegal, and the over-kingdom of Ulaid in northeastern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands. The McKinley are of the ancient Ulaid race and are a branch of its "Red Branch" MacDunleavy (dynasty) royal house of the Dal Fiatach which dominated the kingship of the over-kingdom of Ulaid (original Gaelic language Mac Duinnshléibhe). Etymology for the origins of the surname proposes that the Anglicized surname McKinley, like the surname MacNulty (Gaelic Mac an Ultaigh, trans. "son of the ultonian, ulidian or ulsterman"), arose originally from a Gaelic
Forrestal (surname) Forrestal (surname) Forrestal or Forristal (Irish: Ó Fuireastal), is an old Irish surname common in the southeast of Ireland, namely in the counties of Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford. The name has been spelled in many different forms, all of which are related to the same family including; O'Forristal, Forrestal, Forristal, Forestal, Forestal, Forrestall, Foristal, and in medieval times, Forstall. Forestell is a variation found in Canada. Also, in Gaelic Irish as Ó Fuireastal (pronounced O'Furristhawl), Mac Fuireastal, and Mac An Choill. The Forristals were rooted in Glenmore parish, County Kilkenny, where they held several castles, some of which were located