Gilmore (surname) 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 spirited
Mac Maoláin presence of a collateral family in the province of Leinster. MacMullan and McMullen families are recorded in the Barony of Uíbh Echach (Clanna-Rory Irish Genealogical Foundation page 16), as Bishops of the Diocese of Connor and Down with the Bishops seat (the seat of MacMullen) identified as the townland of Cabra, parish of Clonduff, ancient territory of Mac Aenghusa (Magennis), Lords of Iveagh. Mac Maoláin Mac Maoláin Gaelic-Irish surname. Mac Maoláin was a surname borne by a number of unrelated families in Gaelic Ireland, anciently found in Breifne, Mide, Brega, Connacht and Ulster. Now anglicized MacMullan, MacMullen, MacMoylan, McMullen, McMullan,