Maolmhuaidh is an Irish surname, generally anglicised as Molloy or Mulloy. Like other Irish surnames, Maolmhuaidh is patronymic. The male version is Ó Maolmhuaidh ("ó" meaning "son of"); the female versions are Uí Mhaolmhuaidh ("uí" meaning "wife of") and Ní Mhaolmhuaidh ("ní" meaning "daughter of"); the family or house name is Uí Mhaolmhuaidh.

Ó Maolmhuaidh Fir Cell

The Uí Maolmhuaidh of Fir Cell (men of the churches, in what is now County Offaly) claimed descent from the southern Uí Néill. The 16th-century mercenary, Captain Greene O'Mulloy, was of this family.

Ó Maoil Aodha Oirthir Connachta

The Uí Maoil Aodha ("descendant of the devotee of (St.) Aodh") family lived in east Connacht, and is now found as both Mullee and Molloy.

Ó Maolmhaodhóg Tir Connall

The Uí Maolmhaodhóg ("descendant of the devotee of (St.) Maodhóg") surname is now usually rendered as Mulvogue, or Logue, but sometimes Molloy, particularly around the Glenties area of County Donegal.

Instances

The 1890 registration of births found bearers of the surname concentrated in counties Donegal, Dublin, Galway, and Mayo.

Notables of the name

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