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MacInnes
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Clan MacInnes' ancestors were among the early inhabitants of Islay, Jura and the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland, generally part of the region known as Argyll. These Scotti, a Celtic, Gaelic-speaking people, first appear there as settlers from Ireland in c. 500 when Fergus Mór, king of the north Irish kingdom of Dál Riata, and his two brothers, Loarn and Óengus, expanded their lands into southwester.....
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Heraldry Database: Drury
Drury
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Surname: Drury
Branch: Drury
Origins: Irish
More Info: Ireland
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Background: The name Drury in Ireland is derived from the native Gaelic Sept Mac An Druaidh which translates as 'son of the druid'. The name is most commonly found in the ancestral homeland Counties of Cavan, Roscommon and Monaghan.
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 Motto: Droyt et devaunt, Right and forward. Arms: Ar. on a chief vert, a roman T, betw. two mullets or. View the Heraldry Dictionary for help.
This Irish form is erroneously anglicized Drew(e)ry in Cavan, Drury in Roscommon and more correctly Drew in Louth and Monaghan. Drewry or Drury is also an English name derived from an old French word meaning sweetheart. Druadh and draoi both mean druid.
Name Variations: Drury, MacDrury, Drewery, Drew, Droody.
References:One or more of the following publications has been referenced for this article.The General Armory; Sir Bernard Burke - 1842.
A Handbook of Mottoes; C.N. Elvin - 1860.
Irish Families, Their Names, Arms & Origins; Edward MacLysaght - 1957.
The Surnames of Ireland; Edward MacLynsaght - 1957.
The Book of Irish Families Great and Small.
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