Legacy
Though the Gallowglass were abolished as military units, their Clan names endure to this day - often concentrated in areas where their ancestors were settled in the service of Irish lordships. The 6 oldest and most famous Gallowglass clans in Ireland along with their places of origin in Argyll, Scotland were:
- Mac Cába (McCabe) from Arran
- Mac Domhnaill (MacDonald / McDonnell) from Kintyre and Islay
- Mac Dubhghaill (MacDougall / McDowell) from Lorne
- Mac Ruairí (MacRory) from Bute
- Mac Síthigh (MacSheehy / Sheehy) from Kintyre
- MacSuibhne (MacSweeney / Sweeney) from Knapdale
- Mac Aodha (McCoy) from Kintyre
The town of Milford, County Donegal, retains in its Irish name, Baile na nGallóglach, a memory of a fight between the English and the MacSuibhnes.
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