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Ádhamh Cúisín, Irish scribe and genealogist, fl. c. 1400.
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Ruaidri Ó Gadhra was an Irish Lord.
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Tully is a surname of Irish origin, with spelling variations that include Tally, Talley, Tilly, MacTully, MacTilly, MacAtilla, O'Multilly, O'Multully, MacCantully, and Flood. These names are anglicisations of the following Irish names: Ó Taithligh, Ó Maoltuile, Mac Maoltuile, Mac Taichligh, and Mac an Tuile. Mac an Tuile is a corruption of Mac Maoltuile, and has also been anglicised as Flood due to "tuile" in Irish meaning "flood".
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References
- ↑ Irish Names and Surnames , pp. 100. Patrick Woulfe, Dublin : M. H. Gill, 1922
- ↑ Cairney, C. Thomas (1989). Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States, and London: McFarland & Company. pp. 78–79. ISBN 0899503624.
