Mac Giolla Phádraig

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Gaelic-language surname Irish surname patronymic surname

Mac Giolla Phádraig is an Irish Gaelic surname historically associated with a prominent medieval ruling family, later often anglicized as Fitzpatrick.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gaelic-language surname → Irish surname → patronymic surname →
associatedLanguageHistorically	Classical Irish →
associatedReligionHistorically	Roman Catholicism →
associatedWithDynasty	Kings of Osraige →
associatedWithNobleFamily	Fitzpatrick dynasty →
associatedWithTitle	Baron Castletown (Fitzpatrick family) →
category	Families of Irish royal descent → Irish royal families → Surnames of Irish origin →
clanName	Clan Mac Giolla Phádraig →
clanSystem	Gaelic clan system →
containsElement	Giolla → Mac → Phádraig →
countryOfOrigin	Ireland →
derivedFromGivenName	Giolla Phádraig →
ethnicGroup	Gaels →
etymologicalElementMeaning	Giolla means servant or devotee → Mac means son → Phádraig refers to Patrick →
genderAssociation	primarily hereditary surname →
hasAnglicisedForm	Fitzpatrick → MacGilpatrick → MacIlpatrick →
hasHeraldicTradition	yes →
historicallyAnglicisedDueTo	English administration in Ireland →
historicallyAnglicisedDuring	Tudor period →
historicalPowerBase	northwestern Leinster →
historicalStatus	medieval Irish nobility → ruling Gaelic family →
historicalTerritory	Osraige → Upper Ossory →
language	Irish →
meaning	son of the devotee of Patrick →
modernStandardIrishFormOf	Fitzpatrick (surname) →
notableVariant	Mac Giolla Phádraic → Mac Giolla Phádraig (Fitzpatrick) →
refersToDevotionTo	Saint Patrick →
regionOfOrigin	Leinster →
script	Latin alphabet →
septOf	Dál Birn →
timeOfEmergence	medieval period →
traditionalSeat	Upper Ossory in present-day County Laois → parts of present-day County Kilkenny →
usedAs	family name →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mac Giolla Phádraig ("Mac Giolla Phádraic") → Mac Giolla Phádraig ("Mac Giolla Phádraig (Fitzpatrick)") →	notableVariant
Kilpatrick →	derivedFrom
Mac Giolla Phádraig ("Giolla Phádraig") →	derivedFromGivenName
David ("Dáibhídh") →	hasVariant