St MacNissi's
Randalstown Catholic Church,
place of worship of the
McAdoreys of Drummaul
Randalstown Catholic Church,
place of worship of the
McAdoreys of Drummaul
Milltown Burial Ground
Burial ground of the McAdoreys
of Drummaul
Burial ground of the McAdoreys
of Drummaul
Distribution of McAdoreys in Ireland and worldwide
In the 1800s the McAdoreys in Ireland were concentrated in County Antrim in three
primary clusters; Larne, Ballymena and between Randalstown and Antrim.
McAdoreys moved throughout Ireland to Belfast, Dundalk and Dublin. McAdoreys
emigrated in the late 1700s and 1800s worldwide including Britain, North America
and Australia.
To help untangle these family clusters and to find their origins, I am compiling a
database of all pre-1950 BMDs for MCADOREYS in Ireland . My conclusions so far
about the 19th century McAdorey family groups are:
In the early 1800s there were seven mainly Catholic families living between
Randalstown and Antrim ie:
I have not untangled the McAdoreys in Larne in the 1800s yet. However in the 1800s
there were Presbyterian McAdoreys living in Islandmagee or Kilroot and three
Catholic McAdorey families living in Larne.
The McAdoreys in my family tree lived in the Parish of Dummaul, near Randalstown
in County Antrim. The earliest ancestors identified to date are John MCADOREY, a
carpenter from Tannaghmore, Drummaul and his first wife Catherine MCMULLEN.
I am collecting newspaper references to the McAdorey name and variants.
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primary clusters; Larne, Ballymena and between Randalstown and Antrim.
McAdoreys moved throughout Ireland to Belfast, Dundalk and Dublin. McAdoreys
emigrated in the late 1700s and 1800s worldwide including Britain, North America
and Australia.
To help untangle these family clusters and to find their origins, I am compiling a
database of all pre-1950 BMDs for MCADOREYS in Ireland . My conclusions so far
about the 19th century McAdorey family groups are:
In the early 1800s there were seven mainly Catholic families living between
Randalstown and Antrim ie:
- 1. John McADOREY and Catherine MCMULLAN Drumsough
2. Hugh MCADOREY and Bridget COLL or ECCLES Drumsough
3. John MCADOREY and Sarah DOBBINS Ballywee
4. Charles MCADOREY and Mary Ann HANNAN Lenagh
5. Daniel MCADOREY and Jane GRAHAM Gally Hill
6. Rowland MCADOREY and Mary Ann MCILVENNA
7. John MCADOREY and Margaret MADDEN Drummaul and Hannahstown
- 8. David McADOREY and Elizabeth BOYD Galgorm Parks
9. Patrick McADOREY and unknown Liminary
- 10. Two MCADOREY brothers who served in the British Army in India at the
time of the Mutiny in the mid-1800s
11. Two Catholic McAdoreys brothers from Randalstown emigrated to Mobile
Alabama in the early 1800s
12. A Presbyterian McAdorey weaver emigrated from Co Antrim to South
Carolina in the late 1700s on the Brig Lord Dungannon
13. A Catholic McAdorey carpenter emigrated to Halifax NS in the mid 1800s.
I have not untangled the McAdoreys in Larne in the 1800s yet. However in the 1800s
there were Presbyterian McAdoreys living in Islandmagee or Kilroot and three
Catholic McAdorey families living in Larne.
The McAdoreys in my family tree lived in the Parish of Dummaul, near Randalstown
in County Antrim. The earliest ancestors identified to date are John MCADOREY, a
carpenter from Tannaghmore, Drummaul and his first wife Catherine MCMULLEN.
I am collecting newspaper references to the McAdorey name and variants.
.
Mark Lusby Family History
McAdorey Family History Overview
Origins of the McAdorey name
McAdorey is a fairly rare surname mainly found in County Antrim. In Irish it is
written as Mac an Deoraidh, meaning "son of the stranger". The root of the name
comes from the Scottish Gaelic word "deóradh " or in Irish "deóraidh", a stranger,
outlander, foreign settler, exile, outlaw, wanderer, pilgrim. It is the opposite of
urrad, meaning native, freeman.
Patronymic by-names were formed from it: “mac Deoruidh”, “mac Deoraidh”, “mac
Deorad” . In Scottish Gaelic, by the 13th century, we find “Mac in Deor” "son of the
sojourner".
Related present day surnames in Scotland are:
Dewar: an occupational name for a custodian of holy relics (which was normally a
hereditary office), from Gaelic deoradh ‘pilgrim’, ‘stranger’..
McGeorge: anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Deoraidh ‘son of the pilgrim or relic
keeper’.
Alternative anglicised forms of the Irish surname include McAdorey, McAdory,
McDorey, McDory, McAdurragh, McAdorry, etc.
written as Mac an Deoraidh, meaning "son of the stranger". The root of the name
comes from the Scottish Gaelic word "deóradh " or in Irish "deóraidh", a stranger,
outlander, foreign settler, exile, outlaw, wanderer, pilgrim. It is the opposite of
urrad, meaning native, freeman.
Patronymic by-names were formed from it: “mac Deoruidh”, “mac Deoraidh”, “mac
Deorad” . In Scottish Gaelic, by the 13th century, we find “Mac in Deor” "son of the
sojourner".
Related present day surnames in Scotland are:
Dewar: an occupational name for a custodian of holy relics (which was normally a
hereditary office), from Gaelic deoradh ‘pilgrim’, ‘stranger’..
McGeorge: anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Deoraidh ‘son of the pilgrim or relic
keeper’.
Alternative anglicised forms of the Irish surname include McAdorey, McAdory,
McDorey, McDory, McAdurragh, McAdorry, etc.
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The Brig Lord Dungannon
1767 advertisement from the
Belfast Newsletter
1767 advertisement from the
Belfast Newsletter
