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Mac Giolla
Mac
Giolla
is a prefix-phrase used in some
Irish surnames
, meaning "son of the
devotee
of". Examples of some
notable
individuals
who
bear
this
phrase
in their
surnames
are:
Tomás Mac Giolla
, former
Irish
member of parliament
Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde
,
Provisional Irish Republican Army
volunteer
Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig
, Irish
scholar
and
poet
Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna
,
Irish poet