Kinley
The Surnames of Ireland by Edward MacLysaght states:
(pg .184)" Mac Kinley, -Kinlay Usually this is the Scottish Mac Fhionnlaoich (fair hero) in Antrim; but sometimes it is for the Irish Mac an Leagha (see MacAlee). Bibl. MIF"
(pg .3) "Mac Alee, -Alea Mac an Leagha. This name, as the Irish form indicates, is that of a medical family. It is located in Ulster, mainly in Co. Antrim, where it is also anglicized MacClay and MacLea and sometimes MacKinley. IF"
More Irish Families by Edward MacLysaght states:
(pg. 111) MacGINLEY, Ginnell MacKINLEY
"MacGinley and MacKinley are both
numerous names in Ulster, the former, now as in the seventeenth
century, belonging predominently to Co. Donegal, the latter being
more widespread in that province. In spite of their similarity
and proximity they do not appear to have been often used as
synonyms. MacGinley is true native Irish. ...Reeves in his notes
in the "Visitation of Derry Diocese" states that O
Cionnfaolaidh was first anglicized O'Kynnele, which in time
became MacKinely and MacGinley in Donegal and Tyrone; but this
opinion is now discounted.
MacKinley or MacKinlay on the other hand is usually of Scottish
origin (Mac Fhionn Laoich); but it can also be Irish Gaelic viz:
Mac an Leagha (son of the physician): Maelechlainn Mac an Leagha
- anglicized MacKinley-(the death of whose son an "eminent"
man in his own art, i.e. medicine, in 1531 is noticed in the
Annnals of Loch Ce) was the author, or perhaps only the
transcriber of an Irish medical manuscropt now in the King's Inns
Library, Dublin.
The MacKinlays are mentioned as physicians in J.F.Kenney's list
of famous families with whom hereditary professions are
associated....The best known of the MacKinleys were the
Presbyterian family of Conagher near Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. One
of these was Francis MacKinley who was hanged for his part in the
1798 insurrection. William MacKinley (1843-1901), President of
the United States, who was assassinated in his fourth year of
office, was not (as has been stated) the direct descendant of
Francis MacKinley but was of the same family, as also was John
MacKinley (fl. 1819-1834), the Ulster poet..."
Mac Kinley's are in the
Clan Buchanan, Clan Stewart of Appin,
and Clan Farquharson.
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Images and tartan found at The Clan Buchanan, The Clan Stewart of Appin, and The Clan Farquharson sites
