Ó Maoláin is a Gaelic-Irish surname usually

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as Mullin, Mullins, Mullan, Mullane, Mallon, Moylan, Mullen and Mellon, any of which may have an "'O'" prefix.

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There are at least three unrelated families of the name native to

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, with at least one further family, again unrelated, found in

Munster Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...

in the

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County Kerry County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ...

region. The Ulster Ó Maoláin's were as follows: * Ó Maoláin of

Cianachta Glenn Geimin Keenaght () is a barony in the mid-northerly third of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It connects to the north-Londonderry coastline, and is bordered by four other baronies: Coleraine to the east; Loughinsholin to the south-east; Tirkeer ...

, a district of

Tír Eoghain Tír Eoghain (), also known as Tyrone, was a kingdom and later earldom of Gaelic Ireland, comprising parts of present-day County Tyrone, County Armagh, County Londonderry and County Donegal (Raphoe). The kingdom represented the core homeland of ...

. Nowadays Mullin or Mullins. * Ó Maoláin of Clones,

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. Nowadays anglicised as Mullin or Mellon. * Ó Mealláin, anglicised as Mallon.

References

* ''The Ulster Clans: O'Mullan, O'Kane and O'Mellan'', T.H. Mullin, Belfast, 1966. Copy available at the

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(ir 9292 m 29). * ''Siblings and descendants of Martha (McMullen) and James Robinson (1770-1/5/1845) of County Tyrone, Ireland, and their Irish and US descendants'', Jamie Robinson, Smithfield, PA, c.1989 (

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, CS71.R66 1989). {{DEFAULTSORT:O Maolain Irish families Surnames Surnames of Irish origin Irish-language surnames

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