Mac Cearbhaill is a

Gaelic Irish The Gaels ( ; ga, Na Gaeil ; gd, Na Gàidheil ; gv, Ny Gaeil ) are an ethnolinguistic group native to Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man in the British Isles. They are associated with the Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languag ...

clan belonging to the Three Collas kinship group, who were during the 11th and 12th centuries, kings of

Airgíalla Airgíalla (Modern Irish: Oirialla, English: Oriel, Latin: ''Ergallia'') was a medieval Irish over-kingdom and the collective name for the confederation of tribes that formed it. The confederation consisted of nine minor kingdoms, all independe ...

. Their name has been Anglicised as MacCarroll, Carroll, Carvill, MacCarville and various other spellings. The clan are associated especially with south-eastern

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and northern

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. They have numerous descendants in

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and elsewhere. In later times they were known as prominent musicians. The family lost out during the

Norman invasion of Ireland The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of Kingdom of England, England then claimed sovereignty ...

, though their kinsmen the Mac Mathghamhna and Mag Uidhir hung on for longer.

Naming conventions

People

Kings

* Cu Caishil Ua Cerbaill, 1094-1101 *

Donnchadh Ua Cearbaill Donnchad Ua Cerbaill or Donnchadh Ó Cearbhaill, king of Airgíalla, fl. –1168. Ua Cerbaill was a supporter of the Irish religious reform movement of the 12th century. He was a close associate of Saint Malachy, and with him founded Mellifont Ab ...

, 1130–1168 * Murchard Ua Cerbaill, 1168–1189 * Muirchertach Ua Cerbaill, 1189–1194 * ''unknown'', 1194-1196

Others

Donn Shléibhe Mac Cerbaill Donn Shléibhe Mac Cerbaill, Irish musician, died 1357. The Annals of Connacht ''sub anno'' 1357 mention the death of ''Donn Shléibhe Mac Cerbaill, an accomplished musician.'' Mac Cerbaill or Mac Cearbhaill, anglicised as MacCarroll and MacCarv ...

(died 1357), Irish musician

McCarroll

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McCarville

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(born 1982), American women's basketball player * Krista McCarville (born 1982), Canadian curler

McCarvill

* Chris McCarvill (born 1971), American musician

MacCarvill

Patrick MacCarvill Patrick MacCarvill (23 May 1893 – 16 March 1955) was an Irish politician and medical doctor. He was born in Raw, County Monaghan, the son of farmers John McCarvill and Susan Moyna. He was elected as an anti-Treaty Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD ...

(1893–1955), Irish politician

Carvill

* Henry Carvill Lewis (1853–1888), American geologist and mineralogist *

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(born 1988), Northern Irish footballer *

Patrick Carvill Patrick George Hamilton Carvill (1839 – 10 January 1924) was an Irish Liberal and nationalist politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Newry from 1892 to 1906, taking his seat as an Irish Parliamentary Party member of the House of Co ...

(1839–1924), Irish politician

References

Bibliography

*Livingstone, Peadar ''The Monaghan Story: A Documented History of the County Monaghan from the Earliest Times to 1976'' (1980) *McCarville, James W. ''The McCarville/McCarvel Family Genealogy, 900 AD to 2002 AD'' (2002) *McCarville, Mary Michele ''American Doctor'' (2009)