Mac Lochlainn and MacLochlainn () are Irish surnames. They are
patronymic
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forms of the Gaelic ''
Lochlann'', meaning 'Son of a Norseman'.
People
Mac Lochlainn
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Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn
Muircheartach Mac Lochlainn (old spelling: Muirchertach mac Lochlainn, IPA: �mˠɪɾʲəçəɾˠt̪ˠəxmˠəkˈlɔxlən̪ʲ was king of Tír Eoghain, and High King of Ireland from around 1156 until his death in 1166. He succeeded Toirdhea ...
, 12th-century Irish king
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Niall Mac Lochlainn, 12th-century Irish king
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Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (; born 12 June 1973) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since the 2020 general election, and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Donegal North-East constitue ...
, 21st-century Irish politician
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Tadhg Mac Lochlainn
Tadhg Mac Lochlainn ( fl. 1907 – May 1999) was an Irish local historian. Mac Loughlin was a native of Killure, near Ballinasloe, and an innovator in the promotion of local studies, been the author of half-a-dozen books on the subject, a ...
, 20th-century Irish historian
MacLochlainn
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Gerry MacLochlainn, 21st-century Irish politician
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Úna MacLochlainn
Úna MacLochlainn (born 1987) is an Irish singer-songwriter.
Career
MacLochlainn is a native of New Inn, County Galway. Her first album, ''Willow Tree'', was released in 2008. She has supported acts such as Sharon Shannon, Don Baker, Mary C ...
, 21st-century Irish singer-songwriter
See also
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Meic Lochlainn
The Meic Lochlann, also spelt as Mic Lochlainn, and Mac Lochlainn, were a leading branch of the Cenél nEógain, who were in turn a segment of the Uí Néill. The Meic Lochlainn descended from Domnall Dabaill (died 915), son of Áed Findliath. An ...
, Irish family who bore the surname
References
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Irish-language masculine surnames
Patronymic surnames