page_title: McDonagh
hierarchical_section_title: McDonagh
caption_attribution_description: English: Ballymote Castle 1792
context_page_description: The surname McDonagh, also spelled MacDonagh is from the Gaelic language Mac Dhonnchadha, and is one of the rarer surnames of Ireland.
  Mac Dhonnchadha, Mac Donnchadha or Mac Donnchaidh is the original form of McDonagh, McDonough, McDonogh, and Donaghy.
  These surnames are found in their greatest numbers in Connacht, especially the counties of Sligo, Roscommon and Galway.
  Dhonnchadha, literally translated from the Irish language, means "brown warrior". The prefix mac means "son of".
context_section_description: The surname McDonagh, also spelled MacDonagh is from the Gaelic language Mac Dhonnchadha, and is one of the rarer surnames of Ireland.
  Mac Dhonnchadha, Mac Donnchadha or Mac Donnchaidh is the original form of McDonagh, McDonough, McDonogh, and Donaghy. 
  These surnames are found in their greatest numbers in Connacht (Connaught), especially the counties  of Sligo, Roscommon and Galway.   
  Dhonnchadha, literally translated from the Irish language, means "brown warrior". The prefix mac  means "son of".
caption: Ballymote Castle, Sligo, Ireland             Parent house Connachta (Uí Briúin Ai) becoming Mac Diarmada Country Kingdom of Connacht Founded 1315 Founder Donnchadh Mac Diarmada
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