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66 Mmxx Suvttamieg.
red-haired youth ; Giolla-riabhach, the swarthy
youth ; Giolla-buidhe, the yellow youth, etc.'*
' Baethan Mac Gilroy,' a,d. 1408.!
Compare (Gaelic) M'^Ilroy.
MeLROIE [1601], M^'YLEROIJ [1612], MOLLEROY [1631],
Mylrioiye [1718], Mylroij [1724], M°ylroy[i73o],
Myleroi [1744], Mylroi [1759], Mylreoi [1762],
Mylroie [1782].
It is almost confined to the parish of Lonan.
Lonan (c) ; Braddan, Ballaugh (u) ; elsewhere (w).
LooNEY, contracted from O'Luinigh, ' Luinigh's de-
scendant ' (lidnneach, ' armed ').
' Gillacrist O'LuiNiGH, Lord of Cinel Moen,' a.d. 10904
The O'LooNEYS were chiefs of Muintir Loney,
in Tyrone.
Compare (Irish) O'Looney, Looney.
M'Lawney [1504], Lownye [1540], Loweny [1602],
LowNiE [1623], Lewney [1626], Looney [1644],
Loney [1681].
Jurby (vc), Marown, Lezayre, Malew, Santon, Onchan,
Lonan (c), elsewhere (u).
HowLAN, from O'Hualaghain, or O'h-Uallachain,
' Hualagan's descendant.'
' Donnell O'Hualaghain, Archbishop of Munster,' A.D. 1 182.
In Ireland this name has been anglicised Nolan
and Holland.
HowLAN [1696], Rowland [1702].
Found in Bride formerly, now very uncommon.
* Four Mast., Vol. III., p. 2 (O'Donovan's note).
t Ibid., Vol. IV.
X Ibid.,Yo\. II., p. 939.

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Surnames & place-names of the Isle of Man
DescriptionBy A.W. Moore ; with an introduction by Professor Rhŷs.
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