2-555: Mac Craith ( Meic Craith , plural form), meaning "Son of Grace", is an Irish surname, one branch of which is rendered McGrath . Among many alternate forms are McCragh, Crah, Crow and Crowe. Some of the forms may link the Mac Craith name to the ancestral name MacConcrada. At least two distinct families named Mac Craith lived in medieval Ireland. The Meic Craith of Thomond were a learned family with close ties to Clare Abbey , an Augustinian foundation. They were historians and poets of
4-630: The UĆ Bhriain kings and earls of Thomond. Another family of the name, not known to be related, were natives of Termon McGrath, Lough Erne . Members of the Thomond family recorded in the Irish annals included: Other notable members of the family include: McGrath McGrath or MacGrath derives from the Irish surname Mac Craith and is occasionally noted with a space: e.g. Izzy Mc Grath. In Ireland, it
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