Maguire (surname)

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Maguire
Family name

Maguire coat of arms
Meaning "son of Odhar"
Region of origin Ireland
Related names McGuire

Maguire is an Irish surname from the Gaelic Mac Uidhir, which is "son of Odhar" or "son of the brown-haired one", the eleventh in descent from Colla da Chrich,[1] great-grandson of Cormac mac Airt, monarch of Ireland about the middle of the third century.[2][3]

As a given name, Maguire is uncommon.

History

The Maguire sept is primarily associated with modern-day County Fermanagh. They possessed the entire county, also known as Maguire's Country, from about 1200 C.E. and maintained their independence as Lords of Fermanagh down to the reign of James I, when their country was confiscated like other parts of Ulster. The Maguires supplied Chiefs or Princes to Fermanagh, from about A.D. 1264, when they supplanted the former Chieftains (O'Daimhin, or Devin). They were inaugurated as Princes of Fermanagh on the summit of Cuilcagh, a magnificent mountain near Swanlinbar, on the borders of Cavan and Fermanagh; and sometimes also at a place called Sciath Gabhra or Lisnasciath, now Lisnaskea.

After the seventeenth-century confiscation caused by the Flight of the Earls in 1607, Connor Roe Maguire obtained re-grants of twelve thousand acres of the forfeited lands of his ancestors, and was created Baron Maguire of Enniskillen in 1628, a title which was also borne by his successor. The family was first mentioned in the Annals as early as 956 AD and have always been closely associated with the other leading septs of Ulster such as the O Neills and the O Donnells. They also spawned several well-known branches which became septs in their own right, including Mac Manus,Mac Caffrey, Mac Hugh, and several others. The name is among the forty most common names in Ireland, among the top twenty-five in Ulster, ten in Co. Cavan, thirty in Co. Monaghan and is the single most common name in Co. Fermanagh. Maguiresbridge in Co. Fermanagh, (Gaelic: Droichead Mhig Uidhir) takes its name from the family.

During translation in the Ulster Plantation, various English translations of the original Mag Uidhir appeared, including Mc Guire, Maguire, Mac Guire and McGuire. In South West Donegal, the name is re-translated into Gaelic as Mac Guibhir. The most unusual version is Meguiar, an American spelling best known from "Meguiar's Wax"[4]

The Maguire clan motto is "Justia et Fortitudo Invincibilia Sunt", which is Latin for "Justice and Fortitude Are Invincible".[5]

List of persons with the surname

  • Baron Maguire, Two Barons Maguire of Enniskillen in the Peerage of Ireland
  • Cathy Maguire, Irish singer-songwriter, TV personality from Dundalk, Co Louth.
  • Charles A. Maguire (1876–unknown), Canadian politician; mayor of Toronto 1922–1923
  • Charles H. Maguire (born 1927-2001), American film producer
  • Chris Maguire (born 1989), Scottish professional football player
  • Clare Maguire (born 15 September 1987), British singer-songwriter
  • Connor Maguire, 2nd Baron of Enniskillen, Irish rebel of 1641
  • Darragh Maguire (born 1976), Irish professional football player
  • Donna Maguire (born 1967), Provisional IRA member
  • Eleanor Maguire, Irish neuropsychologist
  • Emily Maguire (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Father Bob Maguire (born c.1935), Australian priest and community worker; awarded the Order of Australia 1989
  • Frank Maguire (1929–1981), Northern Ireland politician and MP
  • Gavin Maguire (born 1967), Welsh international footballer
  • George Maguire (born 1990), Olivier Award-winning English actor
  • George Maguire (1796–1882), Irish-American mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Gerard Maguire (born 1945), Australian actor
  • Gregory Maguire (born 1954), American author
  • Harold Maguire (1912–2001), Director-General of Intelligence at the British Ministry of Defence
  • Hugh Maguire (violinist) (1927–2013), Irish violinist
  • Hugh Maguire (Lord of Fermanagh) (d. 1600), Lord of Fermanagh in Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I
  • Jack Maguire (1925–2001), American professional football player
  • James G. Maguire (1853–1920), American politician; U.S. representative from California
  • Jeff Maguire (born 1952), American film screenwriter
  • John A. Maguire (1870–1939), American politician from Nebraska
  • John Aloysius Maguire (1851–1920), Catholic Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland
  • John Norman Maguire (born 1956), Australian cricketer
  • Joseph Maguire (contemporary), U.S. Navy rear admiral, Commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command
  • Josh Maguire (born 1980), Australian football player
  • Kevin Maguire (born 1960), American comic book artist
  • Kristin Maguire, American politician and former chairman of the South Carolina State Board of Education
  • Larry Maguire (born 1949), Canadian politician and activist farmer in Manitoba; representative in the Manitoba legislature
  • Leona Maguire (born 1994), Irish golfer, twin of Lisa.
  • Lisa Maguire (born 1994), Irish golfer, twin of Leona.
  • Máiread Corrigan-Maguire (born 1944), Northern Irish peace activist
  • Mark McGwire, (born 1963), American baseball player
  • Martie Maguire (born 1969), American country music songwriter and singer; founding member of the Dixie Chicks
  • Mary Maguire (1919–1974), born Peggy Maguire, Australian actress
  • Mary Maguire (born 1952), journalist in UK
  • Matt Maguire (born 1984), Australian rules footballer
  • Paul Maguire (born 1938), American professional football player and sportscaster
  • Peter J. McGuire (1852-1906), American labor leader
  • Sam Maguire (1879–1927), Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer; eponym of the Sam Maguire Cup
  • Sean Maguire (born 1976), English actor and singer
  • Sharon Maguire (born 1960), British film maker
  • Stephen Maguire (born 1981), Scottish professional snooker player
  • Steve Maguire (contemporary), American software engineer and author
  • Tobey Maguire (born 1975), American actor; best known for Spider Man
  • Tom Maguire (1892–1993), Irish republican, commandant-general in the IRA
  • Florinda Maguire, born 12 July 1797, daughter of Alexis Maguire married Giovanni Battista Jemi (>1778 + ~1886),natural of Gallivaggio (Lombardy).They had a daughter Martina, born 28.08.1820
  • Walter Flippin Maguire, born 5/17/1943, American politician. Served as a District Judge for 23 years and currently presides Circuit/Family court judge for 7 years for the commonwealth of Kentucky.

See also

  • McGuire (disambiguation)

References

  1. ↑ Ossianic Society Council. (1857.) Transactions of the Ossianic Society, Vol. 3: Printed Under the Direction of the Council. Ossianic Society Council, Dublin.
  2. ↑ The Maguires of Fermanagh
  3. ↑ O'Cleary M. (2003.) The Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters: Translated into English by Owen Connellan, Irish Books & Media. ISBN 0940134772
  4. ↑ http://www.meguiars.com/international
  5. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tothemax/McGuire.htm
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