Gillies, Gillis, Gillison

Some Anglicised Surnames in Ireland

Gillies, Gillis, Gillison—These three names are three of the many anglicised forms of the name Mac Giolla-Iosa, the other anglicised forms being McAleece, McAlish, McLeish, McLees Leishman, Leish, Lees and Leece; the two latter forms being met with in the Isle of Man and on the mainland in the North-West of England. The name in Scotland and in Ulster is of the same origin. It is descended from the McPhersons, through one of that clan called Gilli-Iosa Mac Pherson, and for centuries the sept was known as the "Sliochd Gille-Iosa."

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