Mac Cearbhaill

Mac Cearbhaill is a Gaelic Irish clan belonging to the Three Collas kinship group, who were during the 11th and 12th centuries, kings of Airgíalla. Their name has been Anglicised as MacCarroll, Carroll, Carvill, MacCarville and various other spellings. The clan are associated especially with south-eastern Ulster and northern Leinster. They have numerous descendants in County Monaghan, County Louth, County Down, County Tyrone and elsewhere. In later times they were known as prominent musicians. The family lost out during the Norman invasion of Ireland, though their kinsmen the Mac Mathghamhna and Mag Uidhir hung on for longer.

Naming conventions

People

Kings

• Cu Caishil Ua Cerbaill, 1094-1101
• Donnchadh Ua Cearbaill, 1130–1168
• Murchard Ua Cerbaill, 1168–1189
• Muirchertach Ua Cerbaill, 1189–1194
• unknown, 1194-1196

Others

• Donn Shléibhe Mac Cerbaill (died 1357), Irish musician

McCarroll

• Bonnie McCarroll (1897–1929), American rodeo performer
• Jay McCarroll (born 1974), American fashion designer
• June McCarroll (1867–1954), American nurse
• Tony McCarroll (born 1971), English drummer

McCarville

• Janel McCarville (born 1982), American women's basketball player
• Krista McCarville (born 1982), Canadian curler

McCarvill

• Chris McCarvill (born 1971), American musician

MacCarvill

• Patrick MacCarvill (1893–1955), Irish politician

Carvill

• Henry Carvill Lewis (1853–1888), American geologist and mineralogist
• Michael Carvill (born 1988), Northern Irish footballer
• Patrick Carvill (1839–1924), Irish politician

See also

• Abbey of Mellifont
• McCarroll Peak, a mountain in Antarctica

References

Bibliography

• Livingstone, Peadar The Monaghan Story: A Documented History of the County Monaghan from the Earliest Times to 1976 (1980)
• McCarville, James W. The McCarville/McCarvel Family Genealogy, 900 AD to 2002 AD (2002)
• McCarville, Mary Michele American Doctor (2009)

External links

• Carroll of Oriel
• Family Tree DNA Study Group
• McCarville at John Grenham
• Mac Cearbhall at Library Ireland
• Carroll pedigree at Library Ireland