McAnally
{{Infobox Surname|name=McAnally
Mac Conallaidh|cognate=Mac Conallta,{{Cite web |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/macc/mac-conallta.php |title=Mac Conallta - Irish Names and Surnames |website=www.libraryireland.com |last=Woulfe |first=Patrick |year=1923}} Ó Conallta{{Cite web |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/oc/o-conallta.php |title=Ó Conallta - Irish Names and Surnames |website=www.libraryireland.com |last=Woulfe |first=Patrick |year=1923}}|variant forms=McNally, McAnalty, McNalty, Nalty, Conalty, Connally|origin=Mac Con Allaidh
Mac Conallaigh|region=Ulster|language=Irish|meaning='son of the wild hound'}}
McAnally is an Irish surname. It is the Anglicized form of Gaelic {{Langx|ga|Mac Conallaidh|label=none}} meaning 'son of Cú Allaidh' ('wild hound', 'wolf').{{Cite book |last=Ó Raifeartaigh |first=T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U5lnAAAAMAAJ&q=allaidh |title=Review of Irish Families, Their Names, Arms, and Origins: MacAnally |date=1959 |publisher=Irish Historical Society |pages=176 |language=en}} The death of the progenitor – Conchobhar mac Con Allaidh, lord of Cenél Moain, in Ulster – is recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters in 1178.
In Ulster McAnally, and its common variant spelling McNally, is unrelated to the Mayo name {{Langx|ga|Mac an Fhailghigh|label=none}} ('son of the poor man').{{Cite journal |last=Ó Ceallaigh |first=Seamus |date=1951 |title=A Preliminary Note on Some of the Nomenclature on the Map of S.E. Ulster |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25510763 |journal=The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland |volume=81 |issue=1 |page=39 |issn=0035-9106 |jstor=25510763}}{{Cite book |last=Ó Ceallaigh |first=Séamus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=siovAAAAIAAJ |title=Gleanings from Ulster History: Punann Ó Chois Bhanna |date=1951 |publisher=Cork University Press |pages=115 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Gaelic surnames in Ulster |url=https://www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk/oduibhin/sloinnte_ultacha.htm |access-date= |website=www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk}} It is however etymologically related to {{Langx|ga|Mac Conallta|label=none}}, a County Sligo sept, and {{Langx|ga|Ó Conallta|label=none}} ('son/descendant of Cú Allta'; a variant of Cú Allaidh).{{Cite web |title=Index of Names in Irish Annals: Cú Allaid |url=https://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Masculine/CuAllaid.shtml |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=medievalscotland.org}}
History
The MacAnallys were of the Cenél nEógain, a large and powerful confederation of clans descended from Eógan mac Néill ({{Flourished|5th century}}), son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. The MacAnally sept of County Tyrone were descended from Conchobar mac Con Allaidh ({{Flourished|12th century}}), chieftain of Cenél Moain. A minor sept derived from their eponym Cú Allaidh Ó Luinigh, the family fostered Niall Conallagh O'Neill, tanist of Tyrone, who derived his sobriquet. A prominent branch ruled from their seat of Lisanally ({{Langx|ga|Lios Chon Allaidh|lit=fort of the wolf}}) in what is now County Armagh.{{Cite book |url=http://www.history-armagh.org/dox/210420111090.pdf |title=Lisanally |publisher=History Armagh |year=2007}}{{Cite book |url=http://www.history-armagh.org/dox/historyarmagh2021.pdf |title=Lisanally in the 17th Century |publisher=History Armagh |year=2021 |issn=1743-565X |quote="The surname, Mac Con Allaidh ‘son of the wolf’, is found among the Cineál Moain, a branch of the Cineál Eoghain"}} Another branch settled in Clandeboye, County Antrim and became hereditary physicians to the O'Neill Kings of Clandeboye ({{Langx|ga|Léigh Mac Con Allaidh|label=none}}).{{Cite book |last=Ó Donnchadha |first=Thadhg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iG2wzgEACAAJ |title=Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe |publisher=Creative Media Partners, LLC |year=1931 |isbn=978-1-01-330822-2 |location=Dublin |pages=315 |language=en}} In the 17th century, the family lands were confiscated following the Flight of the Earls and subsequent Plantation of Ulster.
The status of the family is fully recognized in the Annals of Ulster and Ceart Uí Néill.
Notable people
- Aonghus McAnally (born 1955), Irish broadcaster, son of Ray McAnally
- Charles McAnally (born 1836), American Civil War officer
- Conor McAnally (born 1952), Irish television producer, son of Ray McAnally
- David Russell McAnally, (1846–1909), American author on Irish folklore and Celtic mythology
- Ernie McAnally (born 1946), American baseball player
- John McAnally (born 1945), British Royal Navy officer
- Lyman McAnally (born 1957), American musician
- Mary McAnally (born 1945), British producer and tennis player
- Ray McAnally (1928–1989), Irish actor, father of Aonghus and Conor McAnally
- Robert McAnally (1882–1956), Australian composer
- Ron McAnally (born 1932), American Thoroughbred horse trainer
- Shane McAnally (born 1974), American musician