Mulpatrick Explained

The surname Mulpatrick originates from the Irish surname O' Maol Phadraig.^[1] One of the locations the name is first recorded is in Clogher in County Tyrone.

Teallach Maoilpatraig, listed in Topographical Poems by O’Dugan, under Cinel Fearadhaigh. "The most noble of Cinel Fearadhaigh ... Tellach Maoilpatraic".^[2] (Cenél Fearadhaigh is a branch of the Cenél nEógain in east Tyrone.)

Máel Pátraic ‘devotee of Patrick.O Maol Phadraig translates into follower of (St) Patrick.^[3] It became O'Mulpatrick and Mulpatrick and the first recorded instances of the surname appear in records from the late 16th century in counties Cavan, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Westmeath and Longford.^[4] Its current anglicised form is Fitzpatrick.^{[5] [6]}

In 2019 Fitzpatrick/O'Mulpatrick of Breifne – Ó Maol Phádraig Breifne was registered with the Clans of Ireland. This is one of the clans of the Fitzpatrick Clan Society.

External links

• The Fitzpatrick Clan Society
• REGISTER OF CLANS 2023
• https://www.fitzpatrickclan.org/%C3%93%20Maol%20Ph%C3%A1draig%20-%20the%20name,%20the%20people,%20and%20the%20clans,%20Part%20I.pdf

Notes and References

1. Web site: 16th & 17th Century Anglicized Irish Surnames from Woulfe. medievalscotland.org. 13 August 2017.
2. Book: O'Dubhagain . S. . O'Donovan . J. . Huidrin . G.N.Ó. . The Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla Na Naomh O'Huidhrin . Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society . Publications (Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society) . 1862 . 1-PR134.
3. Web site: BBC - Northern Ireland - Irish Language - Blas. British Broadcasting. Corporation. www.bbc.co.uk. 13 August 2017.
4. Web site: A Census of Ireland circa 1659, Farmanagh County . 16 June 2018.
5. Web site: Ó Maolphádriag - Irish Names and Surnames . Library Ireland . 16 June 2018.
6. Book: Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, Peter McClure . The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland . Oxford University Press . 2016 . 9780192527479 . 2055.