Galloway Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Galloway Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Galloway

The origin of the name Galloway was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. include Galloay, Gallway, Gallowaye, Calloway, Callway and Calloway. This is a locational name from the district of Galloway in Scotland . From very early times persons bearing this name where found throughout Scotland . In the sixteenth century a family of the name settled in Dumbartonshire with others settling on the east coast. This name is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in Scotland and examples of such are a Thomas de Galwethia, Earl of Atholl, who made a gift of lands to the Abbey of Neubotle, in the year 1230. A John Galway was Master of a ship belonging to Sir John of Mountgomery, in the year 1405. Like their Irish Kinsmen many Scots were forced to seek emigration after the 1745 Rebellion and also because of the clearances of whole populations by landlords during the nineteenth century. In Ireland the names Galloway and Galwey are derived from the Norman 'de Gallaidhe' and have existed since the thirteenth century. These names are found mainly in Ulster Province and in County Cork . Some Galloways derive their name from the city of Galway .