Gilmore Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Gilmore Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Gilmore

The origin of the name Gilmore was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'devotee of Mary', Gilmore is a baptismal name. Variants include Gilmour, Gillmor, Gillmore and Gilmer. This name is often of Scottish descent spreading to the countries of Ireland , England , and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. Examples of such are a Gillemor, son of Gilleconel, who possessed the lands of Fincurroks in the twelfth century, and a Gillemor filius Gilleconel who granted a half mark of silver to the Church of Saint Machute, in Lesmahagow, some time before 1144. In Ireland a branch of the family was seated in Ulster where they were of great importance. The earliest form of the name found there was Mac Giolla Mhuire which literally translates as 'son of the devotee of Mary', referring to the mother of Christ. The Gilmores of County Sligo are from the native Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhir sept.