MacCulloch
| Clan McCulloch | |||
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| Mac Cú Uladh / Mac Cù Uladh | |||
| Motto | Vi Et Animo (From Lat. By strength and courage) | ||
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| Region | Lowlands | ||
| District | Galloway | ||
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| Stephen McCulloch | |||
| Historic seat | Cardoness Castle. | ||
| Last Chief | The MacCulloch of Myreton. | ||
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Clan MacCulloch is a Lowland Scottish clan. As it no longer has a Clan chief, Clan MacCulloch is an Armigerous clan.
The name MacCulloch is of Celtic origin and is found mainly in Galloway and Wigtownshire. An alternative derivation has been suggested that the name comes from the Irish Gaelic MacCú'Uladh which means son of the Hound of Ulster and is anglicized as MacCullagh. In Scottish Gaelic the name is rendered as MacCullaich which is translated as son of the boar. The first record of the name MacCulloch swore fealty to Edward I of England in 1296, on the Ragman Rolls. This lineage held the lands of Torhouse, Myreton and Ardwell in Galloway until 1682.
The MacCullochs of Myreton were a Scottish Lowland family who lived in Ardwell, Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire overlooking Luce Bay near the Water of Luce. (see location on map on this page). Unlike other MacCulloch families the MacCullochs of Myreton were not septs of another clan but owned their own territory and were later seated at Cardoness Castle. Myreton is in southwest Scotland along the coast. Another MacCulloch region related to Ardwell lies across the bay from Myreton.
Cullo O'Neill was born in Ireland, a son of the family of O'Neills of Clanaboy. Cullo O'Neill served in the army of Edward Bruce, King of Ireland, brother of king Robert the Bruce of Scotland. In around 1316 he was chosen by Edward Bruce as Captain of horse in his army. He later became Sir Cullo O'Neill. In about 1317 king Robert the Bruce of Scotland knighted Captain Cullo og Neil (o’Neil) and chose him to be his standard-bearer and Secretary of State. King Robert the Bruce granted Sir Cullo og Neil the lands of Achawan or Auchwane in Wigtownshire. In 1331 Sir Cullo Og Neil died and left his estate to his eldest son Sir Godfrey, who assumed the surname of MacCullog. (MacCullough / MacCullo’c).
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