Origin of the Name

MacRANNALL, REYNOLDS, GRANNELL NAME ON MAP: MacRAGNAILL MODERN COUNTY: Leitrim MEANING: `son of Ragnall'. (The name was the Gaelic version of a Germanic name derived from ragin `counsel' and wald `rule'. It was possibly introduced to Ireland by the Vikings in the OLD NORSE form of Rögnvaldr.) The sept name appears in a 14th century poem.

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