Re: Origins of the surname CROWLEY?
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Origins of the surname CROWLEY?
Carl Crowley 8/11/01
The name and the family in Ireland are of purely Gaelic/Irish origin. The tradition is that the original Cruadhlaoich (Hardy Warrior) was a member of the MacDermot family in the Roscommon/East Galway area. This is based on writings in 1657. The MacD's were in turn an offshoot of the O'Connor/O'Conor family of the same region.
There is no Scots connection. Such families are largely in Ulster.
Many (most ?) Crowleys in England are/were of Irish origin. The name can be traced in England back as early as a poet at the Court of King Henry VIII (circa 1540).
The attempt to differentiate on the basis of pronounciation is, in my opinion, pure nonsense. In Ireland the bird pronounciation is usually associated with a more gentrified pronounciation. However in country districts it is usually "crou" as is "crouch". I would regard as more likely to to be the original. It is also closer to the Gaelic/Irish.
A lot of what is posted is very misleading , often based on vague memories of what some one's granny is supposed to have said. It should be remembered that very many emmigrants were young poorly educated people.
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