Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Uidhir ‘son of
the swarthy lad’ or ‘son of the servant of Odhar’, a byname
from odhar (genitive uidhir) ‘dun-colored’,
‘weatherbeaten’. Compare McAleer. See also McClure.
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