Mac Evoy - Irish / Mheic Fhiodhbhuide. An Irian Laeghis Ui Mheic Uais / Mheic Fhiodh "Bhuidhe" of Breagh (Muintir Fhiodhbhuide) Sept / Family branch who were kinsmen to O Heffernan / O Hiffernane / Ui hIfearnain - Clann Crecain who had their territory at Mountrath in Co. Laois in the mid - north - west of Southern Leinster. They were Kings in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster, and nearby in Co. Laois in the mid - west of Southern Leinster and Co. Armagh in the south - east of the Ulster Province. Their territory was initially at Moygoish in Co. Westmeath from which they moved to the south - west as one of the  "7 Septs of Leix," controlling the area of Mountain Rath and Raheen in Co. Laois. In their kingdom there in Leix / Co. Laois they existed along with the O Deevys, the O Dowlings, the O Kellys, the O Lalors and the O Mores after the Anglo - Norman Invasion in the 12 Century AD. Their initial alliance had previously begun after the 3rd Century AD when the ancestor of the Irian O Mores came into Co. Laois from the Ulster Province led by *69.Laoighseach "Cean Mor," a son of 68.Conall "Cearnach" - of the Victories the leader of the Red Branch Warriors of Ulster who was a contemporary of Cuchulainn (Co. Laois is named for *69.Laoighseach.) He assisted 86.Cu "Corb" the direct ancestor of the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Kings of Leinster to drive the men of Munster Province out of that area there in Mogha's Half. They became the sub - Kings there and they held together all through the English persecutions and six ethnic and religious rebellions under Elizabeth 1st until they were finally dispersed by the English and relocated elsewhere. In the early 17th Century AD the leaders of all of the Families there were transported once again by the English by force to Co. Kerry in the south - west of Desmond / Des Mhumhain / Southern Munster along with the other members of the 7 Septs and their territory was transplanted with English Planters. See also Mac Veagh. Also see the next 2 entries. Ancestor - *37.Ir (Irians).

Mac Evoy. Was also used in the north for Mac Iwee / Mac Kelvey, which see - Irish / Mheic Giolla Bhuidhe. (Descended from a son of the yellow haired youth.)

Mac Evoy. Used also for Mac Veigh, which see - Irish / Mheic an Bheatha. (Descended from the son of Life) A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Armagh in the south - east of the Ulster Province and nearby in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.

Evoy. They were in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster.

Mac Ewing. Used as a synonym for Mac Ewen, which see. Highland Scottish origins. Gaelic Irish / Mheic Eogain who were in the Ulster Province in the 17th Century AD after the Confiscation of the 3,500,000 acres of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill territories and the Foreign non - Catholic Plantations there.

Eyre / cuid / heir. English origins. They were in Ireland in the 16th Century AD and some also came with the Oliver Cromwell Invasion. They were also later in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht where is Eyrecourt and Eyreville. Codyre is a variant used there. Also see Ayres.

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