McCool Family Crest, Coat of Arms & McCool Name Origin

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Origin of the Name McCool

The McCool family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants of McCool include Coyle, McIihoyle, McCoole and McCole. The homeland of this Irish sept was in the Barony of Kilmacrenan, particularly in the parish of Meeragh. The name is most numerous today in Donegal but is rarely found in Ulster. In the 1659 census we find the name Coyle is a principal Irish name in Roscommon and MacIichole for the Barony of Kilmacrenan in County Donegal. A famous bearer of the name was Rev. Anthony Coyle, who was Bishop of Raphoe from 1782 to 1801, and who was noted for his Gaelic Irish poetry and religious works. The forms of the name, McCole and McCool, are both mostly found in Donegal.