Magan Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

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Blazons & Genealogy Notes

(Emoe, co. Westmeath; descended from Richard Magan, Esq., of Emoe, one of the Jacobite officers included within the Articles of Limerick, whose father, Richard Magan, was elder brother of Thomas Magan, ancestor of Magan, of Clonearl; Francis Magan, Esq., of Emoe, d. 1841, leaving three daus. his co-heirs, 1) Mary, m. John Francis Lentaigne, Esq., C.B., of Tallaght, co. Dublin; 2) Margaret, m. Michael Cahill, Esq., of Ballyconra, co. Kilkenny; 3) Anna Maria, to. Michael Corcoran, Esq., Barrister-at-law). (Clonearl, King’s co., and Togherstown, co. Meath; descended from Morgan Magan, Esq., brother of Thomas Magan Esq., ancestor of Magan, of Emoe; confirmed by Hawkins, Ulster, 1705, to Thomas Magin, Esq., of Togherstown, Sheriff co. Westmeath, and Morgan Magan, his brother, and their descendants; represented by Capt. Thomas Tilson Shaw Magan, Madras Army). Ar. a chev. betw. three boars pass. az. tusked, hoofed, and bristled or. Crest—A boar’s head erased az. tusked and bristled or. Motto—Virtute probitate.