Brady
Mac Brádaigh · son of Brádach
Brady is Mac Brádaigh in Irish, said mak BRAW-dee, and means son of Brádach.
Brádach means spirited, or thieving, depending on which dictionary you open. A Cavan family who held the land east of Lough Oughter.
How it changes
- A man: Mac Brádaigh
- His daughter: Nic Bhrádaigh
- A woman who married into it: Bean Mhic Bhrádaigh
- The family together: Mhic Bhrádaigh
Where it comes from
Cavan
Also spelt
Brady, MacBrady, McBrady
A name, not a pedigree
This is where the name came from, which is not the same as where you came from. Names were translated, anglicised, taken on by tenants and neighbours, and carried in by settlers who were no relation to the family that started them. To follow your own line, the 1901 and 1911 censuses are free and searchable, and give the county each person was born in.