Ó Maol Phádraig: the name, the people, and the clans. Part II

The Ó Maol Phádraig surname is virtually extinct, yet the direct patrilineal descendants of Ó Maol Phádraig are unlikely to be so. Rather, it is considered those descendants most likely came to carry the surname Fitzpatrick or another Pátraic-surname form. The series of articles, ‘Ó Maol Phádraig, the name, the people, and the clans’, brings focus back to the lost surname. Part I explored the origins of the Irish given-name Máel Pátraic, the patterns of its occurrence that are apparent in early annalistic records, and the connections to the regions of Éire where the name was commonly found. In Part II we: (a) collate the records of Ó Maol Phádraig and Máel Pátraic in authoritative genealogies; (b) provide context and identify the clan associated surnames among the population groups in which Máel Pátraic occurs, and; (c) reflect on the alignment of Máel Pátraic in genealogies and annalistic records, and the geographic spread the name, which may have led to the emergence of Ó Maol Phádraig.