BIBLIOGRAPHY

Here is a bibliography of books, manuscripts, pamphlets, websites and individuals who have helped to define the history of the McGinley clan.

SURNAME ORIGINS

Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall. Father Woulfe. M.H. Gill & Son. 1923.

The Surnames of Ireland. Edward McLysaght. Irish Academic Press. 1985.

Irish Families. Edward McLysaght. Figgis & Co Publishers. 1957.

More Irish Families. Edward McLysaght. Irish Academic Press. 1985.

The Book of Ulster Surnames. Robert Bell. The Blackstaff Press. 1988.

The Dictionary of Irish Names. Ida Grehan. Roberts Rinehart Publishers. 1997.

The Book of Irish Families..Great or Small. Michael C. O'Loughlin. Irish Genealogical Foundation. 1997.

Families of County Donegal. Michael C. O'Loughlin. Irish Genealogical Foundation. 2001.

All Ireland Surnames. Seán de Bhulbh. Comhar-Chumann Íde Naofa. 2002.

Surnames in Ireland. Seán Quinn. 2001.

Special Report on Surnames in Ireland. Robert R. Matheson. His Majestys Stationary Office, Dublin. 1890.

Varieties and Synonyms of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland. Robert R. Matheson. His Majestys Stationary Office, Dublin. 1894.

The Ulster Clans. T.H. Mullin & J.E. Mullan. North West Books. 1966.

Irish Family Names:Arms, Origins and Locations. Brian De Breffny. Gill & McMillan. 1992.

The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and History. George F. Black. The New York Public Library. 1946.

 

HISTORICAL ITEMS RELATING TO MCGINLEY

Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne. Manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy. Ciothruadh Mag Fhionnghail. 1514.

Survey of the Diocese of Glasgow. Bishop Montgomery. 1606.

English Government Pardon List 1609.

English Government Inquisition of Lifford 1609.

English Government Inquisition of Lifford 1613.

Genealogical Records Office, Dublin. 1636.

The Petty Sensus. Sir William Petty. 1659.

The Hearth Money Rolls. 1665.

Catholic Qualifications Rolls Index.; Donegal. 1778-90.

The Tithe Applotment Book 1830.

Register of Blacksmiths in Donegal 1833-1843. British House of Commons Sessional Papers 1843 Vol L. Page 51. (re Darby McGinley).

Griffiths Valuations. Sir Richard John Griffiths. 1857.

Committee Into Destitution in Gweedore and Cloughaneely. 1857-58.

The Historians of Scotland Vol 5. Edmonston & Douglas Publishers. 1874. (Re Brother Fingall)

Visitation of Derry Diocese. Fr Reeves.

Irish News Articles for P.T. McGinley/Cú Uladh. 3/12/1912, 10/12/1912 and 16/12/1912.

History of the Diocese of Raphoe. Canon Maguire. 1920.

The Clan Sweeney Book/Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne. Paul Walsh. 1920.

Alumni Dublensis 1593-1861. George Dames Burtchaell & Thomas Ulick Sadleir. 1935.

Worthies of Westmeath; A Biographical Dictionary. Jeremiah Sheehan. Wellbrook Press. 1987. (Re Laurence Ginnell).

The World Book of McGinleys. Halbert Family Heritage. 1990. (Useless, but gives ok info on world distribution of McGinleys).

History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway. P.H. McKerlie. 1992 (Re Brother Fingall)

Mel Bays Complete Irish Fiddle Player. Peter Cooper. Mel Bay Publications. 1995. (Re Con McGinley).

The Royal Irish Constabulary; A Complete Alphabetical List of Officers and Men, 1816-1922. Jim Herlihy. Four Courts Press. 1999.

The Diocese of Raphoe...A Brief History. Fr John J. Silke. Éditions du Signe, Strasbourg, France. 2000.

Who Am I? The Story of the Beechfield McGinleys 1800-2000. Madeline Ann Donohue. Private Family Publication. 2000.

The Chief; Art Rooney and his Pittsburgh Steelers. Jim O'Brien. James P. O'Brien Publishing. 2001. (Re Pittsburgh McGinleys).

Smiling Irish Eyes; Art Rooney and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Andrew O'Toole. St Johann Press. 2004. (Re Pittsburgh McGinleys).

Pearce's Patriots;St Enda's and the Cult of Boyhood. Elaine Sisson. Cork University Press. 2005. (Re GPO McGinleys).

The Cult of St Catherine of Alexandria in Ireland. Arthur Spears. Rathmullen and District Local Historical Society. 2006.

The McGinley Name in History. The Generations Network Inc, Utah (Ancestry.com). 2007. (Re McGinleys in America).

 

HISTORY OF DONEGAL & NORTH WEST IRELAND

Coarbs and Erenaghs of County Donegal. Fr P. Ó Gallachair. Donegal Annual Vol 4 No 3. 1960.

The Papal Taxation Records 1302.

The Cliff Scenery of South Western Donegal. T.C. McGinley (Kinnfaela). Derry Journal Office. 1857.

Irish Tours in 1752. Richard Pococke. Hodges & Figgis. 1891.

Cuimhne Colmcille. Rev. John Boyle. M. Gill & Sons. 1898.

Study of the North West of Ulster. Alister Rowan. Penguin Books. 1979.

Scenery and Antiquities in North West Donegal. Willam Harkin. Pub D. Irvine. 1893. (Re Mrs Gallagher/Brigid McGinley)

Inishowen and Tirconaill. William J. Doherty. 1894.

Three Hundred Years in Inishowen. Amy Young. Belfast. 1929.

Donegal Annual 1956.

Donegal Annual 1964. Article relating to.....United Irishmen in Donegal; Hugh Maginnely.

Donegal Annual 1966. Article relating to.....Easter Rising Participants.

Donegal Annual 1970. Article relating to.....North West Donegal after the Famine.

Donegal Annual 1983.

Donegal Annual 1988. Article relating to.....The Derryveagh-Australia Connection.

Donegal Annual 1990. Article relating to..... Nixon-A Tyrant Landlord.

Donegal Annual 1990. Article relating to.....Origins of Clan Suibhne.

Donegal Annual 1993. Article relating to.....Tullaghobegly Church.

Donegal Annual 1997. Article relating to..... The Famine in Dunfanaghy.

Where Aileach Guards. Brian Bonner. Salesian Press. 1974.

The Tory Islanders. Robin Fox. Cambridge University. 1978.

Land War and Evictions in Derryveagh 1840-65. Liam Dolan. Annaverna Press. 1980.

Derry; An Outline History of the Diocese. Brian Bonner. Pallas Publications Ltd. 1982.

That Audacious Traitor. Brian Bonner. Salesian Press. 1985.

After the Battering Ram-The Trail of the Dispossessed from Derryveagh 1861-1991. May McClintock. An Taisce Pub. 1991.

The Great Famine in South West Donegal 1845-1850. Pat Conaghan. Bygone Enterprise Publishers. 1997.

Death in Templecrone; An Account of the Famine Years in North West Donegal 1845-1850. Patrick H. Campbell (Author and publisher). 2000.

Cloughaneely; Myth & Fact. Gerry McLoughlin. Johnswood Press Ltd. 2002

Glencolmcille; A Parish History. Conall Mac Cuinneagáin. Four Masters Press. 2002.

The Cathach of Colum Cille. An Introduction. (Book and CD). Royal Irish Academy.

Violence and Nationalist Politics in Derry City 1920-1923. Rónán Gallagher. Four Courts Press. 2003.

 

IRISH CULTURE & HISTORY

Diary of the Parnell Commission. John McDonald. T. Fisher Unwin Publishers. 1890. (Re Battering Rams and evictions).

The Value of the Irish Language and Irish Literature. Timothy Lee. O'Connor Press. 1901.

Bibliography of Irish Philology and of Printed Irish Literature. Richard Irvine Best. Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction. 1913.

The Irish Rebellion of 1916 and its Martyrs. Padraic Colum and Mary Colum. The Devin-Adair Company. 1916.

The Story of the Irish Race. Seumas MacManus. Konecky & Konecky. 1921.

Old Irish and Highland Dress. H.F. McClintock. Dundalgan Press. 1943.

The Hedge Schools of Ireland. P.J. Dowling. Mercier Press. 1968.

Views of the Irish Peasantry 1800-1916. Daniel J. Casey & Robert E. Rhodes. Archon Books. 1977.

Conflict and Conciliation in Ireland 1890-1910. Paul Bew. Oxford University Press. 1987.

Dress in Ireland. Mairéad Dunlevy. Batsford Books. 1989.

Dictionary of the Irish Language. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 1990.

Myth, Legend & Romance. An Encyclopedia of the Irish Folk Tradition. Dr Daithí Ó hÓgáin. Ryan Publishing. 1990.

Between the Jigs and Reels. Caoimhín Mac Aoidh. Drumlin Publications. 1994. (Re McGinley Fiddlers).

The 1916 Rebellion Handbook. Declan Kiberd. Mourne River Press. 1998.

Christianity in Ireland-Revisiting the Story. Brendan Bradshaw & Dáire Keogh. Columba Press. 2002.

The Encyclopaedia of Ireland. Brian Lawlor. Gill & McMillan Publishers. 2003.

Land and Revolution: Nationalist Politics in the West of Ireland 1891-1921. Fergus Campbell. Oxford University Press. 2005.

The Concise History of modern Ireland. Robert Killeen. Gill & MacMillan Publishers. 2006.

Contested Island:Ireland 1460-1630. S.J. Connolly. Oxford University Press. 2007.

 

MCGINLEYS IN AMERICA

Maryland Runaway Convict Servants, 1745. Richard J. Cox. National Genealogical Society Quarterly. (Re James McGinley, 1774)

Abstracts for the Proceedings of the National Lord's Day Convention, City of Baltimore 1844 (Re Rev James McGenley).

Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America 1607-1775. Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. (Re Alexander McGinley 1785).

Colonial Records of Pennsylvania. Published by 'Pennsylvania'. 1852. (Re Capt. John McGinley).

Pennsylvania Archives. Pennsylvania Dept of Public Instruction (Pennsylvania State Library). 1853. (Re Capt. John McGinley).

Who's Who in America. J.W. Leonard. Marquis Publishing, Chicago. 1903.

Early Military History: History of Butler County, Pennsylvania. Robert C. Brown. R.C. Brown & Co. 1875.

Servants and Apprentices Bound Assigned. George W. Neible. Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Jan-Oct 1907. (Re Bryan McGinley, settler 1745).

California of the South. A Historuy. John S. McGroarty. S.J. Clarke Publisher. 1935. (Re Walter McGinley).

The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men. The United States Biographical Publishing Co. 1878. (Re Austin N. McGindley).

The History of Blount County, Pennsylvania.

The History of Butler County, Pennsylvania. Walkins and Waterman. Waterman, Walkins & Co. 1883.

The Histories of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania. Warner & Beers & Co 1886.

Goodspeeds History of Blount County, Tennessee. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. (Re W.D. McGinley).

History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Including an Account of its Original Exploration. J.H. Battle. A Warner & Co. 1887.

The Histories of Counties McKean, Elk and Forest, Pennsylvania. M.A. Leeson. J.H. Beers & Co. 1890.

History of the Presbyterian Churches of Path Valley. Rev. D.I. Camp & Rev. J. Warren Kaufman. Press of the Chambersburg Repository. 1916.

Historical View of Clinton County, Pennsylvania. D.S. Maynard. Enterprise Print House. 1875.

Tennessee Genealogical Society (Re W.D. McGinley).

Knox County Archives.

Archive Records for the Diocese of Newark at Seton Hall University. (Re Monsignor Roger A. McGinley).

Pennsylvania Archive for Service in the Revolutionary War.

Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641-1819. Michael Tepper. Genealogical Pub. Co. (Re Bryan McGinley, 1745).

British Aliens in the U.S. During the War of 1812. Kenneth Scott. Genealogical Pub. Co. Baltimore. 1979. (Re John McGinley, settler New York 1812 & Michael McGinley, New York 1812).

Family Remembrances. Ann McGinley-Bok. Pathfinder Publishing. 2006. (Remembrances of a McGinley family in America).

Thenationalarchive.gov (access to American Archival Database, AAD). (File Unit...Famine Irish Passenger Record Data File).

www.dickinson.edu. (information on Amos A. McGinley's graduation date).

www.catholic-hierarchy.org (information on Bishop John B. McGinley).

Churches of the Valley; Or a Historical Sketch of the Old Presbyterian Congregations of Cumberland and Franklin Counties in Pennsylvania. Rev Alfred Nevin. Joseph M. Wilson Publishing, Philadelphia. 1852.

U.S. Works Projects Administration. Index to Records of Aliens Declarations of Intent. (Vol 7 & 8). (Re Corn McGinley, 1809 and Hugh McGinley, 1813).

Monroeville Historical Society. www.monroevillehistorical.com (Re McGinley House).

Illustriana Kansas. Kansas Illustriana Society. 1933. (Re Sheriff Ed McGinley).

The Small Town in American Drama. Ima Honaker Herron. Southern Methodist University Press. 1969. (Re John McGinley).

The McGinley Broady History (Pamphlet). Blount County Archives. 1976. (Re Tennessee McGinleys).

Blount County, Tennessee Cemetery Records. Edith B. Little. Unigraphic Publishers. 1980. (Re Tennessee McGinleys).

Emigrants and Exiles-Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America. Kerby A. Miller. Oxford University Press. 1988.

Phyllis McGinley. Linda Wagner-Martin. Twayne Publishers. 1971.

The Whaling City: A History of New London. Robert Owen Parker. Pequot Press. 1976. (Re Connecticut McGinleys).

Blount County, Tennessee Marriages 1795-1865. William E. Parham. Southern Historical Press. 1992. (Re Tennessee McGinleys).

Blount County, Tennessee Marriages 1795-1915. Edith B. Little. Windmill Publications. 1994. (Re Tennessee McGinleys).

Deadly Days in Kansas. Wayne C. Lee. Caxton Press. 1997. (Re Sheriff Ed McGinley).

The New York Irish. Ronald H. Bayor. J.H.U. Press. 1997. (Re Irish Servants/Slaves).

Making Sense of the Molly Maguires. Kevin Kenny. Oxford University Press. 1998. (Re Seán Mag Fhionnghaile/John McGinley).

Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Gerald H. Anderson. Wm. B. Erdmans Publishers. 1999. (Re Laurence McGinley).

The Chief:Art Rooney and his Pittsburgh Steelers. Jim O'Brien. James P. O'Brien Publishing. 2001. (Re Pittsburgh McGinleys).

Fordham:A History and Memoir. Raymond A. Schroth. Loyola Press. 2002. (Re Laurence J. McGinley).

Smiling Irish Eyes. Andrew O'Toole. St Johann Press. 2004 (Re Pittsburgh McGinleys).

worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kekake04&id=I06118 (Re Col James McGinley).

findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page&GScid=15435 (Re McGinley Cemetery and McGinley burials).

 

MCGINLEYS IN AUSTRALIA

Australian Convicts Transportation Registers. 1791-1868.

New South Wales and Tazmania, Australia Convicts Musters. 1806-1849.

New South Wales Convicts Tickets & Certificates Index 1831.

A Nimble Fingered Tribe-The Convicts of the 'Sugar Cane', Ireland to Botany Bay, 1793. Barbara Hall. B. Hall Publishing. 2002.

 

MCGINLEYS IN CANADA

The Settlers in Canada. Captain Marryat. Collins Cleartype Press. 1844.

The History of Newfoundland: From the Earliest Times to the Year 1860. C. Pedley. 1863.

Archdiocese of Toronto Archives.

Passengers to New Brunswick. The New Brunswick Genealogical Society. 1987.

The Untold Story: The Irish in Canada. Roger O'Driscoll. Celtic Arts of Canada. 1988.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain & Ireland. Robert Beatson. 1806.

A Calender of the Saints of Ireland. John O'Donovan. 1864.

History of the Irish Hierarchy (Ecclesiastical History of Ireland). Thomas Walsh. D&J Sadlier & Co. 1854.

Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae. Henry Cotton. 1860.

Notes on the History of the Ruins at Iona. W.F. Skene. Society of Antiquities of Scotland. 1873.

General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. John Burke. Harrison & Sons Pub. 1884. (Re Sweeney Arms).

De Annatis Hiberniae. Rev. Costallo. Dublin. 1909.

Irish Priests in Penal Times. W.P. Burke. Waterford. 1914.

A Trappist Writes Home:The Letters of Abbot Gerard McGinley to his Family. Abbot Gerard McGinley. Milwaukie. 1960.

Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland. (Appendix p. 2390). (Information of migration of Donegal clans to Mayo in 17th Century).

Lindisfarne; The Cradle Island. Magnus Magnusson. Oriel Press. 1984.

Rona:The Distant Isle. Michael Robson. Acair Publishing. 1991.

Iona. E. Mairi MacArthur. Colin Baxter Photography Limited. 1997.

How the Irish Saved Civilization. Thomas Cahill. Hodder & Stoughton. 1995.

The Royal Irish Constabulary-A Complete Alphabetical List of Officers and Men, 1816-1922. Jim Herlihy. Four Courts Press. 1999.

To Hell or Barbados. Seán O'Callaghan. Brandon Books. 2000.

Christianity in Ireland: Revisiting the Story. Brendan Bradshaw & Dáire Keogh. Columba Press. 2002 (Re Ciothruadh Mag Fhionnghaill).

 

SPECIAL THANKS:

Niall Mag Fhionnghaile, local historian & clan leader, Co Donegal.

Berni @ Letterkenny Library, Letterkenny, Co Donegal, Ireland.

Éanna Mac Cuinneagáin @ Cathach Books in Dublin, Ireland. (Re T.C. McGinley and his family)

Pastor Meagan Boozer, Upper Path Valley Presbyterian Church, Pennsylvania (Re Rev Amos McGinley).

Fr. Silke (Raphoe Diocese Archivist, Letterkenny, Co Donegal).

Jack R. McGinley & Tom McGinley (for invaluable information/photos on Jack R. McGinley Sr and McGinleys in Pittsburgh).

 

ADDITIONAL THANKS:

Arcadia Public Library, Arcadia, California, USA. (Re Walter T. McGinley).

Rev. Msgr Francis R. Seymour. Archdiocese Archivist of Newark, USA (Re Roger A. McGinley).

John Beekman, New Jersey Room, Jersey City Free Public Library, USA. (Re Roger A. McGinley).

Matthew Beckman OFM. media@franciscans.org.au (Re Paschall McGinley).

Marc Lerman (Archdiocese of Toronto).

Marc Mappen Ph.D. Executive Director, New Jersey Historical Commision, USA. (Re Roger A. McGinley).

City of Arcadia Public Library, California, USA.

Kansas City Public Library, Kansas, USA.

Mayo County Library, Ireland.

Westmeath County Library, Ireland. (Re Laurence Ginnell).

The Abbey of the Genesee, New York State, USA (Re Abbot Gerard McGinley).

Manuscripts Department, Old Library, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

Melinda Rust, Blount County Public Library, Maryville, Tennessee, USA. (Re Tennessee McGinleys).

 

THANKS FOR USE OF IMAGES:

Laurence McGinley — special thanks to Fordham University Archives.

T.C. McGinley/Kinnfaela — Éanna Mac Cuinneagáin of Cathach Books, Dublin.

Amos A. McGinley — Pastor Meagan Boozer, Upper Path Valley Presbyterian Church, Pennsylvania.

Ben Maginley Song Book (1871) — Robert F. Sabia.

Ben McGinley Song Book — Erin Foley C/O Circus World Museum.

Ben Maginley Logo — Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Maine, USA.

Abbot Gerard McGinley — The Abbey of the Genesee, New York State, USA.

Laurence Ginnell — N.L.I "INDH65 reproduced courtesy of The National Library of Ireland.

Laurence Ginnell (young photo) - with the kind permission of Jeremiah Sheehan (Author).

Walter McGinley (Pastel/Sketch) — An Sionnach (Artist).

Tim McGinley (Pencil sketch) — An Sionnach (Artist).

Jack R. McGinley - Photos courtesy of Jack R. McGinley Jr and Tom McGinley.

Jim McGinley (Baseball Card) — Society For American Baseball Research.

Jim McGinley (Newspaper Photograph) - Credit; Chicago Daily News.

Joseph Warren McGinley - Photo courtesy of Joan E Davis (descendant).

Rebecca Emma McGinley Sinnamon - Photo courtesy of Joan E Davis (descendant).

Don McGinley — "Photo courtesy the Wessels Living History Farm",

http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe50s/money_06.html

An Cathach — Manuscript image reproduced 'By Permission of the Royal Irish Academy (Copyright) RIA'.

Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne — Manuscript image reproduced 'By Permission of the Royal Irish Academy (Copyright) RIA'.

Laurence Ginnell, May 1917 - With kind permission from Westmeath County Library (Ginnell Papers, item No. 86).

William J. McGinley - Photo courtesy of The Knights of Columbas.

Pittsburgh Steelers Logo/Images - Courtesy of Pittsburgh Steelers.

Monsignor Roger A. McGinley - Jersey City Observer/John Beekman @ The New Jersey Room, Jersey City Free Public Library.

Sheriff Ed McGinley - Source/Credit, Illustriana Kansas 1933, the Kansas Illustriana Society.

Glenswiily McGinleys (Cú Uladh, Bridget McGinley, Dr P.J. McGinley, Michael McGinley etc) - Niall Mag Fhionnghaile (Clan Leader).

Ed McGinley (American footballer) - Thanks to www.collegefootball.org