Welcome to the Mcilroy Family Website
Who is this site for?
This site is first and foremost a place dedicated to the Mcilroy family history.
Secondly, we know that sometimes it is hard to find a place on the web for you to keep your information that is not plastered with advertisements. Free sites can be good but you are at the mercy of their servers and the users accessing them.
So who are the Mcilroys?
According to some sources the Mcilroy's and other forms of the name (McElroy, Gilroy and Milroy) are from Mac Gille ruaidh, 'son of the red-haired lad.' or from Gilderoy, youngest son of John Grant of Carron, early 17th century.
In my searching I am having trouble making that connection, I have traced my family to the mid 1600's or about one generation away and and have hit a wall. I am still working to find the connection and hope to someday find the missing piece.
This site is about my McIlroy heritage, my family and what we do.