McGee (name)

Map of Gaelic Ireland showing the territory of the Ulaid c. 900

McGee or McKee (Irish: Mac Aodha, meaning "son of Aodh") is an English language surname of Irish and Scottish Gaelic origin. The McGee were a chieftain clan of the Ulaid, of which their territory corresponded to the Islandmagee peninsula in modern-day County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is also anglicised as "McCoy".

Notable people with this surname

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