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The
surname Mac
Caba/McCabe has
its origins from
the Isle of
Arran in the
Hebrides of
Scotland, being
of Norse-Scot
extraction
through Viking
invaders
settling with
the indigenous
Scots. The
McCabes are one
of the main
Irish mercenary
Gallowglass
Families to
emerge from the
Highlands and
Islands of
Scotland during
the 13th
century.
[Further detail
can be found in:
MacLysaght,
Edward (1957).
Irish Families,
Their Names,
Arms and
Origins. Dublin:
Hodges, Figgis
& Co. pp.
69–70]
The
arms are based
upon those
attributed to
Alexander
MacCabe:
According to a
genealogy which
purports to date
from the 17th
century,
Alexander
MacCabe
(fl.1689) was a
descendant of
the last
chieftains of
the MacCabes.
Within the
genealogy, his
arms are
blazoned: Vert a
fesse wavy
between three
salmons naiant
Argent; crest a
demi-griffon
sergeant Vert;
motto Aut
Vincere Aut
Mori. [D'Alton,
John (1861).
Illustrations,
Historical and
Genealogical, of
King James's
Irish Army List.
2 (2nd enlarged
ed.). London:
John Russell
Smith. pp.
753–755.]
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