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McGaha Family History

The names McGaha, MacGahey and McGaughey in Ireland are derived from the native Gaelic Mac Eachaidh Sept, taken from the first name Eachaidh. The main Sept was located in County Monaghan although the many variants of these names, including MacGaffey, MacCaughey and even Hackett, can mostly be found in the Province of Ulster.

A Sept is an ancient Clan-like collective describing a group of persons whose immediate ancestors bore a common surname and inhabited the same territory.