Alway Coat of Arms, Family Crest and Alway Family History

Alway Family History

The name Alway in Ireland is usually of immigrant origin having been introduced into the Province of Ulster by settlers from England and Scotland, especially during the seventeenth century. It is in the Northern Counties that the majority of descendants bearing this name in Ireland can today still be found. Variants include Allaway, Ellaway and Alvey.

A Sept is an ancient form of a Clan and is a group of people whose ancestors all bore the same surname and inhabited the same locality.