Nagle - Irish Surname Origin & Meaning
Irish form: de Nógla
Meaning: Norman, from Angle in Wales
Traditional stronghold: Cork
Nano Nagle founded the Presentation Sisters.
Pronunciation: NAY-gul; Irish de Nógla: deh NOHG-lah
History of the Nagle name
Nagle is a Cork form of the Norman de Angulo, a family that came with the invasion and split into three streams: Nangle in Meath, Costello in Connacht (where they took a Gaelic patronymic) and Nagle in Munster. The Munster branch settled along the Blackwater valley in north Cork, where the Nagle Mountains still carry their name and Ballygriffin was their seat. Staunchly Catholic and Jacobite, the family produced Sir Richard Nagle, Attorney General to James II and Speaker of the Patriot Parliament of 1689. Edmund Burke's mother was a Nagle of this stock, and the family's most enduring legacy is Nano Nagle, pioneer of Catholic education for the poor.
Variants: Nangle · Neagle · de Angulo
Famous bearers of the name
- Nano Nagle - Ballygriffin-born founder of the Presentation Sisters and pioneer of education for Ireland's Catholic poor.
- Sir Richard Nagle - Jacobite Attorney General for Ireland and Speaker of the 1689 Patriot Parliament.
- Sir Edmund Nagle - Royal Navy admiral of the Cork family and kinsman of Edmund Burke.
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