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Irish (County Down): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Bhrádaigh, a patronymic from the personal name Brádach, probably from a word meaning ‘proud’.

Mainly farmers

Most of the port of departures are from Liverpool and Glasglow


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: yep she is right, I ran your name through the Ancestry.com Learning center:

Irish (County Down): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Bhrádaigh, a patronymic from the personal name Brádach, probably from a word meaning ‘proud’.

Mainly farmers

Most of the port of departures are from Liverpool and Glasglow

Irish

Irish, for sure.

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
McGrady
Irish (County Down): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Bhrádaigh, a patronymic from the personal name Brádach, probably from a word meaning ‘proud’.
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