Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murchadha ‘descendant
of Murchadh’, a personal name composed of the elements
muir ‘sea’ + cath ‘battle’, i.e. ‘sea-warrior’. This was
an important family in Tyrone.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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