McGaffin Coat of Arms, Family Crest and McGaffin Family History

McGaffin Family History

The names McGaffin and Gaffan in Ireland were brought into the country by settlers who arrived from Scotland, especially during the seventeenth century. The main settlement area was the Province of Ulster and it is here that the majority of descendants can still today be found.

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.