What part of Ireland does the family Macgee come from?

www.familysearch.org lists McGees in these areas of Ireland:

Belfast, , Ireland--capital of N. Ireland

Maryboro, Leix, Ireland--county in Republic of Ireland (South)

Tipperary, Munster, Ireland--South

Kilatee, Cavan, Ireland--South

Wexford, Ireland--South

Ballinderry, Antrim, Ireland--North

Newtownardo, Down, Ireland--North

County Armaugh, Ireland--North

Gortahork, Co.Donegal, Ireland--South

Dublin, Ireland--South

Droheda,County Louth, Ireland--South

Spelling variations include: MAGEE , MCGHEE, McGHIE , MCGOUGH , MCGAHEY , MC GEA , MCGAW , MA GEE , MCGOEY , MC GAH , MCGEHEE

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McGee Name Meaning--Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic "Mac Aodha" ‘"son of Aodh"’ (see McCoy).

McGoey Name Meaning--Irish (Counties Leitrim and Longford): variant of McGaughey.

McGaughey Name Meaning--Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic "Mac Eachaidh" ‘"son of Eochaidh" or "Eachaidh"’, meaning ‘"horseman"’ (a derivative of each ‘horse’).

McGhie--Scottish: variant of McGee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexion

Many surnames arose out of the existence of a complexion whose particularities may have differed from that of the village or town's population, and thus attracted enough notice to warrant a nickname. The Irish surname Rogan (from Ruadhan) referred to a person with red hair, or a ruddy complexion. The Scottish surname Bain (from ban) referred to a fair-haired person, while Dunn (from donn) implies brown/dark hair, and Duff (from dubh) implies black hair. The English surname Brown, an extremely common surname in the English-speaking world, was originally applied to anyone with a slightly darker complexion, in the same manner that the surname White was applied to anyone with a particularly light complexion. The surname Gough is derived from the Welsh goch or coch, meaning "red" or "ruddy." King William II of England was called William Rufus ("the Red") because of his ruddy complexion. Ludovico il Moro ("the Moor") was called as such because of his swarthy complexion.

"Black Irish" is a traditional term believed to have originated in the United States that commonly ascribes to a dark brown or black hair phenotype appearing in Caucasian persons of Irish descent. This can be distinguished in contrast to the (lighter) brown, blond or red hair color variant, the latter stereotypically perceived to personify the look of typical Irish folk. Dennis O'Mullally's "History of O'Mullally and Lally Clan", or "The history of an Irish family through the ages" entertwined with that of the Irish nation, wherein the author mentions the Fir Bolg as "the aboriginal people of Ireland, smaller in stature than the Gaels, with jet-black hair and dark eyes, contrasting with unusually white skin." The term 'Black Irish' is also accompanied by claims suggesting these physical traits to be the result of an Iberian (Spain/Portugal) admixture originating with survivors of the Spanish Armada. However, the genetic contributions of the latter are likely to have been insignificant, as most Armada survivors were killed on the beaches, and many of the remnants eventually escaped from Ireland. It is believed that a group of Spanish soldiers ended up serving as armed retainers to the Irish chiefs Brian O'Rourke, Sorley Boy MacDonnell, and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. Consequently, these soldiers may have lived in Ireland long enough to father children. In recently published books ("Blood of the Isles" by Bryan Sykes and "The Origins of the British - A Genetic Detective Story" by Stephen Oppenheimer), both authors agree that ancient inhabitants of Ireland can be traced back to the Iberian Peninsula, as a result of a series of migrations that took place during the Mesolithic and to a lesser extent the Neolithic Age.

In a statistical survey of the Irish carried out by Mr. C. Wesley Dupertuis in the 1940s under the endorsement and guidance of The Division of Anthropology of Harvard University, based on some 10,000 adult males, the following information was gathered and so documented:

The hair color of the Irish is predominantly brown. Less than 3% have black or ashen hair; 40% have dark brown hair. Medium brown hues make up another 35%. Persons with blond and light brown hair account for close to 15%, while approximately 10% have red hair. Both golden and dark brown shades can be seen in the southwestern counties of Ireland, but fairest hair in general is most common in the Great Plain. Ulster has been evidenced to have the highest frequencies of red hair with the lowest found in Wexford and Waterford. In further examining pigmentation characteristics,

studies have indicated the Irish are 'almost uniquely pale skinned when unexposed, untanned parts of the body, are observed' and '40% of the entire group are freckled to some extent.' Moreover, 'in the proportion of pure light eyes', data shows that 'Ireland competes successfully with the blondest regions of Scandinavia,' as approximately 42% of the Irish population have blue eyes. Another 30% have been found to possess light-mixed eyes and 'less than 1 half of 1% have pure brown.'

(Don't know if the wikipedia article helps or not, but it gives an idea of what complexions/hair color are from where. You can see both articles on their website.)

Williams is an English call that's amazingly complication-unfastened in Wales even though it has no Irish hyperlinks My wager wud be that ur Dad's family individuals travelled over throughout the britain Plantation of eire and grew to grow to be Anglo-irish. that's impossible to tell the place the call is from as its not an origional Irish call its all right down to the randomness of the place ur family individuals settled. Williams wud not be an extremely complication-unfastened call in eire although

Irish MacGee's belonged primarily to Ulster and their original territory lay on the borders of counties Donegal and Tyrone.

There is no truth in the Black hair and red hair thing, Macgee comes from modern day N.Ireland.