<P> Lavery, also spelled Lowry, Lowrie, Lory, and Lowery, is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Labhradha, meaning the "descendants of Labhradha". </P> <P> The Ó Labhradha descend from Labhradh, who was the father of Etru, chief of the Monagh, a people belonging to the Irish over-kingdom of Ulaid . At the time of Etru's death in 1056, the sept was located in the area of Magh Rath (present - day Moira, County Down). It is in this area as well as the adjoining part of County Antrim where the surname is still most common . A strong concentration of them can also be found in the Montiaghs district of County Armagh, where many moved to during the Plantation of Ulster . </P>

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