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The Coelings; The Kyle Clan;The Gwyr y Gogledd; The Men of the North;

Twas in that place o’ Scotland isle, That bears the name o’ auld King Coil -- The Twa Dogs, Robert Burns

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History

There are a number of accounts as to the history of the name and it is likely that different branches have different derivations. This Society is focused on Kyles of Scots or Scots/Irish decent, most of whom probably trace their lineage back to the Kyle Districts of Ayrshire in Southwest Scotland --- often with a stay of generations in Ireland. According to local tradition in Kyle, the district name derives from the ancient King Coil, popularly known as Old King Cole. For more discussion see History and Old King Cole.

Patron

Chief Fergus Hort Day Macdowall of Garthland

Pronunciation

There appear to be two main variations in pronunciations. In North America and Australia the common pronunciation rhymes with “style.” In the UK/Ireland a secondary pronunciation could rhyme with “coil.” Another variation of Coil might be Cole rhyming with “soul.” Other local variations also occurred.

The spelling variations might include: Cael, Caeles, Caelus, Caelius, Cill, Cil, Coales, Coales, Coel, Coelius, Cole, Cola, Coil, Coile, Coils, Coilius, Colees, Coles, Coleye, Colles, Collye, Colye, Cooals, Cooils, Cooles, Cooyles, Cooyell, Cooylles, Coull, Coyl, Coyles, Coyll, Coylle, Coylles, Coyls, Cyll, Kaal, Kaale, Kail, Kaile, Kaul, Kayle, Kayll, Kile, Koil, Koile, Koiles, Koill, Koyel, Koyl, Kuyle, Kyolle, Kyle, Kyll, Kylle and others. The spelling "Kyle" is used for simplicity to refer to all variations.

Illustration of an early Kyle Arms from "A Partial History of the Kyle, Kile, Coyle Family In America"

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