{{Infobox surname | name = MacTaggart | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | meaning = "son of the priest" | region = Scotland, Ulster | language = Gaelic | variant = Taggart, McTaggart | footnotes = Frequency Comparisons (McTaggart)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/mctaggart |title=MaTaggart Surname Meaning and Distribution |publisher=forebears.co.uk}} Retrieved 21 January 2014</ref> }} '''MacTaggart''' is a surname of Scottish or Ultonian origin. It is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic ''Mac an t-Sagairt'', meaning "son of the priest"<ref>"Marriage by members of the clergy was prohibited after the 12th century, but was frequently practised nevertheless" ([http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Taggart-family-history.ashx Taggart family history).]</ref> Also having the forms '''McTaggart''' and Taggart.
==People with the surname ''MacTaggart''==
*Fearchar mac an t-sagairt (anglicised as ''Farquhar MacTaggart'') 13th century Earl of Ross *Fiona Mactaggart *Gerry MacTaggart *Ivan Mactaggart *James MacTaggart *John Mactaggart (disambiguation) *Sandy Mactaggart *William MacTaggart
==Other== *Mactaggart baronets *MacTaggart-Stewart baronets **Mark MacTaggart-Stewart *Mactaggart, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada *Mactaggarts Woolstore, Brisbane, Australia
==See also== * Moira MacTaggert, comic book character * McTaggart * Taggart (surname)
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Category:Surnames of Ulster-Scottish origin
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