mateer

would like history of Mateer name. Origin Ireland
thanks county down

Mateer is the Anglicised version of the Irish
"Mac an tSaoir"(also MacIntyre in Northern Ireland,..MacAntire, MacEntire, MacAteer, MacCateer.. etc.) and translates as Carpenteer and Freeman; "son of a craftsman"
(saor in Irish means a mason,carpenter and also freeman) About Dublin this name has been translated "carpenter"