Legend has it that in the year 715, a powerful knight defended the entrance to Galicia through the Valley of Quiroga from invasion by the Moors.
New houses were established in these areas and also in the municipalities of Panton, Lancara, and Cesuras; the parishes of Espasantes, Carballedo, and Lamela; and extending through the regions of A Coruña and León in northern Spain.
As a general, he commanded the 500 reinforcements in the Battle of Arauco (1574) and died on May 19, 1575, aboard the ship Angel Gabriel in the gulf of the Island of Santo Domingo en route to Chile.
Nicolás was promoted to the rank of captain in 1579, 2nd lieutenant major in 1580, and later served as a High Justice.
He was married in 1581 to Ana Farra Ferris De Gamboa, and the two of them helped to propagate the Quiroga name throughout Chile.
Horacio was operated for prostate cancer in late 1936 and committed suicide a few months later.