Mac Suibhne
The Gaelic surname Mac Suibhne is a patronymic form of Suibhne and means "son of Suibhne".[1] The personal name Suibhne means "pleasant".[2]
Anglicised forms of Mac Suibhne include: McSeveney,[3] McSeveny,[3] McSween,[4] McSweeney,[1] McSweeny,[1] McSwiney,[1] Sweaney,[5] Sween,[1] Sweeney,[5] Sweenie,[5] Sweeny,[5] Sweney,[6] Swiney,[7] Swinney,[8] A lenited variant form of Mac Suibhne is Mac Shuibhne.[2] Anglicised forms of the latter Gaelic name include: (possibly) Mawhinney,[9] McQueen,[10] McQueeney,[10] McQueenie,[10] (possibly) McWhinney,[9] Queen,[11] Queeney,[11] Wheen.[12]
One particular family that has borne the surname Mac Suibhne is Clann Suibhne. Members of this Scottish family settled in Ulster as gallowglass warriors in the Middle Ages.[5]
People
mac Suibhne
- Dubhghall mac Suibhne, 13th-century Argyllian magnate
Mac Suibhne
- Aodán Mac Suibhne, 21st-century hurling referee
- Aodh Mac Suibhne, 16th-century Irish gallowglass
- Domnall na Madhmann Mac Suibhne, 15th-century Irish gallowglass
- Eóin Mac Suibhne, 14th-century Scottish nobleman
- Micheál Mac Suibhne, 18th-century poet
- Murchadh Mac Suibhne, 13th-century Argyllian magnate
- Suibhne MacAnrahan, brother to the High King of Ireland, who built Castle Sween in the late 11th century
Citations
- ^ a b c d e Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
- ^ a b Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
- ^ a b Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1806; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
- ^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808.
- ^ a b c d e Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
- ^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2605, 2608.
- ^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2607, 2608.
- ^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2604, 2608.
- ^ a b Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1726.
- ^ a b c Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804.
- ^ a b Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) pp. 1804, 2192.
- ^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2876.
References
- Hanks, P; Coates, R; McClure, P, eds. (2016a). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879883-5.
- Hanks, P; Coates, R; McClure, P, eds. (2016b). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879884-2.
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