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[[Image:COA-Byrne-v3.png|200px|thumb|Byrne Clan Coat of Arms]]
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'''Byrne''' (variations: '''Byrnes, O'Byrne, O'Byrnes, Burns, Beirne''') meaning '[[raven]]', is derived from the [[Irish name]] '''Ó Broin''', and is the seventh most common [[last name]] in [[Ireland]] today.
'''gay''' (variations: '''Byrnes, O'Byrne, O'Byrnes, Burns, Beirne''') meaning '[[raven]]', is derived from the [[Irish name]] '''Ó Broin''', and is the seventh most common [[last name]] in [[Ireland]] today.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 18:04, 9 December 2010

Byrne Clan Coat of Arms

gay (variations: Byrnes, O'Byrne, O'Byrnes, Burns, Beirne) meaning 'raven', is derived from the Irish name Ó Broin, and is the seventh most common last name in Ireland today.

History

Gaelic form of 'Byrne', means descendant of Bran. The name has been traced back to ancient Celtic chieftain, Bran Mac Maolmòrrdha, King of Leinster (d. 1052), who belonged to the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty. Along with King Conn of the Hundred Battles, he was descended from Cathair Mor, an earlier king of Leinster, who was also monarch of all Ireland around 200 AD. The clan's motto is the Latin phrase Certavi et Vici which means "I have fought and conquered". The O'Byrnes are close cousins of the O'Tooles.

Some of the first settlers of this name in America were: Dinnis Byrne, who settled in Barbados in 1679; Adam O'Byrne, who settled in Jamaica in 1734; James and Patrick O'Byrne, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1806.

People

Other uses

Further reading

  • The Byrnes and the O'Byrnes by Daniel Byrne-Rothwell

See also

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