No Linehane households in Griffith's.
| Lenaghan | Quite numerous: Down etc. See Lenihan. |
| Leneghan | rare: Mayo, Down. See Lenihan. |
| Lenehan | numerous: Midlands, Mayo-Sligo etc. See Lenihan. |
| Lenihan | numerous: all areas except Ulster, mainly Kerry-Clare-W Limerick-Cork. The Irish is (1) Ó Leannacháin (2) Ó Luingeacháin. The former relates to a Roscommon sept; the latter to Munster and comes, according to Woulfe, from earlier Mac Longacháin where longach may be gluttonous, avid. Note the variants. IF & SGG. |
| Linihan | numerous: Munster, especially Cork. See Lenihan. |
| Ó Leannacháin | Lenihan: líon beag: Connachta & Lár na Tíre. Clann ó Ros Comáin go bhfuil athleagain Ó Léanacháin & Ó Lionacháin orthu. Féach Ó Loingeacháin & Ó Longacháin, leis. Féach Mac Leannacháin thuas. |
| Ó Luingeacháin | Lenihan: líonmhar: Luimneach-Ciarraí-an Clár. Luann de Bhulbh Mac Longacháin mar bhun-leagan. Féach Ó Leannacháin, leis. SGG & IF. |
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