Lohan | fairly numerous: Galway-Roscommon etc. Ir. Ó Leocháin, spelled Ó Lóthcháin by the Annalists, it relates to a sept of W Meath, dispersed at the Invasion. It may derive from first name Lóch, meaning radiant. See Logan. MIF. |
Ó Leocháin | Lohan: cuíosach líonmhar: Gaillimh-Ros Comáin & rl. Clann de chuid na h-Iar-Mhí a dhíshealbhaíodh tar éis an Ionraidh. Roimhe sin, bhí Cuan Ó Leocháin ina phríomh-fhile ag Maoilsheachlainn rí i 1024. Brí, b'fhéidir, ón ainm Lóch a chiallaíonn soilseach, lonrach. |
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