No MacAran households in Griffith's.
| Carron | Quite numerous: Louth, Fermanagh, Donegal. Ir. Mac Cearáin (Ulster), Mac Carrghamhna (Midlands). Carron is also Anglo-Norman, more usually as Carew, q.v. MIF. |
| Mac Carrghamhna | Mac Carron, O'Growney: cuíosach líonmhar: Muineachán, Connachta & rl. Bhí an clann sa bunaithe san Iar-Mhí ar theacht na Normannach nuair a scaipeadh iad. Claochló ar an mbun-sloinne is ea Ó Gramhna. Tá Mac Cearáin i dTír Conaill, leis. Fréamh: ainm pearsanta: Carrghamhain: sleá + gamhain. Caulfield & Gaffney orthu anois chomh maith.SGG. |
| MacAran | Very rare: Fermanagh. See Mac Carron. |
| MacCarron | numerous: Ulster generally; Sligo-Mayo. Ir. Mac Cearáin, probably variant of Mac Ciaráin, from first name Ciarán a dimin. of ciar, black. A sept of Donegal. It may also stand for Mac Carrghamhna, a branch of Southern Uí Néill in W Meath. See also Carron.MIF. |
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