| Marnane | Quite numerous: Tipperary-Limerick etc. Ir. Ó Marannáin. Variant of Murnane, q.v. |
| Marren | Quite numerous: Sligo-Mayo etc. Ir. O Mearáin, mear, lively. Apparently separate from the sept in Monaghan. See Marron.MIF. |
| Marrinan | nod.nos.: Clare etc. Ir. Ó Marannáin. See also Murnane & Mannering. |
| Marron | numerous: Monaghan-Down-Antrim, Louth-Meath etc. Ir. Ó Mearáin, mear, lively. A sept of Monaghan. See also Marren. SI. |
| Merron | rare: Down etc. See Marron. |
| Murnane | fairly numerous: Limerick-Clare-Cork etc. Ir. Ó Murnáin. This may derive from muirneach, lovable, but Woulfe says it is a corruption of Manannán, otherwise the Irish sea-god. In this connection, see Marrinan. Another possible root is maranach, thoughtful. The name has, in some cases, in S W Munster become Warren, q.v. MIF. |
| Murnin | fairly rare: Down. Ir. ? Ó Murnáin. Apparently a synonym of Murnane, q.v. |
| Ó Murnáin | Murnane: cuíosach líonmhar: Luimneach-an Clár-Corcaigh. Féach Ó Marannáin. D'fhéadfadh an phréamh bheith i "muirneach" nó "maranach" nó, le ard-shamhlaíocht de Bhulbh, i Manannán Mac Lir, an muir-dhia. Deineadh Warren díobh, leis. MIF. |
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