Rabette


Rabette households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland

No Rabette households in Griffith's.

Surname Dictionary

Ó Coinín Kinneen, Cunneen, Rabbitt: líonmhar: Gaillimh & Maigh Eo. Bhí Mac Coinín in Iorras, Maigh Eo; dhá chlann a luaitear le Ó Coinín - ceann i dTuathmhumhain agus ceann eile in Uíbh Fhailí. Níl aon bhaint ag an ainm Coinín leis an ainmhí beag oryctolagus cuniculus (coinín) seachas an bhun-phréamh chéanna: cú (Laidin canis). IF.
Rabbitte fairly numerous: all areas, but mainly Galway-Mayo-Offaly. Ir. Ó Coinín, diminutive of cano, a wolf cub. Also anglicised Cunneen, Kinneen, Cunnane. Confusion with the later word coinín meaning rabbit. SI.

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