No Strahen households in Griffith's.
| Ó Sraitheáin | Strain, Strahan: líonmhar: Cúige Uladh & rl. Craobh de Chineál Chonaill a bhí lonnaithe i nGleann Súilí, Tír Chonaill. Leagain ghallda éagsúla: Shryane, Srahan, Spruhan. Féach Ó Sruitheáin, leis. |
| Strachan | rare: Belfast, Dublin etc. Ir. Ó Sraitheáin (SGA) This form of the name appears to be Scottish and Black regards it as a toponymic. Ir. srath, valley becomes strath in Scotland. See also Srahan & Strain. |
| Straghan | fairly rare: E Ulster. Variant of Strachan, q.v. |
| Strahan | rare: Belfast, Dublin etc. Ir. Ó Sruitheáin. Woulfe derives this from sruth, a learned man, while MacLysaght settles for the more obvious "stream". They are recorded as a sept of Donegal, with branches in Mayo and Cork. The overlap with Strachan seems to indicate that these linked names are generally Scottish in origin. |
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