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© MapTiler © OpenStreetMap contributorsKean | fairly rare: Down & scattered. See Keane. |
Keane | Very numerous: all areas, especially Munster. Ir. Ó Catháin, Ó Céin. The former is general in Munster; the latter relates to Waterford. Evidently distinct from the Ulster group, although Woulfe refers to a branch of the Derry sept in Clare. SI & SGG. |
Keen | rare: Down. Possibly English, also a variant of Keane, q.v. DOS. |
Mac Aodháin | Keane: ? líonmhar sa tír, ach ní ag freagairt don sloinne Gaelach sa a fuair de Bhulbh i gConnacht. Aodhán - díspeagadh ar Aodh a chiallaíonn "lasair". SGG. |
Mac Catháin | Keane: líonmhar go forleathan ach baineann an sloinne seo leis an gClár mar a raibh siad ina gcomharbaí ar N Seanán ag Inis Cathaigh.SGG. |
MacCain | rare: Tyrone. Scots Gaelic Mac Eáin, from Ardnamurchan. Eáin = John. |
Parishes where a McKeene and a second surname married each other.