Mac Suibhne

The Gaelic surname Mac Suibhne is a patronymic form of Suibhne and means "son of Suibhne".^[1] The personal name Suibhne means "pleasant".^[2]

Anglicised forms of Mac Suibhne include: McSeveney,^[3] McSeveny,^[3] McSween,^[4] McSweeney,^[1] McSweeny,^[1] McSwiney,^[1] Sweaney,^[5] Sween,^[1] Sweeney,^[5] Sweenie,^[5] Sweeny,^[5] Sweney,^[6] Swiney,^[7] Swinney,^[8] A lenited variant form of Mac Suibhne is Mac Shuibhne.^[2] Anglicised forms of the latter Gaelic name include: (possibly) Mawhinney,^[9] McQueen,^[10] McQueeney,^[10] McQueenie,^[10] (possibly) McWhinney,^[9] Queen,^[11] Queeney,^[11] Wheen.^[12]

One particular family that has borne the surname Mac Suibhne is Clann Suibhne. Members of this Scottish family settled in Ulster as gallowglass warriors in the Middle Ages.^[5]

People

mac Suibhne

Dubhghall mac Suibhne, 13th-century Argyllian magnate

Mac Suibhne

Aodán Mac Suibhne, 21st-century hurling referee
Aodh Mac Suibhne, 16th-century Irish gallowglass
Domnall na Madhmann Mac Suibhne, 15th-century Irish gallowglass
Eóin Mac Suibhne, 14th-century Scottish nobleman
Micheál Mac Suibhne, 18th-century poet
Murchadh Mac Suibhne, 13th-century Argyllian magnate
Suibhne MacAnrahan, brother to the High King of Ireland, who built Castle Sween in the late 11th century

Citations

^ a b c d e Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
^ a b Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
^ a b Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1806; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808.
^ a b c d e Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2605, 2608.
^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2607, 2608.
^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2604, 2608.
^ a b Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1726.
^ a b c Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804.
^ a b Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) pp. 1804, 2192.
^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2876.

References

Hanks, P; Coates, R; McClure, P, eds. (2016a). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879883-5.
Hanks, P; Coates, R; McClure, P, eds. (2016b). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879884-2.

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