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,[5] McSweeny,[5] McSwiney,[5] Sweaney,[6] Sween,[7] Sweeney,[6] Sweenie,[6] Sweeny,[6] Sweney,[8] Swiney,[9] Swinney,[10] A lenited variant form of Mac Suibhne is Mac Shuibhne.[2] Anglicised forms of the latter Gaelic name include: (possibly) Mawhinney,[11] McQueen,[12] McQueeney,[12] McQueenie,[12] (possibly) McWhinney,[11] Queen,[13] Queeney,[13] Wheen.[14]

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.[6]

People

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Citations
  1. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
  2. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
  3. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1806; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
  4. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808.
  5. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
  6. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
  7. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.
  8. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2605, 2608.
  9. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2607, 2608.
  10. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2604, 2608.
  11. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1726.
  12. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804.
  13. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) pp. 1804, 2192.
  14. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2876.
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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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