Holohan Explained

Holohan (Irish: Ó hUallacháin; feminine Irish: Ní Uallacháin) is a surname of Irish Gaelic origin, from the Irish meaning "proud".^[1]

A version of the family crest depicts two white lions holding up a golden tower.^[2]

According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Holohans were one of the chiefly families of the Ui Failghe who in turn were a tribe from the Dumnonii or Laigin who were the third wave of Celts to settle in Ireland during the first century BC.^[3]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Frank Holohan (born 1957), Irish hurler
• John Holohan (hurler) (1891–1947), Irish hurler
• Lenny Holohan (born 1985), Irish camogie player
• Owen Holohan, Irish hurler
• Patrick Holohan (born 1988), Irish mixed martial artist
• Pete Holohan (born 1959), American football player
• Richard Holohan (1882–1954), Irish politician
• Tony Holohan, Irish public health physician

See also

• Houlihan, an alternative spelling
• Wes Hoolahan, footballer
• O'Houlihan (dynasty)
• Pre-Norman invasion Irish Celtic kinship groups, from whom many of the modern Irish surnames came from

Notes and References

1. Web site: Woulfe . Rev Patrick . Irish names and surnames – Ó hUallacháin . LibraryIreland . 25 May 2024 . 1923.
2. Book: O'Laughlin . Michael C. . The book of Irish families, great & small . 2002 . Irish Genealogical Foundation . 9780940134096 . 150 . 3rd . 25 May 2024.
3. Book: Cairney, C. Thomas . 1989 . Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland . Jefferson, North Carolina, United States, and London . . 78–83 . 0899503624.