Mac Suibhne Explained

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

Anglicised forms of Mac Suibhne include: McSeveney,^[2] McSeveny,^[2] McSween,^[3] McSweeney, McSweeny, McSwiney,^[4] Sweaney,^[5] Sween,^[4] Sweeney,^[5] Sweenie,^[5] Sweeny,^[5] Sweney,^[6] Swiney,^[7] Swinney,^[8] A lenited variant form of Mac Suibhne is Mac Shuibhne.^[1] 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

References

• Book: Hanks . P . Patrick Hanks . Coates . R . McClure . P . 2016a . The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland . 3 . . Oxford . 978-0-19-879883-5 . H1 .
• Book: Hanks . P . Coates . R . McClure . P . 2016b . The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland . 4 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 978-0-19-879884-2 . H2 .

Notes and References

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