Lenihan

"Lenihan" is an Irish surname. Variants include Lenighan, Lenegan, Lenaghan, Lenahan, and Lennihan. Lenehan is a similar name.

Notable people with the surname include:

Athletes

• Donal Lenihan (born 1959), Irish rugby union player
• Karl Lenihan, Gaelic football player
• Darragh Lenihan, Irish professional football player

People in the arts

• Edmund Lenihan (born 1950), Irish author
• Winifred Lenihan (1898–1964), American actress, writer and director
• Graham Linehan (born 1968), Irish writer and director (Father Ted)

Politicians

• Brian Lenihan Snr (1930–1995), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• Brian Lenihan Jnr (1959–2011), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• Conor Lenihan (born 1963), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• J. Michael Lenihan (1943–2015), Rhode Island state senator
• Mary O'Rourke (née Lenihan; born 1937), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• Patrick Lenihan (1902–1970),Fianna Fáil politician

Officers

• Michael Joseph Lenihan (1865–1958), a US-army general in World War I

Scientists

• J. M. A. Lenihan (1918–1993), British clinical physicist

Religious leaders

• George Michael Lenihan (1858–1910), fifth Catholic Bishop of Auckland 1896–1910
• Thomas Mathias Lenihan (1843–1901), American Catholic bishop

See also

• James J. Lenihan Dam, in Santa Clara County, California
• Lenehan, a surname