Mac Suibhne

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

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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]

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

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