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Mac Suibhne
The Gaelic surname Mac Suibhne is a patronymic form of '' Suibhne'' and means "son of ''Suibhne''". The personal name ''Suibhne'' means "pleasant". Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604. Anglicised forms of ''Mac Suibhne'' include: ''McSeveney'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1806; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604. ''McSeveny'', '' McSween'', '' McSweeney'', ''McSweeny'', ''McSwiney'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604. ''Sweaney'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604. ''Sween'', '' Sweeney'', ''Sweenie'', '' Sweeny'', ''Sweney'', ''Swiney'', '' Swinney'', A lenited variant form of ''Mac Suibhne'' is ''Mac Shuibhne''. Anglicised forms of the latter Gaelic name include: (possibly) '' Mawhinney'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1726. '' McQueen'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804. '' McQueeney'', ''McQueenie'', (possibly) '' McWhinney'', ''Queen'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2 ...
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Suibhne MacAnrahan, Brother To The High King Of Ireland
Suibne or Suibhne, a Gaelic male name from which the modern '' Sweeney'' is derived, may refer to: * Suibne mac Colmáin (died c. 598), Irish king * Suibne Menn (died c. 628), Irish king * Suibne moccu Fir Thrí (died c. 657), abbot of Iona * Suibne son of Maclume (died c. 891), famed scribe of Clonmacnoise * Suibne mac Cináeda (died 1034), King of the ''Gall Gaidheil'' * Suibne Geilt ("Sweeney the Wild"), protagonist of the Irish language tale ''Buile Shuibhne'' (''The Madness of Sweeney'') * Suibhne mac Duinnshléibhe Suibhne mac Duinnshléibhe was a late 12th-century, and early 13th-century, lord in Argyll. He does not appear in contemporary records, although his name appears in the patronymic names of two of his sons. Suibhne appears in the 16th century '' L ...
, early 13th century Scottish magnate, eponym of Castle Sween and the MacSweens of Argyll and Ireland {{hndis ...
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Murchadh Mac Suibhne
Murchadh Mac Suibhne (died 1267) was a leading member of Clann Suibhne. He was a grandson of the family's eponymous ancestor Suibhne mac Duinnshléibhe, Suibhne mac Duinn Shléibhe, and a nephew of the family's mid-thirteenth-century representative, Dubhghall mac Suibhne. During the latter's career, the King of Scotland, Scottish Crown sought to extend royal authority into Argyll and the Kingdom of the Isles, Isles. In the course of this westward drive, Clann Suibhne fell prey to the Stewart family, Stewarts, one of Scotland's most powerful and Scottish clan, families. Charter evidence dating to the early 1260s reveals that Dubhghall resigned the Clann Suibhne lordship into the hands of Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith. Whether this transfer was the result of a military operation against Clann Suibhne is unknown. The fact that some members of Clann Suibhne were unwilling to subject themselves to Stewart domination is evinced by the record of Murchadh supporting the cause of Háko ...
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Micheál Mac Suibhne
Mícheál or Micheál Mac Suibhne () was an Irish language bard from the Connemara Gaeltacht. Life Mac Suibhne was born near the ruined Abbey of Cong, then part of County Galway, but now in County Mayo. The names of his parents are not recorded, but his ancestors are said to have migrated from Ulster as refugees from the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. He spent most of his life in Connemara and is said to have been a heavy drinker. Micheál Mac Suibhne and his brother Toirdhealbhach are said to have moved to the parish of Ballinakill, between Letterfrack and Clifden, where the poet was employed as a blacksmith by an Anglo-Irish landlord named Steward. He is most associated, however, with the town of Cleggan. All of his poems and sean-nós songs were composed in Connacht Irish, which was his native tongue. It is not known whether Mac Suibhne ever married, but he is believed to have died at Fahy, near Clifden, around the year 1820. His burial place, however, remains unknown. L ...
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Eóin Mac Suibhne
Eóin Mac Suibhne (fl. 1310) was a fourteenth-century Scottish nobleman and a leading member of Clann Suibhne. In the middle of the thirteenth century, seemingly during the 1260s, Eóin's family appears to have been ejected from its homeland in Argyll by the Stewart/Menteith kindred. It may have been during this period that members of Clann Suibhne took up residence in Ireland. In the first decade of the fourteenth century, Eóin appears on record claiming his family's Scottish lands. As such, Eóin campaigned on behalf of the English cause during the First War of Scottish Independence as a means of combating the Stewarts/Menteiths. An expedition by Eóin to reclaim his ancestral lordship may be referred to by a particular piece of mediaeval Gaelic poetry. Although a sixteenth-century source alleges that Eóin was the first Clann Suibhne Lord of Fanad, contemporary sources appear to show that the family gained the lordship later in the fourteenth century. Background ...
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Domnall Na Madhmann Mac Suibhne
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the Gaelic pronunciation by English speakers, and partly associated with the spelling of similar-sounding Germanic names, such as ''Ronald''. A short form of ''Donald'' is ''Don''. Pet forms of ''Donald'' include ''Donnie'' and ''Donny''. The feminine given name ''Donella'' is derived from ''Donald''. ''Donald'' has cognates in other Celtic languages: Modern Irish ''Dónal'' (anglicised as ''Donal'' and ''Donall'');. Scottish Gaelic ''Dòmhnall'', ''Domhnull'' and ''Dòmhnull''; Welsh '' Dyfnwal'' and Cumbric ''Dumnagual''. Although the feminine given name ''Donna'' is sometimes used as a feminine form of ''Donald'', the names are not etymologically related. Variations Kings and noblemen Domnall or Domhnall is the name of many ancie ...
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Aodh Mac Suibhne
Aodh Mac Suibhne, aka Hugh McSweeney, Gallowglass of Clanricarde, died 1586. Mac Suibhne was a Gallowglass who fought for the Earl of Clanricarde in south Connacht. The family resided at Rath Glas, and were descendants of Domnall na Madhmann Mac Suibhne (fl. 1419). According to the 1585 Composition of Connacht, the only castles held in Clanricarde by members of the Mac Suibhne were at Kiltullagh and Cloughereavane, some six miles north of Loughrea. The Annals of the Four Masters give his obituary under the year 1586: ''Hugh, the son of Owen, son of Donnell, son of Owen, son of Donnell-naMadhmann Mac Sweeny, Chief Constable of Clanrickard, died; and the person who then departed was a soldier in stature, and a hero in valour.'' See also * Clan Sweeney Clan Sweeney is an Irish clan of Scottish origin. The Mac Suibhne family did not permanently settle in Ireland before the beginning of the 14th century, when they became Gallowglass soldiers for the Ua Domnaill dynasty of T ...
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Aodán Mac Suibhne
Aodán Mac Suibhne is an Irish hurling referee. A member of the St Jude's club in Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ... he is regarded as one of the sport's top referees and has officiated at several All-Ireland finals in minor, under-21 and senior levels. References * Donegan, Des, ''The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games'' (DBA Publications Limited, 2005). Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Hurling referees Gaelic games players from County Dublin {{Dublin-hurling-bio-stub ...
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Dubhghall Mac Suibhne
Dubhghall mac Suibhne ( fl. 1232 ×1241 – 1262) was a Scottish landholder in Argyll, and a leading member of Clann Suibhne. He was a son of Suibhne mac Duinn Shléibhe, and appears to have held lordship of Knapdale from at least the 1240s to the 1260s, and may have initiated the construction of Skipness Castle and Lochranza Castle. During Dubhghall's career, Clann Suibhne fell prey to the Stewarts, one of Scotland's most powerful families. By the 1240s, the Stewarts appear to have gained lordship in the Firth of Clyde and Cowal, whilst Alexander II, King of Scotland attempted to extend royal authority into Argyll and the Isles. It is in the context of this Scottish encroachment into Argyll that Dubhghall first appears on record, in an appeal to Pope Innocent IV for papal protection in 1247. Although Alexander II's campaign to annex Argyll and the Isles came to an immediate halt on his death in 1249, his son and successor, Alexander III, renewed hostilities in the 1260s. By ...
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