Ó Scannláin is the name of a number of Gaelic-Irish families, all unrelated. The most noteworthy were located in

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

. Nowadays rendered Scanlan, or

Scanlon Scanlon is an Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic name Ó Scannláin, meaning descendant of Scannlán’. Notable people with the name include: * Agnes Scanlon (1923–2018), American politician * Albert Scanlon (1935–2009), English soccer playe ...

. In The Book of Munster Scannláin mac Eochaidh mac Ailghile mac Toirdhealbhach (a quo Uí Thoirdhealbhach) is given as the ancestor of the Uí Scannláin and other septs, it is possible this is the origin of the family in Clare.

Tadhg Ó Donnchadha Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (1874 – 1949) was an Irish writer, poet, editor, translator and a prominent member of the Gaelic League (''Conradh na Gaeilge'') and the Gaelic Athletic Association. He was editor of ''Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge'' (The G ...

,"An Leabhar Muimhneach", 1900, page 307, https://archive.org/details/leabharmuimhneac01odon/page/306 This would make the family a sept of the

Dál gCais The Dalcassians ( ga, Dál gCais ) are a Gaelic Irish clan, generally accepted by contemporary scholarship as being a branch of the Déisi Muman, that became very powerful in Ireland during the 10th century. Their genealogies claimed descent fr ...

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* ''The Surnames of Ireland'', Edward MacLysaght, p. 17, Dublin, 1978, . Irish families Irish-language surnames {{ireland-stub

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