Ahern, also Aherne ( Irish: ''Ó hEachtighearna/Ó hEachthairn'') is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Members of the political Ahern family in Ireland

* Bertie Ahern (born 1951), former Taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland ** Cecelia Ahern (born 1981), author, daughter of Bertie Ahern ** Maurice Ahern (born 1938/39), Irish politician, former Lord Mayor of Dublin, brother of Bertie **

Noel Ahern Noel Ahern (born 28 December 1944) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency from 1992 to 2011. He also served as the Minister of State at the Department of Transport wit ...

(born 1944), Irish politician, brother of Bertie

Other people

* Aoife Ahern, Dean of Engineering at University College, Dublin * Brian Aherne (1902–1986), English actor * Caroline Aherne (1963–2016), English comedian *

Cornelius Ahern Cornelius Joseph Ahern (10 July 1871 – 10 July 1955) was an Australian politician. Born in Victoria, he was educated at Xavier College in Melbourne and became a solicitor in Wangaratta. In 1913, he was elected to the Australian House of Repres ...

(1871–1955), Australian politician *

Dan Ahern Daniel Francis Ahern (February 15, 1898 - August 31, 1963) was an American football offensive tackle who played one season in the American Professional Football Association The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American f ...

(1898–1963), American football player *

David Ahern David Anthony Ahern (2 November 1947 – 31 January 1988) was an Australian composer and music critic, who became a prominent artist in the avant-garde genre after his best-known work, ''Ned Kelly Music'' was released and performed at the Sydne ...

(1947–1988), Australian avant-garde composer * Dermot Ahern (born 1955), Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform *

Francis J. Ahern Francis J. Ahern (1899–1958) was the San Francisco Police Chief from January 1956 to September 1958. Appointed by mayor George Christopher's police commission, Ahern, with the rank of patrolman, was elevated to chief over every captain, lieuten ...

(1899–1958), San Francisco Police Chief 1956–58 * Fred Ahern (disambiguation), several people * Gene Ahern (1895–1960), American comic-strip artist *

Jayson P. Ahern Jayson P. Ahern is the former Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He was Assistant Commissioner for Field Operations from March 2003 to August 2007. He managed an operating budget of $2.2 billion and directs the activit ...

, U.S. Customs Agency commissioner * Jerry Ahern (1946–2012), American science fiction author *

John Ahern (disambiguation) John Ahern may refer to: *John Ahern (footballer) (born 1970), Australian rules footballer * John Ahern (politician) (1934–2020), American politician *John E. Ahern John Edward Ahern (February 6, 1897 – April 4, 1969) was a Canadian politi ...

, several people *

Kathy Ahern Kathy Ahern (May 7, 1949 – July 6, 1996) was an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. Career Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ahern was raised in Dallas, Texas, and won the Texas women's public links title at age 15 She joined ...

(1949–1996), American golfer * Kit Ahern (1915–2007), Irish politician * Lassie Lou Ahern (1920–2018), American actress *

Liam Ahern Liam Ahern (12 January 1916 – 13 July 1974), also known as William Ahern, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served in both Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann. Early and personal life Ahern's father, Eamon Ahern (1882–1953), was a mem ...

(1916–1974), Irish politician *

Lizzie Ahern Elizabeth Ahern (19 October 1877 - 7 April 1969), was a political activist, trade unionist and socialist from Australia. Ahern was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on 19 October 1877. Her father, Edmund Ahern, was a gold miner, and her moth ...

(1877–1969), political activist and socialist from Australia *

Mary Eileen Ahern Mary Eileen Ahern (October 1, 1860 – May 22, 1938) was an American librarian, a leader of the modern library movement, and an early organizer of libraries in the United States. Throughout her career as a state librarian, journal editor, public s ...

(1860–1938), American librarian *

Mary V. Ahern Mary Virginia Ahern (October 15, 1922 – May 1, 2021) was an American radio producer, radio and television producer. She was a key figure producing the award-winning American program ''Omnibus (American TV program), Omnibus''. She was a producer, ...

(1922–2021), American radio and television producer *

Michael Ahearne Michael Ahearne (born July 11, 1966) is Professor and C.T. Bauer Chair in Marketing at the C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston. He is also the Research Director of the Sales Excellence Institute. He is an associate editor at sev ...

(born 1966), American professor of marketing *

Michael Ahern (disambiguation) Michael or Mike Ahern may refer to: *Michael Ahern (Irish politician) (born 1949), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and minister *Mike Ahern (Australian politician) (born 1942), Australian National Party politician and former Premier of Queensland *Mi ...

, several people *

Nuala Ahern Nuala Ahern (; born 5 February 1949 in Omeath, County Louth) is a former Irish Green Party member of the European Parliament representing Leinster in Ireland from 1994–2004. Ahern became active in politics in 1991 becoming elected to Wicklow ...

(born 1949), Irish politician *

Peggy Ahern Peggy Lenore Ahearn Blaylock, known professionally as Peggy Ahern, (March 9, 1917 – October 24, 2012) was an American actress best known for her appearance in eight of the ''Our Gang'' series of films released between 1924 and 1927. The ''Our Ga ...

(1917–2012), American actress * Pat Aherne (1901–1970), English actor * Steve Ahern (born 1959), Australian media consultant * Tom Aherne (1919–1999), Irish footballer and hurler *

Thomas Ahern Thomas Ahern may refer to: * Thomas Ahern (businessman) (1884–1970), owner and manager of the Western Australian department store chain Aherns * Thomas Ahern (rugby union) (born 2000), Irish rugby union player See also * Thomas Ahearn Thom ...

(1884–1970), Western Australian businessman * Valerie Ahern, American television screenwriter and producer

Other uses

In the same way that the

onomatopoeic Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Such a word itself is also called an onomatopoeia. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises such as ''oink'', ''m ...

expression "rhubarb-rhubarb" was used to represent the sounds uttered by members of the

British House of Commons The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 mem ...

, "hearn-hearn" was often used in the Goon Show to represent the sounds uttered by speakers of US English (e.g., ''The Sleeping Prince''). The Irish sept of Ahearn/Ahern descends from

Echthighern mac Cennétig Echthighern mac Cennétig, also spelled ''Echthigern'', (died 950) was a son of Cennétig mac Lorcáin (king of Thomond) and brother of Mathgamain (King of Munster) and Brian Boru (High King of Ireland) of the Dál gCais dynasty, in early medieva ...

.Edwaed MacLysaght, "The Surnames of Ireland", Dublin (1991)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahern Septs of the Dál gCais Surnames of Irish origin Anglicised Irish-language surnames