Keeney is a surname that has roots largely in the Celtic Irish Tradition. The name has a range of spellings including: Kinne, Keen,
Keene,
Keane,
Kane, Kayne, Keaney, Keny, Keeny, Keyne,
O'Kane O'Kane is an Irish surname, anglicised from the Irish Ó Catháin, and was the name of a significant clann in Ulster, a province of Ireland. The surname has also been anglicised as O'Cahan, Kane, O'Keane, O'Kean, O'Keen, O'Keene, Keen, Keene, Kain, ...
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O'Keane,
O'Cahan
The O'Cahan (Irish: ''Ó Catháin'' 'descendants of Cahan') were a powerful sept of the Northern Uí Néill’s Cenél nEógain in medieval Ireland. The name is presently anglicized as Keane, O'Kane and Kane.
The O'Cahan's originated in Lagga ...
, Cahan, Kean,
Kinney, O'Cain, Ó Cianaigh, McClokey, McCluskey, McClaskey. The Ó prefix means the "grandson of." The
Ó Catháin
The O'Cahan (Irish: ''Ó Catháin'' 'descendants of Cahan') were a powerful sept of the Northern Uí Néill’s Cenél nEógain in medieval Ireland. The name is presently anglicized as Keane, O'Kane and Kane.
The O'Cahan's originated in Lagga ...
clan also has relations to the
O'Neill dynasty of
Ulster
Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kin ...
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As Roscoe C. Keeney, Jr. (1922 - 2012) self listed "Family Historian" notes on his website
"Whether the spelling be KINNE or KEENE or KINNEY or KEENEY or KEENY or another favorite spelling, we claim the same ancestry."
"eeney" is a common Gaelic ending (note Sweeney or Feeney)
Currently, there are around 20,000 individuals with the name Keeney in the United States.
Author and artist, Rebekah (Voll) Keeney has noted in her book ''Cornell Cabin Stories'' that in the
Penn State Creamery Hall of Fame Flavors there is a Keeney Beany. A double chocolate ice cream with chocolate chunks, which pays tribute to Professor Emeritus Philip Keeney, a nationally recognized teacher and scientist in ice cream and chocolate technology.
See also
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19452 Keeney, a main-belt asteroid
References
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External links
Pre-American History of the Keeney Surname, by Bill Allen KeeneyÓ Catháin pedigree and crests
Surnames