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, Ka ...
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O'Keane Keane is an Irish surname. It derives from the Gaelic '' Ó Catháin'' meaning ‘descendant of Cathán'. Variants include O'Cahan, O'Keane, Kean, and Kane.
Notable people
*Augustus Henry Keane (1833–1912), Irish journalist and linguist
*Bil K ...
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O'Cahan, Cahan, Kean,
Kinney Kinney may mean:
People
* Abbot Kinney, a developer and conservationist
*Antoinette Kinney, a Utah state senator
* Asa Kinney, American pioneer and politician
* Bob Kinney, an American professional basketball player
* Charles Kinney, an Ohio polit ...
, O'Cain, Ó Cianaigh, McClokey, McCluskey, McClaskey. The Ó prefix means the "grandson of." The
Ó Catháin clan also has relations to the
O'Neill dynasty
The O'Neill dynasty (Irish: ''Ó Néill'') are a lineage of Irish Gaelic origin, that held prominent positions and titles in Ireland and elsewhere. As kings of Cenél nEógain, they were historically the most prominent family of the Northern ...
of
Ulster.
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
The Pennsylvania State University Creamery, often shortened to just Berkey Creamery or The Creamery, is a producer and vendor of ice cream, sherbet, and cheese, all made through the Department of Food Science in the College of Agricultural Sc ...
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
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
, 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