Lehane ( ga, Ó Liatháin) is an uncommon Irish surname, typically from

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. Ó Liatháin is more frequently anglicized as Lane or

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. Most people with this surname derive from the ancient

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 ...

kingdom of

Uí Liatháin The Uí Liatháin (IPA: �iːˈlʲiəhaːnʲ were an early kingdom of Munster in southern Ireland. They belonged the same kindred as the Uí Fidgenti, and the two are considered together in the earliest sources, for example ''The Expulsion of th ...

, which was powerful in the early to mid 1st millennium, and one of the few important Irish kingdoms to have colonies in Britain, documented in both Irish and

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sources (see Byrne 2001; Ó Corráin 2001). Later Uí Liatháin became politically marginalized when the

Eóganachta The Eóganachta or Eoghanachta () were an Irish dynasty centred on Cashel which dominated southern Ireland (namely the Kingdom of Munster) from the 6/7th to the 10th centuries, and following that, in a restricted form, the Kingdom of Desmond, an ...

, or more specifically the descendants of Conall Corc, came to power - although the ''rath'' they accepted from the new dynasty was the largest (Byrne 2001) - but remained relatively independent until disintegrating in the later

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. Uí Liatháin was the sister kingdom of

Uí Fidgenti The Uí Fidgenti, Fidgeinti, Fidgheinte, Fidugeinte, Fidgente, or Fidgeinte ( or ;In the pronunciation, the -d- is silent, and the -g- becomes a glide, producing what might be anglicized ''Feeyenti'' or ''Feeyenta''. "descendants of, or of the ...

, and thus its people share common ancestry with the O'Donovans,

Ó Coileáin Ó Coileáin (Middle Irish: ''Ua Cuiléin'') is a Modern Irish surname generally belonging to the descendants of the last leading family of the Uí Chonaill Gabra, a sept and small but notable overkingdom of medieval and ancient Ireland, based i ...

s, and others. More distantly all are related to the historical Eóganachta in the stricter sense, if not by common origins in Ireland then at least by nearly two millennia of alliances and intermarriage. The earliest documented ancestor of the Uí Liatháin and Uí Fidgenti is the 3rd or 4th century Dáre Cerbba (Dáire Cearba), otherwise known as Maine Munchaín.

People

* Dennis Lehane, author of

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* Faith Lehane, a character from

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. *

Lesley Lehane Lesley (Welch) Lehane (born March 12, 1963, in Lynn, MA) is an American retired long-distance runner. High school career Lehane graduated from Peabody Veterans Memorial High School class of 1981, winning back to back to back cross country indivi ...

, retired distance runner. *

Jan Lehane Janice Patricia "Jan" Lehane O'Neill OAM (née Lehane; born 9 July 1941) is a former Australian female tennis player. She was the first leading female player with a double-handed backhand. She won the singles title at the New South Wales Champ ...

, ex-

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player. * Bruce Lehane, track and cross country coach. *

Patrick Lehane Patrick Desmond Lehane (died 1 July 1976) was an Irish politician. A farmer by profession, he was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1943 and 1944 general elections for the Cork South-East constituency. He elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1948 g ...

, Irish farmer and politician * Con Lehane (socialist) *

Kevin Lehane Kevin Lehane is an Irish screenwriter. In 2009, his speculative screenplay ''Grabbers'' was listed on the Brit List and in late 2010 it began production marking his feature film debut. In 2013, he was nominated for a Writers' Guild of Great Brita ...

, screenwriter of

Grabbers ''Grabbers'' is a 2012 Monster movie, monster horror comedy film directed by Jon Wright and written by Kevin Lehane. A co-production of Ireland and the United Kingdom, the film stars Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Bronagh Gallagher and Russell Tov ...

Companies

Lehane, Mackenzie and Shand Lehane, Mackenzie and Shand was a British civil engineering and construction company, and responsible for some of Scotland's bridges. History Lehane Mackenzie & Shand Ltd was incorporated on 8 April 1974. In February 1981, the Alexander Shand grou ...

, former British civil engineering company

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