Rogan is an Irish surname, deriving from the Irish ''Ó Ruadhagáin'', which can be loosely translated to mean "red-haired."

History

The clan is descended from one of the septs of Oriel which originated in Counties Armagh and Monaghan and parts of South Down, Louth and Fermanagh. Recordings from Irish Church Registers include: the christening of Mary, daughter of Henry and Margaret Rogan, at Downpatrick, County Down on January 23, 1799, and the christening of Ann Jane, daughter of Dan and Anne Rogan, at Aghalee, County Antrim, on December 25, 1813. Anne Rogan, aged 17 yrs., was a famine emigrant to America, leaving Liverpool for New York in March 1846. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Elizabeth Rogan, which was dated 1743, christened at Inch by Gorey, County Wexford. From the "Annals of the Four masters: 1179, Ó Ruaghagain (O'Rogan), Lord of Iveagh (south Co. Down), died of three nights sickness, shortly after he had been expelled for violating the Canoin-Phatruig (Canon Phadraig, or "Patrick's Testament", also known as the

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) The surname may refer to: * Alex Rogan, a fictional character in the 1987 movie

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* Adrian Rogan, one of six people killed in the 1994 Loughinisland massacre *

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, Irish soccer player * Barney Rogan, American film editor *

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(1893-1967), American baseball player * Dennis Rogan, Baron Rogan, Irish politician * Emma Rogan, Sinn Féin politician in Northern Ireland * Ian Rogan, a name by which British comic writer and editor Steve MacManus is sometimes credited * James E. Rogan, American politician from California * Joe Rogan, American comedian, podcaster, and UFC commentator * John Rogan (disambiguation), multiple people * John "Jack" Rogan, founder of Rogan's Shoes * Johnny Rogan, English author * Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer * Seth Rogan, a misspelling of Seth Rogen, Canadian writer and comedian * Thomas Rogan, a fictional character in The House of the Dead (arcade game) * Tom Rogan, an American journalist * Marc Rogan chef in Scotland *Martin Rogan, Professional Boxer, actor County Antrim, Ireland People with Rogan as a given name: * Rogan Whitenails, British poet ; Places * Rogans Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Rogan's Seat, a hill in the North Yorkshire dales of England * Rogan, Ukraine, a town in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

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