Suibne, modern spelling Suibhne (), is a Gaelic male name from which the surname '' Sweeney'' is derived.

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Suibne mac Colmáin Suibne mac Colmáin (died 600) was a King of Uisnech in Mide of the Clann Cholmáin. He was the son of Colmán Már mac Diarmato (died 555/558), also King of Uisnech. He ruled Uisnech from 587 to 600. The Marianus Scotus king list names S ...

(died c. 598), Irish king *

Suibne Menn Suibne Menn (or Suibne mac Fiachnai, "Suibne the Stammerer, son of Fiachnae"; died AD 628) was an Irish king who is counted as a High King of Ireland. Suibne belonged to the junior branch of the Cenél nEógain kindred of the northern Uí N� ...

(died c. 628), Irish king *

Suibne moccu Fir Thrí Suibne moccu Fir Thrí ''Suibne moccu Urthrí, Suibhne Iwas the sixth abbot of Iona (652–657). His abbacy is obscure, and he appears not to have been from the same kindred, Cenél Conaill, as Columba and most other early Ionan abbots. His abbac ...

(died c. 657), abbot of Iona *

Suibne son of Maclume Suibne (died c. AD 891) was a medieval Irish scribe at the abbey of Clonmacnoise, described as the "most excellent scribe" by the Annals of Ulster The ''Annals of Ulster'' () are annals of History of Ireland, medieval Ireland. The entries s ...

(died c. 891), medieval scribe of Clonmacnoise *

Suibne mac Cináeda Suibne mac Cináeda (died 1034) was an eleventh-century ruler of the ''Gall Gaidheil'', a population of mixed Norsemen, Scandinavian and Gaels, Gaelic ethnicity. There is little known of Suibne as he is only attested in three sources that record ...

(died 1034), King of the ''Gall Gaidheil'' * Suibne Geilt ("Sweeney the Wild"), protagonist of the Irish language tale ''

Buile Shuibhne ''Buile Shuibhne'' or ''Buile Suibne'' (, ''The Madness of Suibhne'' or ''Suibhne's Frenzy'') is a medieval Irish tale about Suibhne mac Colmáin, king of the Dál nAraidi, who was driven insane by the curse of Saint Rónán Finn. The insanity ...

'' (''The Madness of Sweeney'') *

Suibhne mac Duinnshléibhe Suibhne mac Duinnshléibhe was a late 12th-century, and early 13th-century, lord in Argyll. He does not appear in contemporary records, although his name appears in the patronymic names of two of his sons. Suibhne appears in the 16th century '' ...

, early 13th century Scottish magnate, eponym of Castle Sween and the MacSweens of Argyll and Ireland * Suibne of Skellig, a monk and saint associated with Skellig Michael {{hndis