McGoohan


McGoohan households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


Household numbers by county in Griffith's (1847-64), as on the map

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Surname Dictionary

Goan Very rare: Donegal. Ir. Ó Gabhann (gabha = smith). Usually Gowan. SI & SGA.
MacGoohan rare: Louth, Cavan-Leitrim etc. Ir. Mag Cuacháin, possibly connected with cuach, a cuckoo. The word was used as a first name, apparently without double entendre.It originated in Leitrim. SI &MIF.
Mag Cuacháin Mac Goohan: annamh: Lú, an Cabhán, Liatroim - b'ó Liatroim dóibh ar dtús. Bhí an t-ainm Cuach i bhfeidhm in annalód - ciallaíonn sé corn agus dlaoi gruaige chomh maith leis an éan úd - is dócha ná raibh aon bhaint le droch-iompair!

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