Antrim: | 1 | Cork: | 1 | Galway: | 1 | Kildare: | 1 |
Kilkenny: | 3 | Longford: | 2 | Mayo: | 1 | Offaly: | 2 |
Roscommon: | 2 | Sligo: | 1 | Tipperary: | 8 | Waterford: | 4 |
Westmeath: | 1 |
Mac Cnáimhín | Mac Nevin, Nevin: líonmhar: Laighin, Maigh Eo, Gaillimh. Clann a bhí suite in Uí Maine (Gaillimh) anallód. Bhí cáil orthu mar fhilí agus lianna. Luann de Bhulbh an sloinne Ó Cnáimhín mar dhream de chuid Dál gCais ach is cosúil gur uathu sa a d'éirigh an chlann chlúiteach i nGaillimh. Tugadh Bowen agus Neville orthu uaireannta. Ní féidir a rá go cinnte go mbaineann an sloinne seo le cnámha.SGG &MIF. |
Mac Naoimhín | Nevin(s), Mac Niven: líonmhar: Cúige Laighean, ach tá meascadh le Mac Cnáimhín, q.v. Leagan Albanach is ea Mac Niven. Brí: "naomh beag". |
MacNevin | Quite numerous: Dublin, Galway. Ir. Mac Cnáimhín, from cnámh, a bone. A literary and medical family of Uí Maine (E Galway), now usually Nevin. |
Navin | Quite numerous: Mayo, Down etc. Ir. Mac Cnáimhín. More numerous as Nevin, q.v. |
Nevin | numerous: Mayo-Galway, South East, Meath-Longford-Louth. Ir. Mac Cnáimhín, perhaps from cnámh, a bone. Also Mac Naoimhín, S Leinster. They were a sept of E Galway, distinguished as physicians. See also Mac Nevin. MIF. |
Parishes where Navan and a second surname are found together
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