Click on the red marker on the map below for a link to the FindMyPast transcript. (Free, registration required).
| Gowan | Quite numerous: Belfast area, Cork, Dublin. Ir. Mac Gabhann (son of the smith). A sept of Cavan. There was also Ó Gabhann, from Down; all tend to be anglicised Smith but the form MacGowan, which is nearest the original, is still numerous. IF. |
| Mac an Ghabhann | Mac Gowan & rl. Féach Mac Gabhann, ach sé seo an bun-leagan, is cosúil. Bhí meas mór ag Gaeil ar ghaibhne - déantóirí airm - agus ní foláir gur éirigh an sloinne in a lán áiteanna éagsúla. Sé Smith an sloinne is coitinne i measc na Sasanach. |
| MacGowan | Very numerous: all areas, especially Donegal-Derry-Sligo-Mayo. Ir. Mac Gabhann, (Mac an Ghabhann, son of the smith). An important sept of Breifne, now generally anglicised Smith. See also Goan. IF & SGG. |
| Magowan | numerous: Ulster generally. Ir. Mac Gabhann. Variant of Mac Gowan, q.v. |
Parishes where a McGowan and a second surname married each other.
This list shows total McGowan Roman Catholic marriages by county.
Click on the county to see detail.