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Surnames 0f WtctUxm Origin. 49
KiNLEY, contracted horn Mac Cinfaolaidh, ' Cinfaoladh's
son,' a name which may be translated ' wolfhead '
{cean, ' head ' ; faol, ' wolf).
'The first year of Ceannfaoladh, son of Blathmac,
in the Sovereignty of Ireland, a.d. 670.'*
Compare (Irish) ]VPKiiNEELEY,f M<=Kinley,
M'^GiNLEY, KiNEELEY, and Kenealey; (Gaelic)
M^'KlNLAY,
KlXLEY [1604].
Ballaugh, Marown, Andreas, Lezayre, Malew, Santon,
Lonan (c), elsewhere (u).
DuGGAN, contracted from O'Duhhagain (Dubhagan's
descendant ■)• Dubhagan is a derivative of Z)zf6A,
' black.' O'DuBHAGAiN was the chief poet of
O' Kelly of Ibh Maine, and was the author of the
topographical poem called after him. He died in
1372.
DOGAN [1540], DUCKAN [1649], DUCCAN [1675],
DUGGAN [1723].
This name is almost confined to the parish of
Malew, where, at one time, it was very common.
It is scarcely found anywhere now in the Isle of
Man, though a common name in Ireland.
DowAN [1680] (obsolete) is of similar origin to Duggan,
being from Duhhan, a diminutive of Dtibh,
* black.' St. Dowan's Day was celebrated on the
4th of February in Ireland. Compare (Irish)
DUANE, DOWNES, DOAN.
This name lingered in Andreas till the middle of
the eighteenth century.
CoRKAN, contracted from Mac Corcrain, a corrupted
* Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 281.
t In Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 18, is given a full account ofthe curious
legend of Mac Kineeley, and his famous cow called Glasgaivlen.
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