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Siirnantea of Bafttte iBv\g.in. 51
Aleyn [1511], Alayne [1540], Allen [1648].
Caveen, contracted from Mac Caemhain, ' Caemhin's
son' {caeimh, 'beautiful').
'And the privilege of first drinking [at the banquet] was
given to O'Caemhain by O'Dowdha, and O'Caemhain was
not to drink until he had first presented it [the drink] to the
poet, that is, to Mac Firbis.'*
' O'Kevan of Ui-Fiachrach flourished' a.d. B>-j6.-\
Compare (Irish) Keevan.
It is an uncommon name in the Isle of Man,
being confined to the parishes of Malew and Arbory.
Caveene [1649], Caveen [1662].
CowiN and Cowen, contracted from Mac Eoghain,
which has been corrupted into Mac Owen. The
name Eoghan is glossed by Cornac as meaning
* well-born,' and suggests the Latin (originally
Greek) Eugeniiis.
The celebrated Owen 3/org was King of Munster,
in the time of Conn of the hundred battles, whom
he obliged to divide the whole of Ireland equally
with him.
' Mac Gilla Cowan and a few of O'Connor's people were
slain 'a.d. 1330.!
It is much commoner in the Isle of Man than
in Ireland and Scotland.
M'=CowYN [1408], M'Owen [1422], M'CowEN [1429],
M'^COWNE [15II], CoWIN [1611], COWN [1651],
CoWEN [1685].
Bride, Lonan (vc), Braddan, German, Andreas, Malew,
Patrick (c), elsewhere (u).
* Chron. Scot., Introduction, p. 13, being an extract from
Tribes and Customs of Hy. Fiachrach, p. 440.
t Annals of Ulster.
X Four Mast., Vol. III., p. 547.
Aleyn [1511], Alayne [1540], Allen [1648].
Caveen, contracted from Mac Caemhain, ' Caemhin's
son' {caeimh, 'beautiful').
'And the privilege of first drinking [at the banquet] was
given to O'Caemhain by O'Dowdha, and O'Caemhain was
not to drink until he had first presented it [the drink] to the
poet, that is, to Mac Firbis.'*
' O'Kevan of Ui-Fiachrach flourished' a.d. B>-j6.-\
Compare (Irish) Keevan.
It is an uncommon name in the Isle of Man,
being confined to the parishes of Malew and Arbory.
Caveene [1649], Caveen [1662].
CowiN and Cowen, contracted from Mac Eoghain,
which has been corrupted into Mac Owen. The
name Eoghan is glossed by Cornac as meaning
* well-born,' and suggests the Latin (originally
Greek) Eugeniiis.
The celebrated Owen 3/org was King of Munster,
in the time of Conn of the hundred battles, whom
he obliged to divide the whole of Ireland equally
with him.
' Mac Gilla Cowan and a few of O'Connor's people were
slain 'a.d. 1330.!
It is much commoner in the Isle of Man than
in Ireland and Scotland.
M'=CowYN [1408], M'Owen [1422], M'CowEN [1429],
M'^COWNE [15II], CoWIN [1611], COWN [1651],
CoWEN [1685].
Bride, Lonan (vc), Braddan, German, Andreas, Malew,
Patrick (c), elsewhere (u).
* Chron. Scot., Introduction, p. 13, being an extract from
Tribes and Customs of Hy. Fiachrach, p. 440.
t Annals of Ulster.
X Four Mast., Vol. III., p. 547.
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| Description | By A.W. Moore ; with an introduction by Professor Rhŷs. |
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| Shelfmark | Blair.243 |
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