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58 Wieinx Suttnames.
'Domhnall Mac Aenghusa, Lord of Ui-Ethach,' A.D 957.*
(This would now be anglicised Daniel Magennis,
Lord of Iveagh.)
'The river called Banthelasse issuing out of the desert
mountaines of Mourne, passeth the country of Eaugh, which
belongeth to the family of Mac GvNNls.'f
Compare (Irish) M*=Guiness, (Gaelic) M^'Ginnis.
M*=Inesh (?) [1511], Kynnishe [1601], Kinnish [1626],
Kenish [1649], Keanish [1734], Kennish [1732].
Maughold, Santon (vc), Braddan, Marown, Lonan,
Malew (c), elsewhere (u).
Carnaghan, contracted from O'Cernachain, ' Cerna-
chan's descendant ' {Ccthernach, ' a foot-soldier,' a
' kern ').
' Two other chieftains, it is certain 10 you,
Arc over the victorious Tuat'.i-Bladhach ;
Of them is O'Cernachain of valour.'^
Compare (Irish) Kernaghan.
This name was formerly almost confined to the
parish of Maughold, and is now scarcely found
anywhere.
Cashin and Cashen, contracted from Mac Caisin,
* Caisin's son ' (caisin is a diminutive of cas,
'crooked '). The name Caisin must originally have
meant a crooked-eyed, crooked-legged, or meta-
phorically stupid, person.
Caisin was the son of Cas, the descendant of
Cormac, who was the younger son of Olioll Oluim,
King of Munster.
' Caisin, scribe of Lusca,' a.d. 695. §
Cashen is found in Ireland.
* Four Mast.. Vol. II., p. 677. X Dubhagain, p. 45.
t Camden, Ireland, p. 109. § Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 299.