Mac Suibhne

The Gaelic surname Mac Suibhne is a patronymic form of Suibhne and means "son of Suibhne".^[1] The personal name Suibhne means "pleasant".^[2]

Anglicised forms of Mac Suibhne include: McSeveney,^[3] McSeveny,^[3] McSween,^[4] McSweeney,^[5] McSweeny,^[5] McSwiney,^[5] Sweaney,^[6] Sween,^[7] Sweeney,^[6] Sweenie,^[6] Sweeny,^[6] Sweney,^[8] Swiney,^[9] Swinney,^[10] A lenited variant form of Mac Suibhne is Mac Shuibhne.^[2] Anglicised forms of the latter Gaelic name include: (possibly) Mawhinney,^[11] McQueen,^[12] McQueeney,^[12] McQueenie,^[12] (possibly) McWhinney,^[11] Queen,^[13] Queeney,^[13] Wheen.^[14]

One particular family that has borne the surname Mac Suibhne is Clann Suibhne. Members of this Scottish family settled in Ulster as gallowglass warriors in the Middle Ages.^[6]

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mac Suibhne[]

• Dubhghall mac Suibhne, 13th-century Argyllian magnate

Mac Suibhne[]

• Aodán Mac Suibhne, 21st-century hurling referee
• Aodh Mac Suibhne, 16th-century Irish gallowglass
• Domnall na Madhmann Mac Suibhne, 15th-century Irish gallowglass
• Eóin Mac Suibhne, 14th-century Scottish nobleman
• Micheál Mac Suibhne, 18th-century poet
• Murchadh Mac Suibhne, 13th-century Argyllian magnate
• , who built Castle Sween in the late 11th century

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