Ó Droighneáin

Ó Droighneáin, Gaelic-Irish surname.

Background

Ó Droighneáin was a surname of at least two different septs, located in Counties Cork and Galway, but has been 'translated' as Thornton, an English surname. "[Thornton] is a portmanteau English name for Ó Draighneáin, Mac Sceacháin, Ó Toráin. The connection is: draighean, blackthorn; sceach, whitethorn; tor, a bush. MacLysaght remarks that some Thorntons in Limerick were 16 cent planters".https://www.johngrenham.com/findasurname.php?surname=thornton

Ó Droighneáin remains in use as an Irish-language surname.

People with the surname

Micheál Ó Droigheaín, An Spidéal-born Irish Volunteer and IRA commander, 1889-1964 Pádraig Thornton, alias Proinsias Ó Draighneáin, Drogheda-born member of IRB and Irish Volunteers, d. 1936 Máirtín Ó Droighneáin, An Spidéal-born boxer, 1916–84 Áine Ní Dhroighneáin, sean-nós singer and actor Máire Uí Droighneáin, Ros na Rún actor Eoin Ó Droighneáin, Irish socialist Muireann Ni Dhroighneain, actress Sailí Ní Dhroighneáin, sean-nós singer and musician, 2014 Fleadh Cheoil winner

Ó Droighneáin

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