Devaney
Devaney, Devany, and O'Devaney, is a surname derived from the Irish Ó/Mac Duibheamhna, meaning "descendants/son of Dubheamhna". They are cited by O'Dugan as being chiefs of Kinelawley in the over-kingdom of Ulaid, now known as Clanawley in present-day County Down, Northern Ireland.[1][2]
Ó Duibheamhna derives from a personal name based on the Irish word dubh, meaning "black", and the genitive of Eamhain, the Irish name for Navan fort located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was the former capital of Ulaid.[1][3] Another family/clan was based in the diocese of Raphoe, in Donegal, Republic of Ireland, and may be a distinct branch.[4]
The surname was considered by Woulfe in 1923 as being obsolete or changed into some other English or Irish form.[1]
Devaney may refer to:
- Bob Devaney (1915–1997), football coach
- Francis Devaney (born 1984), young hurling champion
- James Devaney (1890–1976), poet
- John Devaney, businessman
- John P. Devaney (born 1883), judge.
- June Anne Devaney, (1944–1948), English murder victim
- Liam Devaney (born 1935), hurling champion
- Martin Devaney (born 1980), footballer
- Michael Devaney (racing driver) (born 1984), Irish racing driver
- Michael Aloysius Devaney, track and field athlete
- Michael S. Devany, American admiral
- Robert L. Devaney (born 1948), American mathematician
- Sue Devaney (born 1967), actress
- Tom Devaney (died 1976), mobster
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Woulfe, Rev. Patrick (1923). "Mac Duibheamhna". Irish Names and Surnames. Retrieved September 2015.
- ↑ John O'Hart, Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, p 819
- ↑ Devaney Name Meaning, Devaney Family History http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=devaney and http://genforum.genealogy.com/devaney/messages/180.html
- ↑ Dictionary of American Family Names P. Hanks, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2003) Vol. 1, p 451