Brogeen
Yola edit
Etymology edit
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from bróg (“shoe”) + -ín (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Brogeen
- a male given name, equivalent to English Brogan
- 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 130, line 5:
- An Brogeen ee-dreut in a well o Caam Stone.
- And Brogeen drowned in the well of Camstone.
References edit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130