Kerwaane
Yola
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Irish Ó Ciardhubháin (“descendant of Ciardhubhán”), a personal name composed of ciar (“dark”) + dubh (“black”) + the suffix -an.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKerwaane
- a surname, equivalent to English Kirwan
- THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD:
- Many years ago a man named Jone Kerwaane (John Kirwan) was tenant of an adjoining farm.
- THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD:
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