Brennan (surname)

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Brennan (Template:IPAc-en)<ref>Template:Cite LPD</ref> is an Irish surname which is an anglicised form of two different Irish-language surnames: Ó Braonáin and Ó Branáin (or Mac Branáin).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Historically, one source of the surname was the prominent clan Ua Braonáin (O'Brennan) of Uí Duach (Idough)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in Osraige who were a junior Dál Birn sept stemming from a younger son of Cerball mac Dúnlainge (d.888).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Recent surname evaluations highlighted the geographic consistency of this lineage in the barony of Idough.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, based on the ultimate authority of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh they are out of Ui Dhuinn (O’Dunn)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and, therefore, an Uí Failghi tribe, not Osraige. While it is clearly apparent that O’Hart's pedigree is erroneous, it is suggested that Ó Cléirigh probably became confused while transcribing from Mac Fhirbhisigh.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> This is echoed by the modern scholar, Bart Jaski.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

The Irish surname Ó Braonáin, means "descendant of Braonán". The personal name Braonán is derived from a word which means "moisture", "drop". The Irish surname Ó Branáin, means "descendant of Branán". The personal name Branán means "little raven".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Brennan is also a given name.

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  • Harold Brennan (1905–1979), Australian politician
  • Howard Brennan (1919–1983), witness to the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy

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