Ó Daimhín

Ó DAIMHÍN—I—O Davine, O Dovine, O'Devine, Davine, Devine, Davin, Devin, Deven, Devon, Devins, (Davy, Davis); 'descendant of Daimhín' (diminutive of damh, bard, poet); the name of an Oriel family, of the same stock as the Maguires, who were chiefs of Tirkennedy, in the east of Co. Fermanagh. It is now generally anglicised Devine in Ulster, and Davin in Munster and Connacht. In West Galway, where it is not uncommon, it is sometimes made Davy and Davis. It is to be distinguished from Ó Duibhín, which see.

Alphabetical Index to Irish Surnames