Ó Dreáin

Ó DREÁIN—I—O Dreane, Adrien, Adrian, Drain, Draine; 'descendant of Dreán' (wren). The O'Dreains were anciently chiefs of Calraidhe in Co. Roscommon, and erenaghs of Ardcarne, near Boyle, but were dispossessed in the 13th or 14th century by the MacDermotts. They appear to have removed to Co. Antrim, which is the only place where the name was found in the 16th century.

Alphabetical Index to Irish Surnames