Ó Fuarráin

Rev Patrick Woulfe
Irish Names and Surnames
1923

Ó FUARRÁIN, Ó FUARTHÁIN—I—O Fuarayne, O Fowrane, O Forhane, O Fourhan, O Forehan, O Fordhane, O Forane, Fourhane, Forehane, Forehan, Forhan, Foran, (Ford, Forde); 'descendant of Fuarrán' or 'Fuarthán' (diminutive of fuar, cold); the name of an old Munster family, still numerous in Waterford, Cork, Kerry and Limerick, but often, especially in Cork, disguised as Ford or Forde.

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