Ó Nuadhan

Rev Patrick Woulfe
1923

Ó NUADHAN—IO Nowan, O Nowne, Noone, (Noonan), Lambe; 'descendant of Nuadha' (the name of an ancient sea divinity); the name of a Sligo family of the race of Cairbre, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. This family anciently possessed the district of Callraighe Laithimh, nearly co-extensive with the present parish of Calry, near the town of Sligo. The name is still very common in Connacht. In the spoken language, as I have heard it, the final n is slender.

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