Devaney

Map of Gaelic Ireland showing the territory of the over-kingdom of Ulaid circa 900 A.D.

Devaney, Devany, and O'Devaney, is a surname derived from the Irish Ó/Mac Duibheamhna, meaning "descendants/son of Dubheamhna". They are cited by O'Dugan as being chiefs of Kinelawley in the over-kingdom of Ulaid, now known as Clanawley in present-day County Down, Northern Ireland.^[1]^[2]

Ó Duibheamhna derives from a personal name based on the Irish word dubh, meaning "black", and the genitive of Eamhain, the Irish name for Navan fort located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was the former capital of Ulaid.^[1]^[3] Another family/clan was based in the diocese of Raphoe, in Donegal, Republic of Ireland, and may be a distinct branch.^[4]

The surname was considered by Woulfe in 1923 as being obsolete or changed into some other English or Irish form.^[1]

Devaney may refer to:

Bob Devaney (1915–1997), football coach
Charlotte Devaney (born 1988), British DJ
Francis Devaney (born 1984), young hurling champion
James Devaney (1890–1976), poet
John Devaney, businessman
John P. Devaney (born 1883), judge.
June Anne Devaney, (1944–1948), English murder victim
Liam Devaney (born 1935), hurling champion
Martin Devaney (born 1980), footballer
Michael Devaney (racing driver) (born 1984), Irish racing driver
Michael Aloysius Devaney, track and field athlete
Michael S. Devany, American admiral
Robert L. Devaney (born 1948), American mathematician
Sue Devaney (born 1967), actress
Tom Devaney (died 1976), mobster

References

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1 2 3 4 5 Woulfe, Rev. Patrick (1923). "Mac Duibheamhna". Irish Names and Surnames. Retrieved September 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ John O'Hart, Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, p 819
↑ Devaney Name Meaning, Devaney Family History http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=devaney and http://genforum.genealogy.com/devaney/messages/180.html
↑ Dictionary of American Family Names P. Hanks, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2003) Vol. 1, p 451

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