Mac Suibhne
The Gaelic surname Mac Suibhne is a patronymic form of Suibhne and means "son of Suibhne". The personal name Suibhne means "pleasant".
Anglicised forms of Mac Suibhne include: McSeveney, McSeveny, McSween, McSweeney, McSweeny, McSwiney, Sweaney, Sween, Sweeney, Sweenie, Sweeny, Sweney, Swiney, Swinney, A lenited variant form of Mac Suibhne is Mac Shuibhne. Anglicised forms of the latter Gaelic name include: Mawhinney, McQueen, McQueeney, McQueenie, McWhinney, Queen, Queeney, Wheen.
One particular family that has borne the surname Mac Suibhne is Clann Suibhne. Members of this Scottish family settled in Ulster as gallowglass warriors in the Middle Ages.People
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- Dubhghall mac Suibhne, 13th-century Argyllian magnate
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- Aodán Mac Suibhne, 21st-century hurling referee
- Aodh Mac Suibhne, 16th-century Irish gallowglass
- Domnall na Madhmann Mac Suibhne, 15th-century Irish gallowglass
- Eóin Mac Suibhne, 14th-century Scottish nobleman
- Micheál Mac Suibhne, 18th-century poet
- Murchadh Mac Suibhne, 13th-century Argyllian magnate
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