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About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Kane
- Stronghold region
- Connacht
Overview
An old Gaelic name from the word for the wild barnacle goose, used both as a personal name and a surname element. Found in early genealogies.
The story behind Cadhan
Cadhan appears in early genealogies and survives in the surname Ó Cadhain (Kane); the writer Máirtín Ó Cadhain of Conamara was its most famous modern bearer.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; descriptive name from a wild bird.
Did you know?
From the Irish word for the wild barnacle goose.
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