Kerwaane

Yola

Alternative forms

• Keerwaan

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciardhubháin (“descendant of Ciardhubhán”), a personal name composed of ciar (“dark”) + dubh (“black”) + the suffix -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːˈwɔːn/

Proper noun

Kerwaane

1. a surname, equivalent to English Kirwan
   • THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD:

     Many years ago a man named Jone Kerwaane (John Kirwan) was tenant of an adjoining farm.

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130