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Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

surname Mac Suibhne is a patronymic form of '' Suibhne'' and means "son of ''Suibhne''". The personal name ''Suibhne'' means "pleasant". Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.

Anglicised Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

forms of ''Mac Suibhne'' include: ''McSeveney'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1806; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604. ''McSeveny'', ''

McSween MacSween and McSween are surnames of Gaelic origin. People with those surnames include: * Alexander McSween (1843–1878), Canadian-American participant in the Lincoln County War of 1878 *Donald McSween (born 1964), American ice hockey player * Har ...

'', '' McSweeney'', ''McSweeny'', ''McSwiney'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604. ''Sweaney'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604. ''Sween'', '' Sweeney'', ''Sweenie'', ''

Sweeny Sweeny is a surname which may refer to: * Alastair Sweeny (born 1946), Canadian publisher, historian, and author * Charles Sweeny (1882–1963), American soldier of fortune * Charles Francis Sweeny (1910–1993), American businessman and social ...

'', ''Sweney'', ''Swiney'', ''

Swinney Swinney may refer to: People *Dabo Swinney (born 1969), the head coach of the Clemson University Tigers football team * David Swinney (1946–2006), prominent psycholinguist * Harry Swinney (born 1939), American physicist noted for his contribution ...

'', A lenited variant form of ''Mac Suibhne'' is ''Mac Shuibhne''. Anglicised forms of the latter Gaelic name include: (possibly) ''

Mawhinney Mawhinney is a Scottish and Northern Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Brian Mawhinney PC (1940–2019), Northern Irish Conservative Party politician * Chuck Mawhinney (born 1949), American who served in the United States Ma ...

'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1726. ''

McQueen McQueen, Mcqueen, MacQueen or Macqueen may refer to: *Clan Macqueen, a Scottish clan *McQueen (surname), including a list of people named McQueen, Mcqueen, MacQueen or Macqueen *McQueen McIntosh (1822–1868), United States and Confederate judge * ...

'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804. ''

McQueeney McQueeney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Robert McQueeney (1919–2002), American actor *Patricia McQueeney Patricia Noonan McQueeney (September 16, 1927 in Bridgeport, Connecticut – September 4, 2005 in Santa Monica, Ca ...

'', ''McQueenie'', (possibly) ''

McWhinney McWhinney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Madeline McWhinney Dale (1922–2020), American economist and banker * Agnes McWhinney (1891–1987), Australian lawyer *Alec Mawhinney (1894–1967), Australian rules footballer * G ...

'', ''Queen'', Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) pp. 1804, 2192. ''Queeney'', ''

Wheen Wheen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Arthur Wesley Wheen (1897–1971), Australian soldier, translator, and museum librarian *Francis Wheen (born 1957), British journalist, writer, and broadcaster *John Gladwell Wheen (died ...

''. Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2876. One particular family that has borne the surname ''Mac Suibhne'' is

Clann Suibhne Clan Sweeney is an Irish clan of Scottish origin. The Mac Suibhne family did not permanently settle in Ireland before the beginning of the 14th century, when they became Gallowglass soldiers for the Ua Domnaill dynasty of Tír Chonaill. The ...

. Members of this Scottish family settled in

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label=Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kin ...

as gallowglass warriors in the Middle Ages.

People

mac Suibhne

Dubhghall mac Suibhne Dubhghall mac Suibhne (fl. 1232 ×1241 – 1262) was a Scottish landholder in Argyll, and a leading member of Clann Suibhne. He was a son of Suibhne mac Duinn Shléibhe, and appears to have held lordship of Knapdale from at least the 1240s to th ...

, 13th-century Argyllian magnate

Mac Suibhne

Aodán Mac Suibhne Aodán Mac Suibhne is an Irish hurling referee. A member of the St Jude's club in Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bord ...

, 21st-century hurling referee *

Aodh Mac Suibhne Aodh Mac Suibhne, aka Hugh McSweeney, Gallowglass of Clanricarde, died 1586. Mac Suibhne was a Gallowglass who fought for the Earl of Clanricarde in south Connacht. The family resided at Rath Glas, and were descendants of Domnall na Madhmann Mac ...

, 16th-century Irish gallowglass *

Domnall na Madhmann Mac Suibhne Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...

, 15th-century Irish gallowglass *

Eóin Mac Suibhne Eóin Mac Suibhne (fl. 1310) was a fourteenth-century Scottish nobleman and a leading member of Clann Suibhne. In the middle of the thirteenth century, seemingly during the 1260s, Eóin's family appears to have been ejected from its homeland in ...

, 14th-century Scottish nobleman *

Micheál Mac Suibhne Mícheál or Micheál Mac Suibhne () was an Irish language bard from the Connemara Gaeltacht. Life Mac Suibhne was born near the ruined Abbey of Cong, then part of County Galway, but now in County Mayo. The names of his parents are not recorded ...

, 18th-century poet * Murchadh Mac Suibhne, 13th-century Argyllian magnate *

Suibhne MacAnrahan, brother to the High King of Ireland Suibne or Suibhne, a Gaelic male name from which the modern '' Sweeney'' is derived, may refer to: * Suibne mac Colmáin (died c. 598), Irish king * Suibne Menn (died c. 628), Irish king * Suibne moccu Fir Thrí (died c. 657), abbot of Iona * Suib ...

, who built Castle Sween in the late 11th century

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