The Rossespoint Burns Family Tree by Veroni B

October 2005

The Burns family Tree

The Burns Grave Drumcliff

BURNS BRUEN GILLEN

Byrne or O'Byrne, together with its variants Beirne and Byrnes, is one of the ten most frequent surnames in Ireland today. In the original Irish the name is Ó Broin, from the personal name Bran, meaning "raven".
 It is traced back to Bran, son of Molmórda, a King of Leinster who ruled in the eleventh century.

THE BURNS TREE

Bruen Quite numerous: Connacht. Ir. Ó Braoin. A variant of Breen, q.v. MIF. The name Gillen in Ireland is derived from the native Gaelic O'Giollain Sept, taken from an Irish word meaning 'lad'. The Sept was a branch of the Cenel Eoghain Sept, found in Counties Sligo, Tyrone and Donegal. Gillan, Gilligan and Gilliland are all variants of this name.

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