The breen Surname
breen Name Meaning and History
Irish: either a shortened form of McBreen or an Anglicized
form of Gaelic Ó Braoin ‘descendant of Braon’, a
byname meaning ‘moisture’, ‘drop’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Thomas Breen-Bridget Murphy/Bernard Hitchingham |
 nettiebug1059
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| Breen family Killarney,Co. Kerry to Xenia, Ohio | edward Breen | 13 |
| Breen family KS | Nancy Augustowski | 28 |
| Breen of in or near Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland |
JerryHendricks24
| 33 |
| Thomas Maurice Breen |
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| Breen, Fyffe, Burns, Mackle - Ireland to Maine - any connections? |
JamesinMaine
| 4 |
| Breen-County Kerry-New Zealand-Boston, MA |
JackFlynn54
| 2 |
| James Breen Wexford Ireland, | maggie Baileu | 8 |
| Thomas Breen |
| 2 |
| Breen | Lisa Young | 10 |
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