The shanahan Surname
shanahan Name Meaning and History
Irish (Munster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Seanacháin ‘descendant of Seanachán’, a diminutive of
Seanach, a personal name from sean ‘ancient’, ‘old’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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