The tunney Surname
tunney Name Meaning and History
Irish (Sligo, now rare): reduced form of O’Tunney, an
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tonnaigh ‘descendant of
Tonnach’, a personal name meaning either ‘billowy’ (from
tonn ‘wave’) or ‘shining’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 46 - Messages: 194
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Tunneys of Ballina,Co.Mayo | Pam Mcallister | 3 |
| TUNNEY FAMILY - COUNTY ARMAUGH/LIMERICK |
 john_doon
| 41 |
| Gene Tunney/Marren connection |
syntel2003
| 2 |
| Bartholomew Tunney b. Ire. 1818; wife Catherine Tunney b. Ire. 1819; Quinless son-in-law |
rosecolorsunset
| 0 |
| Tunney Family in Buffalo/Lackawanna New York |
PFOLMEDO
| 3 |
| James Tunney |
annellison1
| 8 |
| Tunneys of Co Mayo | Kathleen Cleghorn | 3 |
| Tunney, Tunnie, Tunny; Tunnah - Scotland | Colleen True | 22 |
| Marren family | Patricia N. Heaton | 2 |
| John Tunney and sister Ann Tunney Farrell 1880's onwrds NY |
JeanneFletcher1946
| 0 |
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