Hanrahan

Hanrahan is an Irish surname shared by many Irish people and descendants of Irish emigrants. The name is most common in the area of the Shannon Estuary (counties Kerry, Limerick and Clare) in Ireland. Through emigration the name has become fairly common in the USA, the UK and other countries to which the Irish emigrated. Many famous people share this name as well. The name was originally spelled "hAnnracháin" and initially used in the Irish province of Leinster, where local nobles and kings with the name ruled. Variations include Hanradhan and Hanraghan. Many families within Ireland and those of emigrants from Ireland, of the Ó hAnnracháin family, Anglicised their names to "O'Hanrahan" or "Hanrahan". Eochaidh, King of Leinster, an early monarch who fled to Scotland in exile in 540, was the first ruler to bear the surname. The name originates from Anradhán, diminutive of the Old Irish word "ánradh", which translates as "warrior".[1][2]

Hanrahan, O'Hanrahan
Language(s)Old Irish (Gaeilge)
Origin
Meaningderived from ánradh,
meaning "warrior"
Region of originIreland
Other names
Variant form(s)Hanrahan
Handrahan, Hanraghan, Henrehan
Hanradhan

Famous people with the name

Hanrahan

People

In fiction
  • Owen Red Hanrahan, fictional character who appears in several works by William Butler Yeats
  • Peter "Red" Hanrahan, character in Dragonriders of Pern
  • Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan, news economic correspondent in The Day Today
  • Sorka Hanrahan, character in Dragonriders of Pern
  • Timothy P. Hanrahan, the real name of the fictional character Blowtorch from the G.I. Joe franchise
  • Tommy Hanrahan, a hockey goalie in Slap Shot who gets goaded into a fight after Reg Dulop calls his wife a dyke

hAnnracháin
  • Neasa Ní hAnnrachain, Irish actress
  • Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin, Irish author

Hanrahan in other media

Poetry

See also

References
  1. web|url=https://www.teanglann.ie/en/eid/uachtar%7Ctitle=Uachtar%7Cpublisher=New English-Irish Dictionary|accessdate=December 3, 2018}}
  2. "Uachtar". Wiktionary. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
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