See notes for Jane Mullane

Named as “Anthony McLoane” on Jane’s death certificate?

Mullane is anglicized Ó Maoláin, dimin of maol (bald, blunt). The most important sept was in Derry.272


Yet another family hails from south Co. Cork, where the name is frequently given as Mullins. 273

Mullane
Mullan, together with its variants Mullin, Mullen, Mullane McMullan and Mullins, can have a variety of distinct origins. First, it may be the anglicisation of the Irish name Ó Maoláin, from a diminutive of maol, "bald" or "tonsured", which arose separately in a number of areas. The Co. Galway family of the name claim descent from Maolán, himself descended from a King of Connacht. A different family of the same name were based in the Keenaght district of Co. Derry, having originally lived in the Laggan district of Donegal, and were followers of the O'Cahans. In Co. Monaghan a family of the name arose around the modern town of Clones; their name has also been anglicised as Mollins. In nearby Tyrone, the Ó Mealláin, more accurately anglicised as O’Mellan or Mellon, have become Mullans in many instances, no doubt because of the numerical superiority and resultant familiarity of the latter. Yet another family hails from south Co. Cork, where the name is frequently given as Mullins. As well as all of these, many MacMillans, Scottish settlers in Ulster in the seventeenth century, adopted MacMullan, often shortened to Mullan. There is also an English name Mullins, from the Middle English miln, "mill", and a good number of Irish bearers of the name are undoubtedly of this origin. Alan Mullan (d.1690) was a well-known anatomist who discovered the circulatory system of the eye when he dissected an elephant in 1681. Shane Crosagh O’Mullan, of the Derry family, lost his property in 1729 and subsequently became a notorious outlaw, or rapparee. He was eventually captured and hanged, along with his 2 sons, at Derry. Karl Mullen (1926 - ), of the Munster family, was one of Ireland’s best rugby players. He captained the Irish team to its only Grand Slam in 1948. 273

First name on Jane Mullane’s death certificate listed as “Don’t know”69

The name O'Keeffe in Ireland is derived from the native Gaelic Sept “O'Caoimh,” taken from a word meaning “gentle.” This Sept provided some of the Kings of Munster and although they were forced out of their Cork homeland by the Anglo-Normans they did not go very far. Cork, Kerry and the other Munster counties are where the majority of descendants are found.274 See this website for coat of arms.