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Where did the Irish Breheny family come from? What is the Irish Breheny family crest and coat of arms? When did the Breheny family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Breheny family history?
The roots of the Breheny surname are linked to a set of 4,000 year old Irish law, known as the Brehon Law. There were no judges or lawyers, but the arbitrators whose responsibility it was to settle disagreements based on these laws were known as Brehons.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Brehon, Brehane, Brehany, Brehaney, Breheny, Brehony, MacBreheny and many more.First found in Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh), the former Kingdom of Osraige (Ossory), located in Southeastern Ireland in the province of Leinster, where they held a family seat as judges and scholars. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable. This ancient Irish family name was found later in Sligo represented another early reference to the name.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Breheny Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- James Breheny, who was naturalized in Westmoreland Co. Pennsylvania in 1859
- Bridget Breheny, who arrived in New York, NY in 1866
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- Richard Breheny, Lecturer in the Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College, London
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