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Etymology of O'Loan

What does the name O'Loan mean?

The surname O'Loan is an Anglicization of the Gaelic name Ó Luain. Lambe is a very popular variant of Loane, especially among the scattered Ó Luain sept of Limerick. The name Lambe also came to Ireland through Cromwellian and other settlers from England. 1

Early Origins of the O'Loan family

The surname O'Loan was first found in County Limerick, and in the ancient territory of Oriel, the two places in which two separate septs of the same name existed. The chiefs of the Ó Luain sept of Limerick were lords of Deisbeg, but were dispersed throughout Munster after the Anglo-Norman invasion. The Ó Luain sept of Oriel in the north were scattered as well.

Early History of the O'Loan family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our O'Loan research. Another 20 words (1 lines of text) covering the years 1852 and 1853 are included under the topic Early O'Loan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

O'Loan Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Loane, Loan, O'Loane, O'Loan, O'Lowan, O'Luan, Lambe and many more.

Early Notables of the O'Loan family

Lieutenant George H. Lamb, who left a diary of his exploits during his service with the army in Ireland from 1852 to 1853. The Lamb Brothers firm had...
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O'Loan migration to the United States +



O'Loan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Daniel Oloan, aged 35, who arrived in Missouri in 1848 2

Contemporary Notables of the name O'Loan (post 1700) +

  • Jack O'Loan, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1944, 1948 3
  • DeClan O'Loan (b. 1951), Northern Irish politician, Member of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council (2014-2019)
  • Major Roderick John Charles "Rod" O'Loan MBE CBE (1915-1992), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Nuala O'Loan DBE MRIA (b. 1951), Baroness O'Loan, the first Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal (2009-)
  1. MacLysaght, Edward, Supplement to Irish Families. Baltimore: Genealogical Book Company, 1964. Print.
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

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