Renegan Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The surname Renegan comes from the Irish O Reannachain.

Renegan Early Origins

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The surname Renegan was first found in the ancient territory of Oriel, which was mostly comprised of modern day Armagh, Monaghan and Fermanagh.

Renegan Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Renehan, Renahan, Ronaghan, Renegan, Renaghan and others.

Renegan Early History

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Renegan Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Ronaghan, who was naturalized in Philadelphia in 1836; Matthew Renehan, who settled in New York in 1840; James, Catherine, and Mary Renahan, who landed in New York in 1854.

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Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
Somerset Fry, Peter and Fiona Somerset Fry. A History of Ireland. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1993. Print. (ISBN 1-56619-215-3).
Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
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The Renegan Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Renegan Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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