MacKean Family Crest, Coat of Arms & MacKean Name Origin



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MacKean Family Crest



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Origin of the Name MacKean



The MacKean family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. The name McKean can be derived from the MacEain sept of Ulster but can also be derived from the Gaelic O'Cathain. There were two great septs of O'Cathain. The early anglicized form of the name was O'Cahan, but in modern times the forms Kean, McKean, Keane, Kane, O'Kane, MacCloskey and MacEvinney are most often used. The families of Keenaght and Coleraine were a powerful and important sept. Once established there they retained their ascendancy in the County, which is now County Derry, until they were ruined by the Plantation of Ulster . Many of the Sept appear in the Annals from the year 1170 onwards. The MacCloskeys of County Derry are another branch of the family, being descended from Closkey O'Kane. Another branch anglicized their name as MacEvinney or MacAvinny, their ancestor being Aibhne O'Cathain.
The MacKean coat of arms came into existence centuries ago. The process of creating coats of arms (also often called family crests) began in the eleventh century although a form of Proto-Heraldry may have existed in some countries prior to this. The new art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own coat of arms, including all MacKean descendants.
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