Torrance Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Torrance Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Torrance

The ancient history of the name Torrance was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants of Torrance include Drennan, Skehan, Torrens, Dreinan, Drinane, Drinan, Drynan and Tarrant. This Gaelic sept belonged to the Siol Anmchadha and were located in the Barony of Longford in County Galway. This name is found from very early times and in the Four Masters the death is recorded of Gillachiarain O'Draighnen at Fore in the year 1163. There are two placenames called Ballydrinan in Tipperary and Kildare and a noteable person of the name was the United Irishman Dr. William Drennan, (1754-1820). Anglicized variants of this Irish name include Torrance and Torrens and one of the latter was a famous Australian (1814-1884) who simplified the land title registration known as the Torrens System. He was born in County Cork and the River Torrens in South Australia is named after him.