Sheehan

name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

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""We know it took place over three days sometime between mid-September and early November in 1621, and was considered a harvest celebration following a successful planting of multicolored flint corn, or maize," says Sheehan."

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Síodhacháin (“descendant of Síodhachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of síodhach (“peaceful”).

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