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MACKIN Family History

This most interesting surname is of Gaelic origin, and is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic "MacMaicin", which is composed of the Gaelic prefix "mac", son of, and the personal name "Maicin, Macain", from "mac", youth. The MacMaicins were an Oriel sept and "Mackin" is their spelling of the name in County Monaghan, where it is chiefly found, while Macken is found in County Louth. There was also a sept of O'Maicin, O'Macain, containing the Gaelic prefix "O", male descendant of, and the same personal name as above, who were a Corca Laoidhe sept, prominent in South-West Cork. The surname appeared in Munster as O'Makan, O'Mackane, and O'Mackine at various dates from 1314 in the Justiciary Rolls, to 1600 in the Fiants...