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Shanahan is a surname of Irish origin.

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It sits within the topics Anglicised Irish-language surnames, Surnames and Surnames of Irish origin.

Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.

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family name
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native label
Shanahan
Soundex
S550
Commons category
Shanahan (surname)
Caverphone
SNN111
language of work or name
English language
Cologne phonetics
866

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Shanahan is a surname of Irish origin.

According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Shanahans were one of the chiefly families of the Dal gCais or Dalcassians who were a tribe of the Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland between about 500 and 100 BC.

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