Houlihan

name

Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUallacháin (“descendant of Uallachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of uallach (“proud, arrogant”).

1. A surname from Irish.

noun

1. A kind of lasso throw.

   “But if he could not throw the houlihan, he still might get down in the dirt of the corral to help with dehorning, castrating, and branding.”