Brogeen

Yola

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from bróg (“shoe”) + -ín (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾɔːˈɡiːn/

Proper noun

Brogeen

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Brogan
   • 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 130, line 5:

     An Brogeen ee-dreut in a well o Caam Stone.

     And Brogeen drowned in the well of Camstone.

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130