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Allen is a Celtic surname, originating in Ireland, and common in Scotland, Wales and England.It is a variation of the surname MacAllen and may be derived from two separate sources: Ailin, in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, means both "little rock" and "harmony", or it may also be derived from the Celtic Aluinn, which means "handsome".
During the "Irish revival", some Irish names which had fallen out of use were revived. Some names are recent creations, such as the now-common female names Saoirse "freedom" and Aisling "vision, dream". Some English-language names are anglicisations of Irish names, e.g. Kathleen from Caitlín and Shaun from Seán.
From Irish Seoinín, a little John (in a Gaelic version of the English form, Seon, not the Irish Seán). Sidhe (Modern Sí) – the fairies, fairyland. slauntiagh – An obsolete word for sureties or guarantees, which comes from Irish sláinteacha with the same meaning. sleeveen, sleiveen – (from slíbhín) an untrustworthy or cunning person ...
John Alen (1476 – 28 July 1534) was an English priest and canon lawyer, whose later years were spent in Ireland. He held office as Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. In the latter office, for a few years, he played a central role in the government of Ireland.
Captain John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen, PC (13 February 1660 – 8 November 1726), was an Irish peer and politician. He was born in Dublin , the son of Sir Joshua Allen, and educated at Trinity College Dublin .
clabber, clauber (from clábar) wet clay or mud; curdled milk. clock O.Ir. clocc meaning "bell"; into Old High German as glocka, klocka [15] (whence Modern German Glocke) and back into English via Flemish; [16] cf also Welsh cloch but the giving language is Old Irish via the hand-bells used by early Irish missionaries.
Andrew Allen ( – 29 September 1808) [1] was a nineteenth-century Anglo-Irish Anglican priest. [2] Allen was educated at the University of Glasgow. [3] He was ordained on 13 July 1777. He held livings at Templecarne, Drumcrin, Belleek, Kilmore, Killeevan, Drumsna and Currin.
Andrew M. Allen (born 1955), American astronaut; Andrew Allen (singer) (born 1981), Canadian singer; Andrew Allen (priest) (died 1808), Irish Anglican priest; Andrew J. Allen (born 1986), American saxophonist and pedagogue; Andrew James Campbell Allen (1856–1923), Northern Irish mathematician and educational administrator; Murder of Andrew ...