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BOYNE Family History

This very interesting surname recorded in the spellings of Boyn and Boyne, is claimed by the Irish to be of Irish origin, the Scots of Scottish origin, and the English, all three. There are many places called Boyne in the British Isles, but despite the fact that the first recording is Irish, the strongest claims to the surname are probably Scottish. In Banffshire there was an ancient "thanedom" or kingdom called "Boyne" and it is likely that the nameholders in both Scotland and Ireland hail originally from there. In the early Gaelic the name was spelt either as Mac Baoithin or O'Baoithin, and later anglicised to Boyn, Boyne, and Boyheen...