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MAREN Family History

Recorded in the spellings of Horan, and the dialectals Maren and Moron, this is an Irish surname of some antiquity, although this may not appear so from the recordings. It is an anglicized form of the pre 10th century Gaelic O' hOdrain. The prefix "O" indicates male descendant of, plus in this case the personal byname of Odhran. This is or was, from "Odhar", meaning dun-coloured, a name borne, according to legend, by St. Patrick's charioteer, who may have been of Southern European origin. The original O' hOdrain clan originated in County Galway from whence they spread to County Mayo, and the spelling as Horan with no prefix, is widespread throughout the Connacht province...