|A McCrehin Family History
With many apologies to Carol Sundquist (née McCrehin) for the very late publication of her family history.
The "McCrehin" name is America was more commonly known as "McCro
|A McCrehin Family History
With many apologies to Carol Sundquist (née McCrehin) for the very late publication of her family history.
The "McCrehin" name is America was more commonly known as "McCrohan" in Ireland in the 1800s. In Gaelic, the name was "MacCriomhthainn" and/or "MacCrimthainn" and means "fox".
The names of McCrohan, MacCrahon, and McCrehan, are all names from the same Clan, in Ireland. A branch of the O'Sullivan Mor of County Kerry. The original Castle of the MacCrohan's was located at Leiter, a small area near Cahirciveen in County Kerry and their lands ran all along the south shore of Valencia Harbour, from Cahirciveen to
"...About 1000 A.D., a small peaceful clan acquired land in Kilcolman, Milltown, through purchase. They were the MacCrohans from Rignard near Valencia."
The land they acquired was heavy, wet, rush-covered territory, but it suited their needs for they were flax growers and linen manufacturers. There are stepping stones across a little stream just below the modern village of Milltown. This crossing was known to the MacCrohans as Ath Solais, meaning the Ford of Clear Water. In that stream, the MacCrohans steeped their flax. Round about Ath Solais, they had buildings 