Posted by REDIGAN Juergen on January 18, 19101 at 03:22:22:
REDIGAN -Redican - O'Redican - O'Redahan - Rhattigan - Rhatigain
Clan LEMON Rhatigain - Reachtighan - O'Reachtaghain - O'Reachtag in -
O'Roideach in
Connections Clan O'KELLY - Clan FOGARTY - Clan O'NEIL over the Clan
LEMON
return to the E. Niall MOR king in Ireland anno 378
Similar names in Ireland Country
O'Redahan, Redigan MAYO
Rodahan LONGFORD
Rodaughan LONGFORD
Redican CLARE, CONNOUGHT Shannon
O'Roddy / O Rodaigh / Rodehan LEITHEM
Analysis:
REDIGAN - O'Redahan comes not from what you suppose "Recht a gain" but
from
the Gaelic O'Roideachain itself means "strong full, strengthful one" the
proto-Celtic reconstructed of Aui-Rottik nos "grandson, Intenseman of
the strength intense one"
strenghth = Rod in Irish-Gaelic - Rottos
Reacht = law, authority, rule
ag (i)n = especially masculine personal names, it means little dear
one, also ending of monks-name. It also means one who works for somebody
else and takes care of his property etc. It is these sense perhaps that
the family is mentioned by Mc Lysaght
à - Ua = grandson
Gaelic poetess M ire Ni Reachtagain
Music groups "The Real Redigan's" and the "Lary Redigan's"