The Irish surname Keane is the anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catháin meaning “descendant of Cathán” a personal name from a diminutive of cath meaning “battle.” The Keane family are found in counties Cork and Kerry in the south, counties Mayo and Galway in the west and county Derry in northern Ireland.An early reference to the name in the United States was Joanna Keane, aged 20 years, a famine emigrant who sailed from Cork aboard the "Adirondack", bound for New York on April 11th 1846.
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