I found an Irish Coats of Arms Website & made an inquiry as to a coats of arms on the name of Keeney and variants the following is the reply to the inquiry.
~ DK
Dan,
Keeney is a difficult name to deal with as exemplified by the following extract ...
In Co. Leitrim Kenny has to some extent absorbed the local name Keeney. This, spelt also Keeny, Keany, Keaney, is fairly numerous in Co. Leitrim and south-west Donegal. Woulfe gives the Irish form of Keany as Ó Cianaigh or perhaps more correctly Ó Caoinnigh; he lists elsewhere MacEanna, anglice MacKeany, as a Wexford-Carlow surname and regards it as now hardly distinguishable from MacKenna. MacKeany, however, is found in Co. Fermanagh as synonymous with Keany. I find MacEanny in a Co. Roscommon Fiant of 1593 and I am inclined to think that Keany (Keeney etc.) is a Mac not an 0 name, the K, as in Keegan, Keogh and many others, being the C of Mac carried over to a proper name beginning with a vowel or silent F. I put this forward, however, as a probability, not as an authenticated fact. from More Irish Families by Edward MacLysaght, I cannot find any arms for Keeney, Keeny, Keany etc. I know that you suggested that Keane might be a variant, and I attached the Keane arms, but I do not believe that they are appropriate to Keeney. I did find one (otherwise unidentified) arms for the name Keene. These could be of Irish or British origin but are certainly distinct from those of Keane. As I cannot verify their origin I am sending them to you free of charge along with those of Keane.
Best wishes
Eddie
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Wednesday, 27 December 2000 07:06:54 Pacific Standard Time
