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Etymology
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from bróg (“shoe”) + -ín (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Brogeen
- a male given name, equivalent to English Brogan
1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 130, line 5:An Brogeen ee-dreut in a well o Caam Stone.- And Brogeen drowned in the well of Camstone.
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 130