Hi Lisa and all, MacLysaght 'The Surnames of Ireland' FREEN - no entry FRAIN, FRAYNE These are alternative forms of FREENEY also found in Roscommon and north Mayo; occasionally for de FREYNE FREENEY de Freine Well known in Waterford and adjacent counties. The place called Freeneystown is in Co Kilkenny Also see the book 'More Irish Families' de FREYNE An Anglo-Norman family in Kilkenny. Freeney is a late popular variant. The name is derived from the Latin fraxinus, French frene, ash tree. Rob Doragh Liverpool UK Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 [email protected] Subject: Freen/Frain of Ireland trying to find out where the name Freen originated. family of Freen lived in Raphoe, Donegal in the early 1900, and a prisoner Frain from Kings County was transported to America in 1737, but that is as far as we can go. Lisa _________________________________________________________________ Discover Bird's Eye View now with Multimap from Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354026/direct/01/

Rob The 2001 Electoral Roll gives 133 FRAYNEs , 140 FREENEYs and only one DE FREYNE in the Rep. of Ireland DE FREYNE,JOAN,,'AISLING',CUALA ROAD,,,,BRAY,CO WICKLOW If anyone wants the full list - send me an email Liam "A bird in the bush is worth two in the cat" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 9:45 PM Subject: [DONEGALEIRE] Freen/Frain > > Hi Lisa and all, > > MacLysaght 'The Surnames of Ireland' > > FREEN - no entry > FRAIN, FRAYNE These are alternative forms of FREENEY also found in > Roscommon and north Mayo; occasionally for de FREYNE > FREENEY de Freine Well known in Waterford and adjacent counties. The > place called Freeneystown is in Co Kilkenny Also see the book 'More Irish > Families' > de FREYNE An Anglo-Norman family in Kilkenny. Freeney is a late popular > variant. The name is derived from the Latin fraxinus, French frene, ash > tree. > > Rob Doragh > > Liverpool UK > > Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 [email protected] Subject: Freen/Frain of Ireland > trying to find out where the name Freen originated. family of Freen lived > in Raphoe, Donegal in the early 1900, and a prisoner Frain from Kings > County was transported to America in 1737, but that is as far as we can > go. Lisa > > _________________________________________________________________ > Discover Bird's Eye View now with Multimap from Live Search > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354026/direct/01/ > When replying to a digest post, quote only the specific text to which you > are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, > remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the > message subject to which you are replying. > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY SUBJECT, GO TO THE THREADED ARCHIVES AT > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/DONEGALEIRE/ > > > TO VIEW PREVIOUS EMAILS BY DATES AND SUBJECT GO TO THE SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES > AT http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=DONEGALEIRE > > SOME HELPFUL WEBSITES: > Donegal Genealogy Resource (Lindel's Site) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/ > Donegaleire Genealogy Links & Data > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > Bob's Donegal Ireland Genealogy > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hiflyte/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.0/1682 - Release Date: 9/20/2008 10:24