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Question:I do know of a family with that surname, it's Irish but I bet you knew that anyway, I found this on www.ancestry.com for you,
Shanahan
Irish (Munster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic ó Seanacháin ‘descendant of Seanachán’, a diminutive of Seanach, a personal name from sean ‘ancient’, ‘old’.
hope this helps.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I do know of a family with that surname, it's Irish but I bet you knew that anyway, I found this on www.ancestry.com for you,
Shanahan
Irish (Munster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic ó Seanacháin ‘descendant of Seanachán’, a diminutive of Seanach, a personal name from sean ‘ancient’, ‘old’.
hope this helps.

I think my surname is smith, but I might be wrong about that. It's tough at the far side of life.