BYRNE

BYRNE. In vScotland, a topographical exjircssion, impljing the high part of a farm where young sheep are summered — or dry heathy pasture forweanlings. Celt, ln'ijn, a hill. Jamieson. The Irish family of O'Byrne claim from Hermon, the youngest son of Milesius. B.L.G.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.