KIRWIN

KIRWIN. This family, of ancient Irish extraction, have been seated at Blindwell, CO. Gahvay from time immemorial. Until the time of Elizabeth the name was written O'Quirivane. " In a conlirmatory grant of Charles II., reference is made to their recognition by Henry Vll. and King John." 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.