Hogan - Irish Surname Origin & Meaning
Irish form: Ó hÓgáin
Meaning: “young”
Traditional stronghold: Clare, Tipperary
Pronunciation: HOH-gun; Irish Ó hÓgáin: oh HOH-gawn
History of the Hogan name
The Hogans are a Dalcassian sept, kin to the O'Briens, whose name comes from óg, 'young'. Their homeland was at Ardcrony near Nenagh in north Tipperary, and the head of the family was seated at Beal Boru near Killaloe; a separate branch settled in the Ballyhogan area of Clare and another became established in Cork. The name remains strongly concentrated in Tipperary, Limerick and Clare. The Hogan Stand at Croke Park commemorates Michael Hogan, the Tipperary footballer shot by Crown forces while playing there on Bloody Sunday, 1920, and the name has also been carried by notable sculptors, churchmen and politicians.
Variants: O'Hogan · Hogen
Famous bearers of the name
- John Hogan - The foremost Irish neoclassical sculptor of the 19th century, whose work includes The Dead Christ in Dublin's Carmelite church.
- Michael Hogan - Tipperary footballer killed by Crown forces at Croke Park on Bloody Sunday 1920; the Hogan Stand bears his name.
- Edmund Hogan - Jesuit scholar who compiled the Onomasticon Goedelicum, the great index of Irish place and tribe names.
Related names from the same part of Ireland: O'Brien · Ryan · Kennedy · Quinn · McDonnell · McMahon · Carroll · Boland