The Mac Cana had become chiefs of Oneilland (highlighted) by the 16th century
The Mac Cana or MacCan[1] were a Gaelic Irish clan who held lands in Clancann and Clanbrasil in what is now northern County Armagh, and had the title of 'Lords of Clanbrasil'. It is the origin of the surname McCann and Maccan.[2]
The MacCana or MacCan were a Gaelic Irish clan who held lands in Clancann and Clanbrasil in what is now northern County Armagh, and had the title of...
Proinsias MacCana (6 July 1926 – 21 May 2004) was an academic and Celtic scholar. He held professorships at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies...
associated with the land, fertility, kingship, war and horses. Proinsias MacCana discusses three Machas: Macha wife of Nemed, Queen Macha wife of Cimbáeth...
deriving the Welsh Brân from the Irish voyager. He also names Proinsias MacCana and Glyn E. Jones among skeptics, and Rachel Bromwich as proponent. Citations...
Irish Literature.” Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review 42 (167): 321–36. MacCana, Proinsias. 1955, 1958–1959. “Aspects of the Theme of King and Goddess...
14–15, 18. MacCana (2004) p. 27; Byrne (2001) p. 153; MacCana (1993) p. 83; Meyer (1919) p. 16 § 30. Charles-Edwards (2004) p. 95 n. 79; MacCana (2004)...
Patrick K. Ford, The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales (1977). MacCana, p. 56. Green, p. 30. Sullivan, Charles William III. "Conscientious Use:...
early stage they were disposed of their territory by the MacCana sept of the neighbouring Clan Cana (Clancann). A sept of the Uí Ceinnselaig, who were at...
(1933–2003), Irish journalist, writer, TV presenter, and campaigner Proinsias MacCana (1926–2004), academic and Celtic scholar Proinsias Ó Doibhlin (1660–1724)...
Italian). Archived from the original on 6 May 2006. Retrieved 2 April 2009.. MacCana, Proinsias (1973) [1970]. Celtic Mythology. London: The Hamlyn Publishing...
Lambert, Pierre-Yves (eds.), Ildánach Ildírech. A Festschrift for Proinsias MacCana, Andover: Celtic Studies Publications, pp. 1–14, ISBN 978-1-891271-01-4...
scholars feel that the three Collas never existed. The McCanns (Old Gaelic, MacCana) are said to have descended from Breasail, a grandson of Colla-da-Chrioch...
(2007). The Mabinogion – a new translation. (Oxford World's Classics.) MacCana, Proinsias. (1983). Celtic Mythology (Library of the World's Myths and...
appears more prominently in the third. Describing the character, Proinsias MacCana writes: "Cigfa strikes one as a slight though effective vignette of a contemporary...
the Gaelic MagAnnaidh, an Old Irish translation or sept of the MacCana clan. The Cana particle is a personal name meaning 'cub/whelp', although some...
and tribes Ethnic groups in Europe Celtic F.C., soccer club in Glasgow MacCana & Dillon. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apogee...
Feast at Cana (Nozze di Cana, 1562–1563), by Paolo Veronese, is a representational painting that depicts the biblical story of the Wedding at Cana, at which...
and Lorgain Bhaile Mhic Cana (anglicised Lurganvallivackan, meaning "the long low ridge of McCann's settlement"). The MacCana (McCanns) were a sept of...
Lambert, Pierre-Yves (eds.). Ildánach Ildírech: A Festschrift for Proinsias MacCana. Andover: Celtic Studies Publications. pp. 1–14. ISBN 978-1-891271-01-4...
as "fertile chaos", borrowing the term from the Irish scholar Proinsias MacCana. Cunliffe went on to note that "there is more, varied, evidence for Celtic...
(McGuinness), MacCana (McCann), Mac Lochlainn (McLaughlin) and Mac Conallaidh (McNally). Mac is commonly anglicised Mc. However, "Mac" and "Mc" are not...
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