Irish Roots

[GregMik]

I have a friend that is planning a trip to find his relatives in Ireland. His sir name is Beagan, he says he pronounces it like beagle. He also has relatives in Canada that pronounce their name like Reagan. He believes his family comes from County Cavan.

Can anybody help him out?

Thanks
Greg

[Sean]

this gonna take a while to type, not my writing off course.
Beagan
Spelling variations include, behan, beehan, beaghan, 0'behan, beehan, 0'Beaghan, 0'behen,0'behen and more.

First found in county kerry, were they held a family seat from ancient times

some of the first settlers of this name or some viariants were; James behan, who arrived in new york city in 1822. henry behan, settled in philadephia Pa. in 1854. michael behan settled in philadelphia in 1868. patrick beagan settled in phiadelphia in 1846