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| | ROAN Genealogy: Historical Resources |
 | | Birth registration statistics of a much later date show nearly 80 percent of Ruanes to be in County Mayo and the remainder in County Galway, whereas the Rowans were scattered throughout the four provinces. |
 | | Even in the sixteenth century this was the case, for the name under the variants of Rowan, O” Rowane, O’ Rowhan, O’ Rowghan, O’ Roan, O’ Roen and O’ Rwan occurs frequently in the Fiants relating to counties Clare, Galway, Cork, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Kildare, and Leix. |
 | | John Roan, the protestant Bishop of Killaloe from 1675 to 1693, who was relentless in his persecution of the Catholic bishop (Dr. Molony), also spelled his name Rohan. |
| www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/4658/Roan.04.html (1050 words) |
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