Kenny / Keeney	McKenny

Los KENNY viven en Irlanda mayoritariamente en los condados de Galway y Roscommon. En irlandés el nombre del clan era O'Cionnaith. Para O'Hart, los KENNY descienden de Cionaoth, que era de la línea de Heremon, hijo de Conchobar, n° 96 en el pedigree de los Foran, y nieto de Feargal, monarca de Irlanda, y n° 95 en el pedigree de los O'Neill, Príncipes de Tyrone. En las listas de pasajeros llegados al puerto de Buenos Aires hasta 1880 figuran 67 personas de este apellido.

The names Keeney and Kenny in Ireland arederived from a number of sources including the native Gaelic O'Cionnaoith Sept who were based in Counties Galway and Tyrone. Other descendants may derive from English or French settlers who arrived into County Wexford. These names are among the eighty most frequently found in Ireland. The Keney surname in Ireland comes from the Gaelic O Coinnigh, which was an old Irish first name, made popular by a 6th century monk of the name, whose "church of Coinneach" became the name of the town Kilkenny. First found in counties Galway and Roscommon.

Origen: Irlandés.

Variantes: Kenny, O'Kenny, Kenney, Keney, Kennie y otros.

Motto: May it hold an shine.