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Ó Breisleáin

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Ó Breisleáin was the surname of an Irish brehon family.

The Ó Breisleáin were natives of Fanad, County Donegal, and a branch of the family later became brehons to the Maguire of County Fermanagh

The surname is now anglicised as Breslin.

  • M1495.18 ... O'Breslen, i.e. Owen, the son of Owen, son of Petrus, Chief Brehon to Maguire ..., died.
  • M1524.23 O'Breslen (Owen Oge, the son of Owen), Ollav to Maguire in judicature, died.
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