Croghan — A Name With Two Readings

Croghan anglicises Ó Grugáin, though the byname underneath it has two honest readings — gruag, ‘hair’, or grug, ‘fierceness’ — and the surviving record doesn't settle which one it was. The family held a seat in County Roscommon, in the province of Connacht, from very early times.

Two possible meanings, one honest gap in the record — a name whose ancestors likely knew exactly which one it was, even if we no longer do.

Irish form: Ó Grugáin