Durkin — Chiefs of Their Own Race

Durkin is an Anglicised form of Mac Duarcáin, first found in north Connacht, where the family were chiefs of their own race. The name was later seated in County Sligo, with its earliest recorded reference tracing to Sineall, son of Cassan.

A name whose earliest trace is a single recorded name, Sineall, son of Cassan — one thread reaching back through north Connacht's own chiefs.

Irish form: Mac Duarcáin