Nicknames

There were once so many people in Co. Monaghan with the surname Treanor, and they shared a few very popular forenames.  This resulted in multiple people with the same name living within the same small area.  A local custom is to give families nicknames.  A nickname may be based on profession, father’s name, townland of origin, hair color, stature, mother’s family surname or something else entirely.  It may be used to identify a lineage for many generations or it may evolve over the generations.  Often, if a family member emigrated from this area of Ireland, the nickname was lost, because there weren’t so many Treanors in the new land, and so there was less need to distinguish many same-named people from each other.

Here is a list of Treinfhir nicknames we have so far. This table will be updated when we have more information. Please leave a comment if you are able to furnish additional background information on the origins of any of the names, or email your humble webmeister at the envelope link below.

Nickname	Present Townland	Ancestral Nickname	Ancestral Townland	Nickname Patriarch	Nickname Story / Meaning	Branch
Antrim (loc)	Newtown-Crommelin					Breandain
Arts	Drumdart/Tonyfinnegan	unknown	Drumdart	Arthur Treanor (1834-1891)
Atty	Monaghan Town	unknown	Dunmadigan	Arthur Treanor (?-?)	patriarch named Arthur
Baker	Cavan (Moutray)		Cavan (Moutray)	Matt the Baker	patriarch owned a bakery
Bann	Glen Beg	unknown	Glen Beg	John Treanor
Barney	Glen More	unknown	Bragan	Patrick Treanor (1803-1878)
Barney Eoin	Doogary	Neddy Johnny	Drumdart
Beckon	Cloughfin	unknown	Cloughfin		crooked bones/legs	Aedh
Big Pat	extinct	Fagavig	Crossnacaldoo (aka Crush)	Pat Treanor (Fagavig)
Big Willie	Drumdart	Neddy Willie	Drumdart	William John Treanor (1902-1952)	patriarch was a tall man	Aedh
Billy	extinct	Billy Myles	Crossnacaldoo (aka Crush)	William Treanor (1837-1891)
Billy Myles	extinct	unknown	Crossnacaldoo (aka Crush)
Briney	Dundian/Clones	unknown	Edenmore/Golan			Aedh
Cafkin	Monaghan Town	unknown
Carrick (loc)	Creggan/Corlygorm					Breandain
Cavan (loc)	Cornabaste/Drumgoon		Cootehill/Knockbride	David Treanor (1751-?)		Eanna
Crush	Davagh Otra/Etra	Billy	Crossnacaldoo (aka Crush)	Bernard Treanor (1839-1918)	patriarch was from Crush	Aedh
Drogheda (loc)	Drogheda					Fionn
Dry Arch	County Antrim
Fagaharley	Tonintlieve/Cloghfin	unknown	Corryarbeg	Mickey Treanor (abt. 1850-?)		Aedh
Fagakane	extinct	unknown	Killycarran
Fagavig	Derryhee	unknown	Crossnacaldoo (aka Crush)
Fagawiles	extinct		Bragan
Faravarney	extinct	unknown	Killybreen	James Treanor
Fedder On	extinct	unknown	Glen Beg	James Treanor	John (Fedder On) was a builder
Francis	Glen More		Glen More	John Treanor (1780-1854)	patriarch named Francis?
Frandy	extinct		Killylough
Halligan	Drumbristan		Tonysillogagh	James Halligan	patriarch's surname	Aedh
Hamish	extinct		Killybreen/Davagh
Hughie Jemmy	extinct	unknown	Derryveagh
Hugh Varney	Killnagullan
James John	Drumbriston	MaSheemin	Tonintlieve/Drumbriston	John Treanor (1818-1898)
Jigger
Jingo	Shercock, Co. Cavan
Johnny John	extinct	unknown	Drumdart
Johnny John	Crumlin, Tehallan	MaSheemin	Clonkeen	John Treanor (1818-1898)
Johnny Oiney	various	Oiney	Cullamore, Tyrone
MacFin	Coleraine, Londonderry			Philip Treanor	patriarch was station master at MacFin Railway Station
MaSheemin	extinct	unknown	Tonnintlieve
Master Treanor	extinct		Drumbristan		patriarch was a teacher
Mickey John	Tonysillogagh	MaSheemin	Clonkeen	John Treanor (1818-1898)
Mickey Oiney Fat	extinct	MaSheemin	Raflacony	Mickey Treanor (1827-1877)
Mickey Tommy	Mullaghinshigo	Myles	Knockballyroney	Michael Treanor (1824-1867)
Miller	Hillhall		Faulkland	Patrick Treanor (1841-?)		Diarmuid
Morris	Killala, Co. Mayo		Knockronaghan	Thomas Treanor (1749-1839)		Eanna
Morton
Myles	various	unknown	Davagh Otra/Etra			Aedh
Ned Tracy	Bragan	Tracy	Bragan	Edward Treanor (1830-?)
Neddy Johnny	Drumdart	unknown	Drumdart
Neddy Willie	extinct	unknown	Drumdart
Nail	Drumfurrer	Pat On Nail	Glen More	Neal Treanor (1825-?)		Aedh
Oine John Bann	extinct	unknown	Corryarabeg	Owen Treanor (1880-?)
Oine Nicholas	Derrilla
Oiney	Drumbristan	MaSheemin	Drumbristan	Owen Treanor (1809-1895)
Oiney Hughie	Killybreen	unknown	Derryveagh	Owen Treanor (1803-1881)
Oiney Fat	extinct	Mickey Oiney Fat	Derrykinnigh More	Mickey Treanor (1827-1877)
Ormsby	Mullanderg		Mullanderg	Bernard Treanor (1841-1895)		Eanna
Paddy	Shanco		Drumfurrer	Patrick McKenna	patriarch named Patrick
Paramore	England	unknown	Mullabryan			Eanna
Pat Felix	Knockabeany		Ardginny	Felix Treanor (1857-1904)
Pat Jemmy Harleys	extinct		Corryarabeg		ancestors Patrick and James
Pat On Nail	extinct	unknown	Glen More	Patrick Treanor
Pat Vale	extinct		Derrygola
Peter	extinct	unknown	Drumdart	Owen Trainor (1784-1895)		Aedh
Peter Bann	Glen More	unknown	Glen More
Phaeder Kane	extinct	MaSheemin	Raflacony	Mickey Treanor (1827-1877)
Piper	extinct	unknown	Killycarran	Peter Treanor (1850-1936)
Red Pat	extinct		Killycarran
Road	extinct	unknown	Drumdart	Edward Treanor (Barney?)	house on main road?
Rock	extinct	Roe
Roe/Red	Rarutagh	Roe	Rarutagh/Edenmore	Owen Trainor (1788-1883)		Aedh
Tammy	various	Myles	Eshnaglogh	Thomas Treanor (1782-1879)		Aedh
Thrush	Avalreagh		Avalreagh	Owen Treanor (1803-?)		Diarmuid
Thump	Derrygorry	unknown	Tonyfohanan
Treanor Hughie	extinct	unknown	Tamlat
Tyrone (loc)	Dromore					Breandain
Varney/Paravarney	extinct	unknown	Drumdart/Dernalosset
Veil	extinct	unknown	Derrilla	Pat Treanor (1873-?)
Vealhemish	Derrilla/Drumdart	unknown	Derrilla	Owen (abt. 1770-?)		Muirdeach
Whiskey	Drumcoo (Woods)	unknown	unknown	Hugh Trainor (1794-1866)	family were spirit merchants	Muirdeach
Wicklow (loc)	Co. Wicklow		Tinahely	Peter Treanor (1841-?)		Cormac
Yankee	Knockabeany	Fagaharley	Corryarbeg	Micky Treanor (Fagaharley)
Yankee John	Drumdart	Johnny John	Drumdart			Aedh