Other branches of the clan: MacGovern, Magauran

Irish Clan Name: Mag Shamhrain

The Anglicised versions of the Irish name McGovern vary from region to region, because of the different possible pronunciations of the letter combination "MH". The most important families of this Sept were allied to powerful families of Northern Leinster, such as the Maguires and O'Rourkes, by marriage. Such alliances are frequently mentioned in the Annals of Ireland between the Thirteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.The name is still found as Magauran, but is more usually nowadays found as MacGovern. It is still found in largest numbers around the area of the original Clan holdings in an area of North County Cavan and adjacent areas of Counties Leitrim and Fermanagh.

Blacklion and Dowra are part of the ancestral home of the McGoverns and form a stage of the Beara-Breifne Greenway which is based on the historic march of O'Sullivan Beara in 1603.

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