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in reply to a message by LC Dempsey
According to MacLysaght's Surnames of Ireland, Lowan is a variation of Loane, and ultimately comes from the Gaelic word luan, which originally meant "hound" but later came to also mean "warrior".
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cool i like that meaning better.
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