Machain

The name Machain derives from 'Magh thamhain' (plain of the trunk), according to John O'Donovan's 1841 analysis, combining the Irish words for plain and trunk rather than deriving from a personal name despite its superficial resemblance to one. The area takes its English name Mahon from the O'Mahony family, a major Gaelic lordship who controlled the Ring of Mahon peninsula throughout the mediev...