
Origin Displayed: Irish Spelling variations include: O'Aherne, O'Ahern, Hearne, O'Heffron, Haveran, Hayveren and many more. First found in county Clare where they held a family seat as a Dalcassian sept from before the year 1000. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: James Hearn from Carrick on Suir in county Tipperary settled in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in 1798; James Heurn escaped from an Irish prison ship and settled at Bay Bull, Newfoundland, in 1734.
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