Ahern

Ahern, also Aherne (Irish: Ó hEachtighearna/Ó hEachthairn, meaning "descendant of Eachthighearna") is an Irish surname.

Variants of the surname include Ahearn(e) and Hearn(e).

[1] According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Ahernes were one of the chiefly families of the Dal gCais or Dalcassians who were a tribe of the Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland between about 500 and 100 BC.

[2] Notable people with the surname include: In the same way that the onomatopoeic expression "rhubarb-rhubarb" was used to represent the sounds uttered by members of the British House of Commons, "hearn-hearn" was often used in the Goon Show to represent the sounds uttered by speakers of US English (e.g., The Sleeping Prince).

[3] The Irish sept of Ahearn/Ahern descends from Echthighern mac Cennétig.