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| Harkins Family Crest |
The surname Harkins is an anglicised form of the patronymic Irish surname "O hEarcain", which is derived from the word "earc" meaning "red". Thus the surname would have originally been born by "a descendent of Red". The name Harkins can also mean a dweller at or near the land that was infested with hares.
Other spelling variations of the name include Harkin, Harkan, O'Harkin, OhEarcain and others. The name was first found in Inishowen in County Donegal, where members of the family were erenaghs of Clonska, a parish near Malin Head. They are mentioned as such in Bishop Montgomery's diocesan survey of 1606. A Daniel O'Harcan died in 1581 as a catholic martyr in Ulster.
The link to my family tree is through my husbands great grandmother Mary Jane Harkins, who was born in Bathgate West Lothian and married to George Archibald, whose surname also appears in this blog.
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| Mary Jane Archibald, nee Harkins sitting holding her granddaughter, daughter Mary standing |
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