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Brannigan¹

Where it comes from

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Branagáin (“descendant of Branagán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of bran (“raven”).

proper noun Brannigans · Branagan

  1. A surname from Irish.

brannigan²

Where it comes from

Bran(n)- refers to an ancient king of Wales, his name meaning "raven" in Old Welsh. His head is said to be buried under the Tower of London & is why, it is said, that ravens flock to it. "-igan" is an Anglicization of the Brythonic Gaelic surname suffix "-yggan" which means "descendant of".

noun brannigans · branigan

  1. binge, bender, booze-up (where alcohol is drunk) In the last decade of his life he went for long stretches without touching booze. Then stresses and strains would build up inside him and he would embark on a brannigan.
  2. brawl, fight The second round was a brannigan from bell to bell. Both men went out for blood and both got it.

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@misc{brannigan_2026,
  title = {brannigan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brannigan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}