Suibne

Suibne, modern spelling Suibhne, is a Gaelic male name from which the surname Sweeney is derived.

People

 * Suibne mac Colmáin (died c. 598), Irish king
 * Suibne Menn (died c. 628), Irish king
 * Suibne moccu Fir Thrí (died c. 657), abbot of Iona
 * Suibne son of Maclume (died c. 891), medieval scribe of Clonmacnoise
 * Suibne mac Cináeda (died 1034), King of the Gall Gaidheil
 * Suibne Geilt ("Sweeney the Wild"), protagonist of the Irish language tale Buile Shuibhne (The Madness of Sweeney)
 * Suibhne mac Duinnshléibhe, early 13th century Scottish magnate, eponym of Castle Sween and the MacSweens of Argyll and Ireland
 * Suibne of Skellig, a monk and saint associated with Skellig Michael