speakin of burns

[Larry124]

I’ve read that Byrnes is from O’Broin and Bran.

“First found in Leinster, where they were descended from Bran, the King of Leinster who died in 1052. He was descended from Cathair Mor King of Leinster, who was also Monarch of all Ireland about 200 A.D.”
-- HouseOfNames.com Archives
Or,
“Bran Fendigaid (the Blessed) was the son of the Sea God, Llyr and, maternally, the grandson of Belenos, the Sun God. His name means Raven, and this bird was his symbol. In Celtic mythology, Bran appears as a semi-humanized giant residing at Castell Dinas Bran, the later home of the later Kings of Powys. Though Bran himself was supposed to have been an early King of the Silures tribe of Gwent. There appears to be no archaeological evidence for his worship though perhaps the castle mount was once sacred to him. Geoffrey of Monmouth transformed him into an early British King named Brennius, though his story probably relates to King Bran Hen of Bryneich...” (Search the first few words and get a longer story.)
-- Britannia.com


And that Burns is from a feature name – A stream, brook, beck, burn, creek, crick, kill, lick, rill, syke, bayou, rivulet, or run is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and banks.