Ahearn, also Ahearne, is a surname and may refer to:

People

• Bill Ahearn, American baseball player
• Blake Ahearn, American professional basketball player
• Bunny Ahearne, ice hockey promoter
• Joe Ahearne, British television director
• Mike Ahearn, American College football coach
• Rick Ahearn, American political consultant, longtime Ronald Reagan aide
• Theresa Ahearn, Irish politician
• Thomas Ahearn, Canadian inventor and businessman
• Thomas Franklin Ahearn, NHL hockey club owner and Canadian politician

Other uses

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 ^[1]).

The Irish sept of Ahearn/Ahern descends from Echthighern mac Cennétig.^[2]

See also

• Ahearne Cup
• Ahearn Field House
• Ahern
• Hearn
• 3192 A'Hearn, a minor planet

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Edwaed MacLysaght, "The Surnames of Ireland", Dublin (1991)

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