The name Devine is chiefly found to-day in the counties of Tyrone and Fermanagh. Up to the fifteenth century the chief of this sept was Lord of Tirkennedy in Co. Fermanagh. Though the etymology of the name has been questioned we may accept the view of so eminent a scholar as O'Donovan that it is in Irish O Daimhin. this is also anglicized as Davin, which is not a common name but it is to be found in and around Co. Tipperary. The Davins of the midlands are probably a branch of the O'Devines of Fermanagh and so ultimately an offshoot of the Maguires. The Four Masters mention one O'Devine as corab of Derry in 1066 as well as several who were chiefs of Tirkennedy at various dates up to 1427. In modern times the best known man of the name was Professor Edward Thomas Devine (1867-1948), of Columbia University, famous as an organizer of American charities. Another Irish surname which is anglicized in some places is O Dubhain, normally anglicized Dwane or Devane in Munster and Duane in Connacht.