unlikely - moore suggests derivation as:
CREGEEN, contracted from O'CRIOCAIN, Criocan's son.'
CREGEEN may possibly be contracted from Mac Ria,-haiii (corrupted Mac Regan:) Riaghan is a diminutive of riach, grey,' or sometimes 'swarthy.'
Compare (Irish) CREIGHAN, CREGAN.
CRIGENE [1649], CREDGEEN [1654], CREDJEEN [1708], CREGERN [1722].
note the very similar Irish form
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