Cullinane (name)
The Irish surname Cullinane, Ó Cuilleanáin or Ó Cuilleannáin may refer to:
Surname: The name seems to be related to Cullen. While Cullen is encountered primarily in Dublin and southeast Ireland, Cullinan/Cullinane used almost exclusively in western Ireland on a north–south-Axis from County Galway to County Cork.[1] A distribution map of the name has been processed on a genealogy site.[2]
Notable persons of the name are:
- Seán Ó Cuilleanáin (John Cullinane), Irish scribe and translator, fl. 1837–1845
- Charlie Cullinane (born 1945), Irish Sportsman
- Seán Cullinane (Séán Ó Cuilleannáin) (born 1969), Irish sportsman
- Majella Cullinane, New Zealand writer and poet
- The four nationalist Cullinane sisters of Newtown Kilmacthomas, County Waterford: eldest sister Mary (later Power), Katie (Kent), Hannah Imelda (Power) and Bridget Cullinane, active in the period after 1916.[3]
- David Cullinane (born 4 July 1974), Sinn Féin TD in Waterford
- John Cullinane, a member of the GAA who was elected Nationalist MP for Tipperary in 1900 and remained in Westminster until 1918.
- Sir Frederick Fitzjames Cullinan (born County Clare, 1845-1913), Principal Clerk of the Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle[4]
Fictional people include:
- Dr. John Cullinane, archeologist and significant character in The Source by James Michener, 1965
- Karl Cullinane, main character in the Guardians of the Flame series by Joel Rosenberg
References[]
- ^ "Cullen and Cullinan in Clogher and Omagh".
- ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tullycorker/cullinanlabel.gif[bare URL]
- ^ "Waterford County Museum".
- ^ Clare Journal, 29 December 1913
Categories:
- Surnames
- Surnames of Irish origin