Cullinane
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
- Willie Cullinane, clerical student, 1901 – 23 November 1920.
- Charlie Cullinane (born 1945), Irish Sportsman
- John Cullinane, one founder of Cullinet
- Seán Cullinane (Séán Ó Cuilleannáin) (born 1969), Irish Sportsman
- Jonothan Cullinane, director from New Zealand
Locations
- Cullinane, Queensland in Australia
Corporations
- Cullinane Corporation (Cullinet), former Software Company from Westwood, Massachusetts
- Cullinane College, Wanganui, college in New Zealand
Fictional
- Karl Cullinane, main character in the Guardians of the Flame series by Joel Rosenberg
- Dr. John Cullinane, archeologist and significant character in The Source by James Michener, 1965 [3]
References
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tullycorker/
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tullycorker/cullinanlabel.gif
- ↑ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12657.The_Source
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