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][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 Cullinan, Nationalist MP for Tipperary elected in 1900, remained in Westminster until 1918.
  • John Cullinane, founder of Cullinet, an early software company.
  • 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
  1. "Cullen and Cullinan in Clogher and Omagh". Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  2. "Cullinane distribution map". cullen212.rssing.com.
  3. "Waterford's Revolutionary Women 1916-1922 - Cullinane Sisters". Waterford County Museum. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018.
  4. Clare Journal, 29 December 1913
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