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
  1. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tullycorker/
  2. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tullycorker/cullinanlabel.gif
  3. http://www.waterfordmuseum.ie/exhibit/web/Display/article/382/17/Waterfords_Revolutionary_Women_19161922_Cullinane_Sisters.html
  4. Clare Journal, 29 December, 1913
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