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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 .
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
Cullinane may refer to: Cullinane (name). including a list of people with the name; Cullinane, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Australia; Cullinane Corporation (Cullinet), a former software company from Westwood, Massachusetts; Cullinane College, Wanganui, a college in New Zealand
Cullinan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alphonsus Cullinan (born 1959), Irish bishop; Cormac Cullinan (fl. 1990s-present), South African attorney and author; Daryll Cullinan (born 1967), South African cricketer; Edward Cullinan (1931–2019), British architect; Joseph S. Cullinan (1860–1937), US oil industrialist
Pages in category "Surnames of Irish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 700 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Cullen is an Irish surname. It is an Anglicised form of Gaelic Ó Cuileáin 'descendant of Cuileán', a name meaning 'wolfhound whelp', 'young hound'. [1] [2] It is also considered by some to mean the 'handsome one'. [3] The Uí Cuileáin of County Tyrone were erenaghs of Clogher. [4]
The O'Driscoll coat of arms. O'Driscoll (and its derivative Driscoll) is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Gaelic Ó hEidirsceoil.The O'Driscolls were rulers of the Dáirine sept of the Corcu Loígde until the early modern period; their ancestors were Kings of Munster until the rise of the Eóganachta in the 7th century.
Clune is an anglicised form of the Irish names of either O Cluanain or McCluin.O Cluanain derives from the Irish "cluana" meaning either "deceitful", "flattering" or "rogue."