Curran
Not to be confused with
Qur'an.
Curran (Irish: Ó Corráin) is an Irish and also a Scottish surname. The name derives from the 10th century Olde Gaelic name O'Corraidhin, meaning "the male descendant of Corraidhin" a personal name which comes from "corradh", a spear. (Origin Celtic) 1. Hero, Champion, Knight[Irish Curadhan - curadh (dh mute), hero, + the diminutive suffix an]. 2. Of or for Corran.
The Irish is now found in County Waterford but originates in East County Cork, where the Ó Corráins were a major branch of the ruling dynasty of the ancient Uí Liatháin kingdom. A separate clan with the same name were the hereditary bards of the O'Rourke chiefs of Breifne.
It may refer to:
People
- Alvin Curran (born 1938), American composer
- Catherine Curran O'Malley (born 1962), a Maryland state judge
- Charles Curran (politician) (1903 - 1972), British Conservative MP
- Charles Curran (broadcaster), Sir, (1921 – 1980), British television executive
- Charles Curran (theologian) (born 1934), Catholic theologian
- Charles Courtney Curran (1861 – 1942), American painter
- Charles Howard Curran Canadian entomologist
- Chuck Curran (born 1939), an American politician
- Frances Curran (born 1961), a Scottish politician
- Francis Earl Curran (1912 – 1992), an American politician
- Jack Curran, an American High School athletics coach
- Joan Curran, Lady, (1916 – 1999) physicist, inventor of chaff radar countermeasures, wife of Samuel Curran
- John Curran (Irish politician) (born 1960), a Fianna Fáil TD
- John Curran (businessman), the Chairman of ARIN
- John Philpot Curran (1750 - 1817), Irish wit
- Johnny Curran (1924 – 1985), Scottish footballer
- Joseph Curran (1906 - 1981), an American labor leader
- J. Joseph Curran, Jr. (born 1931), an American politician
- Kevin Curran (disambiguation)
- Mairead Curran (born 1968), an Australian voiceover artist
- Margaret Curran (politician) (born 1958), Scottish former MSP
- Margaret E. Curran, a United States Attorney
- Pearl Lenore Curran (1883 – 1937), American author who wrote as Patience Worth
- Nick Curran (born 1977), American rock/blues musician
- Robert Curran (disambiguation)
- Samuel Curran, Sir, (1912 - 1998) British physicist and founder of the University of Strathclyde, husband of Joan Curran
- Sarah Curran (1782 - 1808), daughter of John Philpot Curran and wife of Robert Emmet
- Terry Curran (born 1955), an English professional footballer
- Tony Curran (born 1969), a Scottish actor
- William Curran (died 1921), an Australian cricket Test match umpire
- William Curran (Maryland), an American politician
- Curran Oi, (born 1990), an American figure skater
In fiction:
Places
- Canada
- Northern Ireland
- United States
See also