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

1. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tullycorker/
2. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tullycorker/cullinanlabel.gif
3. ↑ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12657.The_Source