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