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. A distribution map of the name has been processed on a genealogy site.

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), a former Software Company from Westwood, Massachusetts
• Cullinane College, Wanganui, a college in New Zealand

Fictional

• Karl Cullinane, a main character in the Guardians of the Flame series by Joel Rosenberg
• John Cullinane, a main character in The Source - book by James Michener - Cullinane is an archeologist at the site. Dr. John Cullinane is an archaeologist from the Biblical Museum in Chicago. He travels to the Holy Land hoping to do some important archaeological digs. He is in his forties and is an Irish-Catholic who was educated at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Grenoble and many other places. He studied in various places to acquire special skills and to perfect his technical analysis. He grew up in Gary, Indiana where his father worked for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. He is well known in his field.