Colm is a male given name of
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
origin.
Colm can be pronounced "Collum" or "Kullum". It is not an Irish version of
Colin, but like Callum and Malcolm derives from a Gaelic variation on ''columba'', the Latin word for 'dove'.
People
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Colm Brogan
Colm Brogan (20 October 1902 – 28 January 1977) was a Scottish journalist and writer.
Background
He was born in Glasgow to Denis Brogan, a tailor from Donegal.''The Times'' (29 January 1977), p. 14. One of Colm Brogan's four brothers was the h ...
(1902–1977), Scottish writer
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Colm Byrne
Colm Byrne (born 1966) is an Irish playwright. He was born in Limerick and lives in Galway. His plays have been noted as political, lively
and poetic. He is a recipient of a Bay Area Critics Circle award and is a writer in residence with the LA ...
(born 1971), Irish playwright
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Colm Collins
Colm Collins is a Gaelic football manager, associated with Cratloe GAA club.
Career
Collins is a native of Kilmihil. He began managing Clare in late 2013 and became the longest-serving inter-county football manager when Mickey Harte left Tyr ...
, Gaelic football manager
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Colm Condon (1921–2008), Irish lawyer
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Colm Connolly
Colm Felix Connolly (born October 18, 1964) is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He formerly served as United States Attorney for the District of Delaware.
Biography and ...
(born 1942), Irish broadcaster and author
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Colm Cooper
Colm "the Gooch" Cooper (born 3 June 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career at senior level with the Kerry county team spanned fifteen years from 2002 to 2017.
Born in Killarney, County Kerry, Cooper was born ...
(born 1983), Irish Gaelic football player
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Colm Coyle
Colm Coyle (born 26 February 1963), is a former Gaelic footballer and former manager from County Meath, Ireland. He was manager of the senior Meath county team from September 2006 to July 2008, having previously played for the county.
Playin ...
(born 1963), Irish Gaelic football player and manager
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Colm Feore
Colm Joseph Feore (; born August 22, 1958) is a Canadian actor. A 15-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he is known for his Gemini-winning turn as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the CBC miniseries '' Trudeau'' (2002), his portrayal of G ...
(born 1958), American-born Canadian actor
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Colm Hilliard
Colm M. Hilliard (28 May 1936 – 14 January 2002) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who sat for fifteen years as Teachta Dála (TD) for Meath.
He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the February 1982 general election, replacing retiring L ...
(1936–2002), Irish politician
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Colm Imbert
Colm Imbert is the Ministry of Finance (Trinidad and Tobago), Minister of Finance since September 2015 and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Diego Martin North/East, which he has represented since December 1991.
During his lengthy pa ...
(born 1957), Trinidad and Tobago politician
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Colm Magner
Colm Magner is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He has worked in theatre, television, and film in Canada since 1982, during which time he performed with several of Canada's theatre companies.
Career
Colm lived in Prince Edward Island, wh ...
(born 1961), Canadian actor
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Colm Mangan (born 1942), Irish general
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Colm Meaney
Colm J. Meaney (; ga, Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor known for playing Miles O'Brien in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994) and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999). He has guest-starred on many T ...
(born 1953), Irish actor
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Colm Mulcahy
Colm Mulcahy (born September 1958) is an Irish mathematician, academic, columnist, book author, public outreach speaker, and amateur magician. He is Professor Emeritus at Spelman College, where he was on the faculty from 1988 to 2020. In addition ...
(born 1958), Irish mathematician, academic, columnist and author
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Colm Ó Cíosóig
Colm Ó Cíosóig (; born 31 October 1964) is an Irish musician, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine, of which he was a founding member.
Biography My Bloody Valentine
Originally formed in 1983, My Blood ...
(born 1964), Irish drummer
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Colm O'Gorman
Colm O'Gorman (born 15 July 1966) is the executive director of Amnesty International Ireland. He is founder and former director of One in Four.
He is a survivor of clerical sexual abuse, and first came to public attention by speaking out agains ...
(born 1966), Irish activist
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Colm Ó hEocha
Colm Ó hEocha (; 19 September 1926 – 19 May 1997) was an Irish scientist and educationalist, who served as president of University College Galway and Chairman of the New Ireland Forum.
Ó hEocha was born in Dungarvan, County Waterford, in 192 ...
(1926–1997), Irish scientist
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Colm Ó Maonlaí
Colm Ó Maonlaí (born 10 December 1966) is an Irish actor, best known for playing Tom Banks in ''EastEnders'' from April to November 2002. He has also played roles in ''The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television seri ...
(born 1966), Irish actor
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Colm O'Shaughnessy
Colm O'Shaughnessy (born 27 December 1996) is an Irish Gaelic football player who plays at inter-county level for Tipperary, and plays his club football for Ardfinnan in south Tipperary.
Career
O'Shaughnessy made his championship debut for T ...
(born 1996), Irish Gaelic football player and rugby player
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Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín (, approximately ; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.
His first novel, '' The South'', was published in 1990. '' The Blackwater Lightship'' was shortlis ...
(born 1955), Irish novelist
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Colm Vance
Colm Vance (born 31 August 1992) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Early career
Vance played varsity soccer at York University for five consecutive years, helping lead the club to numerous a ...
(born 1992), Canadian soccer player
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Colm Wilkinson
Colm Wilkinson (born 5 June 1944), also known as C. T. Wilkinson, is an Irish tenor and actor who is best known for originating the lead role of Jean Valjean in ''Les Misérables'' (in the West End and Broadway) and for taking the title role in ...
(born 1944), Irish actor and singer
Fictional characters
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Colm
Colm is a male given name of Irish origin. Colm can be pronounced "Collum" or "Kullum". It is not an Irish version of Colin, but like Callum and Malcolm derives from a Gaelic variation on ''columba'', the Latin word for 'dove'.
People
* Colm Br ...
, in the video game ''Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones''
*Colm O'Driscoll, one of the antagonists in the video game ''
Red Dead Redemption 2
''Red Dead Redemption 2'' is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the ''Red Dead'' series and a prequel to the 2010 game ''Red Dead Redemption''. The story is set in 1899 and f ...
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*Uncle Colm McCool, from the
Channel 4
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sitcom ''
Derry Girls
''Derry Girls'' is a British teen sitcom created and written by Lisa McGee that premiered on 4 January 2018 on Channel 4. The channel's most successful comedy since ''Father Ted'', the series was inspired by McGee's own experiences growing up ...
''
*Col. Colm Corbec, in the Warhammer novel series
Gaunt's Ghosts
''Gaunt's Ghosts'' is a series of military science fiction novels by Dan Abnett, set in the ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe. It was inspired by the ''Sharpe (novel series), Sharpe'' series of books written by Bernard Cornwell.
As of 2019 in lit ...
Other uses
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× ''Colmanara'', orchid genus abbreviated in trade journals as "Colm"
*COLM, Nasdaq code for
Columbia Sportswear
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It was founded in 1938 by Paul Lam ...
See also
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List of Irish-language given names
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language (''Gaeilge'') given names and Anglicized or Latinized forms, with English equivalents. Some English-language names derive directly from the Irish: Kathleen = Caitlín, Shaun = Seán. S ...
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Callum (disambiguation)
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Colom (disambiguation)
Colom may refer to:
People
*Colom (surname)
*Colom Keating, American actor and writer
Places
*Colom Island, Spain
*Passeig de Colom, Barcelona
*Roca Colom, mountain of Catalonia
See also
*Colm
*Colomb
*Colomba
*Colombe (disambiguation)
* C ...
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Colum (disambiguation)
Colum may refer to:
People
; Given name
* Colum Corless (1922–2015), Irish hurler
* Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart (1886–1957), British Conservative Party politician
* Colum Eastwood (born 1983), Irish nationalist politician
* Colum Halpenny (bo ...
References
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Irish-language masculine given names