Dinneen ( ga, Ó Duinnín for men, for women) is an Irish surname. The family was famous for having supplied generations of court poets to their overlords in the ancient kingdom of
Corcu Loígde
The Corcu Loígde (Corcu Lóegde, Corco Luigde, Corca Laoighdhe, Laidhe), meaning Gens of the Calf Goddess, also called the Síl Lugdach meic Itha, were a kingdom centred in West County Cork who descended from the proto-historical rulers of Mun ...
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According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Dinneens were a chiefly family of the
Corca Laoghdne who in turn came from the
Erainn tribe who were the second wave of
Celts
The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancien ...
who settled in Ireland from 500 to 100
BC.
The Uí Duinnín were then hereditary historians to the
MacCarthy Mór
MacCarthy ( ga, Mac Cárthaigh), also spelled Macarthy, McCarthy or McCarty, is an Irish Irish clans, clan originating from Kingdom of Munster, Munster, an area they ruled during the Middle Ages. It was divided into several great branches; the M ...
.
List of people with the surname Dinneen
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Bill Dinneen
William Henry Dinneen, alternately spelled Dineen (April 5, 1876 – January 13, 1955), was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who followed his 12-year career from 1898 to 1909 with a highly regarded tenure as an American L ...
(1876–1955), American baseball player
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Dan Dinneen (1870–1948), American businessman and politician
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John Dinneen
John Dinneen (23 March 1867 – 1 January 1942) was an Irish Farmers' Party (Ireland), Farmers' Party politician. A farmer, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1922 Irish general election, 1922 general election as a Farmers' Party Teac ...
(1867–1942), Irish politician
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Joseph F. Dinneen (1897–1964), writer
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Kevin Dineen
Kevin William Dineen (born October 28, 1963) is a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. , Dineen is the head coach of the Utica Comets in the American Hockey League (AHL). Dineen previously served as the head coach ...
, Canadian ice hockey player
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Michael Dinneen, American-New Zealand mathematician and computer scientist
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Patrick S. Dinneen
Patrick Stephen Dinneen ( ga, Pádraig Ua Duinnín; 25 December 1860 – 29 September 1934) was an Irish lexicographer and historian, and a leading figure in the Gaelic revival.
Life
Dinneen was born near Rathmore, County Kerry. He was educate ...
(1860–1934), Irish lexicographer and historian
See also
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Dineen
Dineen is an Irish surname. It is derived from the Gaelic ''Ó'' ''Duinnín'' ‘descendant of Duinnín', a diminutive of ''Donn'' 'dark, brown'. The Ó Duinnín were hereditary historians to the MacCarthy Mór. People with the surname include:
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Downing
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Pre-Norman invasion Irish Celtic kinship groups, from who many of the modern Irish surnames came from
References
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Surnames of Irish origin
Anglicised Irish-language surnames