O'Sullivan ( ga, Ó Súilleabháin, Súileabhánach) is an
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 ...
Gaelic
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
clan based most prominently in what is today
County Cork
County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are ...
and
County Kerry
County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...
. The surname is associated with the southwestern part of
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
, and was originally found in
County Tipperary
County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...
and
Kerry
Kerry or Kerri may refer to:
* Kerry (name), a given name and surname of Gaelic origin (including a list of people with the name)
Places
* Kerry, Queensland, Australia
* County Kerry, Ireland
** Kerry Airport, an international airport in Count ...
before the
Anglo-Norman invasion. It is the third most numerous surname in Ireland. Due to
emigration
Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanentl ...
, it is also common in
Australia
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,
North America
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,
Britain
Britain most often refers to:
* The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands
* Great Britain, the largest island in the United King ...
, and the rest of the world.
According to
traditional genealogy, the O’Sullivans were descended from the ancient
Eóganacht Chaisil
Eóganacht Chaisil were a branch of the Eóganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster between the 5th and 10th centuries. They took their name from Cashel (County Tipperary) which was the capital of the early Catholic kingdom of Munster. They were d ...
sept of Cenél Fíngin, the founder of the clan who was placed in the 9th century, eight generations removed from
Fíngen mac Áedo Duib, king of
Cashel or
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...
from 601 to 618.
Later, they became the chief princes underneath their close kinsmen, the
MacCarthy dynasty
MacCarthy ( ga, Mac Cárthaigh), also spelled Macarthy, McCarthy or McCarty, is an Irish clan originating from Munster, an area they ruled during the Middle Ages. It was divided into several great branches; the MacCarthy Reagh, MacCarthy of Musk ...
, in the small but powerful
Kingdom of Desmond
The Kingdom of Desmond () was a historic kingdom in southwestern Ireland. It was founded in 1118 by Tadhg Mac Cárthaigh, King of Munster when the Treaty of Glanmire formally divided the Kingdom of Munster into Desmond and Thomond (, "North ...
, successor of Cashel/Munster.
The last independent ruler of the clan was
Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare
Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare, Prince of Beare, 1st Count of Berehaven ( ga, Domhnall Cam Ó Súileabháin Bhéara) (1561–1618), was an Irish nobleman and soldier who was the last independent Chief of the Name of the O'Sullivan clan. He was thus ...
, who was defeated in the
Nine Years' War
The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg, was a conflict between France and a European coalition which mainly included the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarch ...
of 1594–1603.
Etymology and orthography
consists of ''ó'' (
Old Irish
Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic ( sga, Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; ga, Sean-Ghaeilge; gd, Seann-Ghàidhlig; gv, Shenn Yernish or ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive writt ...
''
úa'') "grandchild, descendant", and the masculine
genitive case
In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can al ...
of ''Súileabhán'', viz. ''Súileabhán's grandchild/descendant''. The female form in Modern Irish is ''Ní Shúileabhán''; "ní" is the shortened form of ''iníon uí'', ''iníon'' "daughter", ''uí'', the genitive of ''ó'' "grandchild, descendant".
The
etymology
Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...
of the given name is uncertain.
In his book titled ''The Surnames of Ireland,'' genealogist
Edward MacLysaght
Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght ( ga, Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986) was a genealogist of twentieth century Ireland. His numerous books on Irish surnames b ...
states that “while there is no doubt that the basic word is súil (eye) there is a disagreement as to the meaning of the last part of the name.”
It is interpreted as ''súildubhán'' ⇄ “little dark-eyed one” by Woulfe in ''Sloinnte Gaedheal is Gall'', from ''súil ⇄'' "eye," ''dubh'' ⇄ "dark/black," and combined with the
diminutive suffix
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...
''-án''.
Other suggested etymologies include "one-eyed" and "hawk-eyed."
The original bearer of the name,
one Suilebhan mac Maolura, is recorded in
legendary Irish genealogy as belonging to the 8th generation after
Fíngen mac Áedo Duib, and placed in the 9th century.
[''Irish Family History'', Dublin, 1865]
p. 237
Genealogy:
Óengus mac Nad Froích
Óengus mac Nad Froích (430-489) was an Eoganachta and the first Christian King of Munster. He was the son of Nad Froich mac Cuirc by Faochan, a British lady (called daughter of the King of Britain). In Geoffrey Keating's ''History of Ireland'' ...
(d. 489, first Christian king of Munster),
Feidlimid mac Óengusa
Feidlimid mac Óengusa (455-500), or Feidlimid Dub, was an Eoganachta King of Munster in the early 6th century. He was the son of Óengus mac Nad Froích, the first Christian king of Munster.
The chronology of the 6th-century kings of Munster in ...
("Felim"),
"Criomthan",
"Hugh Dubh",
Fíngen mac Áedo Duib ("Flan", d. 618),
Seachnusa,
Fiacha Laoch,
Flan,
Dubh-Jonracht,
Murrogh,
Eigherein,
Maolura,
Suilebhan.
MacLysaght lists
Mac Criomhthain (MacCrohan) and
Mac Giolla Chuda (MacGillycuddy) as notable branches of the Súileabhánaigh in
County Kerry
County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...
.
''O'Sullivan'' is the regular anglicization of the Irish name. Less common spelling variants of the name include: Sullavan, Sullivant, Sillivant, Silliphant, and Sillifant.
Naming conventions
Sullahan
Some O'Sullivans in the midlands and south Ulster were originally ''(O) Sullahan'' (from ''Ó Súileacháin'', probably from ''súileach'', quick-eyed, according to MacLysaght). This surname has now almost entirely changed to ''Sullivan''.
History
Legendary genealogy
According to the genealogy recorded in the 17th-century ''
Leabhar na nGenealach
''Leabhar na nGenealach'' ("Book of Genealogies") is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway, by Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh. He continued to add m ...
'', the O'Sullivan clan claimed descent from the
Eóganachta
The Eóganachta or Eoghanachta () were an Irish dynasty centred on Cashel which dominated southern Ireland (namely the Kingdom of Munster) from the 6/7th to the 10th centuries, and following that, in a restricted form, the Kingdom of Desmond, an ...
dynasty of the
Kings of Munster
The kings of Munster ( ga, Rí Mumhan), ruled from the establishment of Kingdom of Munster, Munster during the Irish Iron Age, until the High Middle Ages. According to Gaelic traditional history, laid out in works such as the ''Book of Invasion ...
(and via them, ultimately, from
Milesius,
Fénius Farsaid
Fénius Farsaid (also Phoeniusa, Phenius, Féinius; Farsa, Farsaidh, many variant spellings) is a legendary king of Scythia who appears in different versions of Irish mythology. He was the son of Boath, a son of Magog. Other sources describe his ...
and
Adam
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...
). The legendary founder of the clan, Suilebhan mac Maolura, is recorded as born in 862 as a descendant from the line of the
kings of Munster
The kings of Munster ( ga, Rí Mumhan), ruled from the establishment of Kingdom of Munster, Munster during the Irish Iron Age, until the High Middle Ages. According to Gaelic traditional history, laid out in works such as the ''Book of Invasion ...
, of the
Eóganachta
The Eóganachta or Eoghanachta () were an Irish dynasty centred on Cashel which dominated southern Ireland (namely the Kingdom of Munster) from the 6/7th to the 10th centuries, and following that, in a restricted form, the Kingdom of Desmond, an ...
dynasty, eight generations after
Fíngen mac Áedo Duib (d. 618).
Medieval period
Following the
Norman invasion of Ireland
The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly sanc ...
in 1169–71, Norman incursions into Munster were made in the 1180s. The O'Sullivan clan was forced from their original homeland in County Tipperary by the Normans in 1193. Dunlong son of Giolla Mochoda in 1196 from Tipperary to County Kerry.
They divided into several branches and the two main ones are:
* O'Sullivan Mór (Mór indicating larger or greater) in south Kerry, and
* O'Sullivan Beare in the Beara Peninsula, West Cork and South Kerry
The cadet branch of the O'Sullivan Mór dynasty is
McGillycuddy of the Reeks
The McGillycuddy of the Reeks ( ga, Mac Giolla Mochuda) is the hereditary Chief of the Name of McGillycuddy, a family originating around MacGillycuddy's Reeks, a range of mountains (reeks) in County Kerry in Ireland.
Origins of the title
T ...
(Mac Giolla Mochuda). Of the O'Sullivans Beare the cadet branch was the sept Mac Fineen Duff (Mac Fíghin Dúibh), now thought to be defunct.
The "Beare" suffix came from the Beara peninsula that was named for the Spanish princess Bera, the wife of the first King of
Munster. They continued to be harassed by the Normans and so allied themselves with the McCarthys and the O'Donoghues.
The three clans defeated the Normans in 1261 at the
battle of Caisglin near
Kilgarvan
Kilgarvan () is a small village in County Kerry, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the Roughty River which flows into Kenmare Bay. By car, the village is a ten-minute trip from Kenmare, and thirty minutes from Killarney.
History
Kilgarva ...
, just north of
Kenmare
Kenmare () is a small town in the south of County Kerry, Ireland. The name Kenmare is the anglicised form of ''Ceann Mara'', meaning "head of the sea", referring to the head of Kenmare Bay.
Location
Kenmare is located at the head of Kenmare ...
. They were again victorious the following year. These two battles settled the boundaries between the Normans of
north Kerry (the FitzGeralds) and the three Gaelic families of south Kerry and west Cork.
Early modern period
The O'Sullivan Beare clan was further divided in 1592. When Dónal O'Sullivan, the chieftain, was slain in 1563
his son of the same name was but a child two years of age. The Irish laws of Tanistry required that the
title of chieftain be passed on to the most capable of the dead chief's family. As a result, the clan decided that Owen, one of the brothers of the dead chief, would take over control of the clan and become Lord of Beare
and Bantry. Owen acknowledged the English crown and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
In 1587 Dónal, now twenty-six years old, decided to claim leadership of the clan. He petitioned the authorities in Dublin, using
primogeniture
Primogeniture ( ) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relativ ...
as the basis for his claim, whereby the oldest son should inherit his father's title regardless of his age at the time of his father's death. The English Commission in Dublin was receptive to his argument since they preferred to have the English procedure followed throughout Ireland. In addition Sir Owen had lost influence in Dublin due to implication in the
Desmond Rebellion
The Desmond Rebellions occurred in 1569–1573 and 1579–1583 in the Irish province of Munster.
They were rebellions by the Earl of Desmond, the head of the Fitzmaurice/FitzGerald Dynasty in Munster, and his followers, the Geraldines and ...
. The Commission found in favor of
Dónal, who was now The O'Sullivan Beare. Sir Owen had to be content with Whiddy island and part of Bantry. He died the following year and was succeeded by his son, another Sir Owen.
The O'Sullivans and other clans provided shelter to 12-year-old Gerald FitzGerald when troops sought to capture him as the last heir to the Earlship of Desmond.
In the late 1590s, it was the Sullivan Mor clan and their close allies the McSweenys who bore the brunt of the fighting with the English forces. Donal, however, held the O'Sullivan Beare clan, held back from the fighting until the O'Donnells and O'Neills of Ulster entered the campaign.
After 1600
By the year 1600 all of Munster was in a turmoil. As retribution for their support of the Desmond rebellion, the Munster clans lost over of their land to English settlers. When the
Earl of Clancarty
Earl of Clancarty is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland.
History
The title was created for the first time in 1658 in favour of Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty, Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry, of th ...
died in 1596 his lands were parceled out as well to settlers.
King Philip III of Spain agreed to send help to his co-religionists in Ireland under the command of
Don Juan D'Aquila. Rather than landing in Ulster, as suggested by O'Neill, the Spanish forces landed at
Kinsale
Kinsale ( ; ) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland. Located approximately south of Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a population of 5,281 (a ...
in County Cork to avoid encountering English warships in the
Irish Sea
The Irish Sea or , gv, Y Keayn Yernagh, sco, Erse Sie, gd, Muir Èireann , Ulster-Scots: ''Airish Sea'', cy, Môr Iwerddon . is an extensive body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is linked to the Ce ...
. The war weary and decimated Munster clans had difficulty mustering an army to join the Ulster and Spanish forces. The Spanish were given the responsibility of forming the garrisons for the castles of the
O'Driscoll
O'Driscoll (and its derivative Driscoll) is an Irish language, Irish surname stemming from the Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic ''Ó hEidirsceoil'' clan. The O'Driscolls were rulers of the Dáirine sept (social), sept of the Corcu Loígde until the early ...
s and the O'Sullivans so as to free the Irish troops for the battles to come. The rest of the four thousand Spanish soldiers remained at Kinsale to await the arrival of the Ulster forces.
Donal O'Sullivan Beare was given command of the Munster forces, which consisted mainly of soldiers of his clan and those of the O'Driscolls,
McSweeneys, and
O'Connor Kerry.
Daniel O'Sullivan Mor could only contribute token support because of the losses he had sustained in the previous years. Dónal marched to Kinsale with an army of one thousand men. He sent a letter to King Philip swearing allegiance to him as his sovereign. The letter was intercepted by English agents and was later used as reason for denying him pardon.
On 24 December 1601 at the coming of dawn the battle began. It was over in a matter of hours. It was a resounding defeat for the Irish forces. This was due in large part to the reluctance of the Spanish troops to leave the protection of the walled city of Kinsale and join the battle until it was over. O'Neill retreated back to Tyrone with his battered troops. O'Donnell handed over command of his soldiers to his brother and embarked for Spain to plead for more help from King Philip. General Aquila sued for peace and
Lord Mountjoy, commander of the English, was only too happy to accept his request. Aquila agreed to surrender the castles his troops were defending. This meant that the O'Sullivans and the O'Driscolls had to fight the Spanish to regain their castles. Donal O'Sullivan wrote to King Philip complaining about the behavior of Aquila. When Aquila returned to Spain he was held in contempt by King Philip and put under house arrest.
Many of the O'Sullivan clan's non-combatants were sent to the island of
Dursey to keep them out of harm's way. An English force led by a John Bostock attacked the small garrison guarding the island. They butchered the entire population of the island, women, children, and the garrison. They cast their bodies, some while they were still alive, onto the rocks below the cliff overlooking the sea.
The O'Sullivan Beare principal fortress,
Dunboy Castle
Dunboy Castle () is a ruined 15th century castle on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland near the town of Castletownbere. The castle's tower house and bawn were destroyed in the 1602 Siege of Dunboy, though its ruins remain open to the p ...
, was destroyed in the
Siege of Dunboy
The siege of Dunboy took place at Dunboy Castle between 5 June and 18 June 1602, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. It was one of the last battles of the war. An English army of up to 5,000 under Sir George Carew besieged the castle, wh ...
in 1602 and its garrison was put to death by hanging.
Dónal O'Sullivan and approximately one thousand followers consisting of four hundred soldiers and the rest civilians began a journey to
Leitrim to the castle of his friend
Ó Ruairc
O'Rourke ( ga, Ó Ruairc) is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Leitrim. The family were the historic rulers of Breifne and later West Breifne until the 17th century. The O'Rourke Clan Chieftain is at odds with t ...
(O'Rourke). He believed that he could hold out longer amongst his northern allies, the O'Donnells and O'Neills.
Carew declared them outlaws and decreed that anyone that aided them would be dealt with as outlaws as well. Throughout the trek they were attacked by English forces and Irish that were loyal to Elizabeth. The countryside had been ravaged by war and famine; the people along the way were trying to stay alive themselves. They could ill afford to provide any aid or food. They began the march on 31 December 1602. A detailed account of the march is provided by Philip O'Sullivan Beare, a nephew of Dónal O'Sullivan.
Notable people named O'Sullivan
*
Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan (born 1984), Irish comedian, actress, and screenwriter
*
Andy O'Sullivan (Irish republican), Irish republican hunger striker
*
Camille O'Sullivan
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(born 1975), Irish singer
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Cornelius O'Sullivan
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He was born the son of merchant James O'Sullivan of Bandon, County Cork and was educated locally, before winning a scholarship to study chemistry at th ...
(1841–1907), Irish brewer's chemist
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Daniel O'Sullivan (disambiguation), several people
*
David O'Sullivan (disambiguation), several people
*
Denis O'Sullivan (golfer)
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(born 1948), Irish golfer
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Denis J. O'Sullivan
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(1918–1987), Irish Fine Gael TD from Cork
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Denise O'Sullivan
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(born 1994), Irish footballer
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Diarmuid O'Sullivan
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(born 1978), Irish sportsman
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Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare
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(1561–1613), Irish chieftain
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Eddie O'Sullivan
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(born 1958), Irish rugby union coach and footballer
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Edward William O'Sullivan
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(1846–1910), Australian journalist and politician
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Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin
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(Owen Roe O'Sullivan, 1748–1782), Irish Gaelic poet
*
Eugene D. O'Sullivan (1883–1968), American Democratic Party politician from Nebraska
*
Gearóid O'Sullivan
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Early life and education
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Gerald Robert O'Sullivan
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VC (1888–1915), Irish soldier in the British Army, recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Gerry O'Sullivan (1936–1994), Irish Labour Party TD
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Gilbert O'Sullivan
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O'Sullivan's s ...
(born 1946), Irish-born, UK-based singer-songwriter, who had several hits in the 1970s
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Gillian O'Sullivan
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(born 1976), Irish race walker
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Grace O'Sullivan
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(born 1962), Irish environmentalist and politician
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Graham O'Sullivan
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Sullivan made his senior championship debut in the 2022 Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final again ...
, Kerry Gaelic footballer
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J. T. O'Sullivan
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(born 1979), American professional football player
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Jacquie O'Sullivan
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(born 1960), British singer and songwriter
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Jan O'Sullivan
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(born 1950), Irish Labour Party politician, currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for Limerick East
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Jeremiah O'Sullivan
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Jerry O'Sullivan (disambiguation), several people
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John O'Sullivan (disambiguation), several people
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Sir John O'Sullivan
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Kevin O'Sullivan (baseball)
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Laura O'Sullivan (born 1991), Welsh footballer
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Louise O'Sullivan (born 1973), Irish telecommunications executive
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Lance O'Sullivan
Lance Anthony O'Sullivan (born 28 August 1963 in New Zealand) is a Thoroughbred horse trainer and former champion jockey in New Zealand.
Lance is the son of premiership winning horse trainer Dave O’Sullivan and the brother of Paul O'Sulliv ...
(born 1963), New Zealand jockey, retired
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Maggie O'Sullivan
Maggie O'Sullivan was born in 1951. She is a British poet, performer and visual artist associated with the British Poetry Revival.
O'Sullivan was born in Lincoln, England of Irish immigrant parents. She moved to London in 1971 and worked for th ...
(born 1951), British poet, performer and visual artist
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Marcus O'Sullivan
Marcus O'Sullivan (born in Cork, Ireland on 22 December 1961) is an Irish retired middle-distance runner. He competed for Ireland at four Summer Olympics. After Steve Scott and John Walker, he is the third all-time by total of sub-4 minute ...
(born 1961), Irish coach and former middle-distance runner based in the United States
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Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen O'Sullivan (17 May 1911 – 23 June 1998) was an Irish-American actress, who played Jane in the ''Tarzan'' series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. She performed with such actors as Laurence Olivier, Greta Garbo, William ...
(1911–1998), Irish cinema actress
*
Michael O'Sullivan (disambiguation) Michael O'Sullivan may refer to:
Individual
*Michael O'Sullivan (politician) (1784–1839), Lower Canada lawyer, militia officer, politician and judge
*Neil O'Sullivan, Sir Michael Neil O'Sullivan (1900–1968), Australian politician and lawyer ...
, several people
*
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (; 10 December 1950 – 7 November 2018) was an Irish musician, composer, academic and educationalist.
Biography
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin was a pianist, composer, recording artist and academic; he held the Pro ...
(1950–2018), Irish composer and musician
*
Mickey O'Sullivan
Mickey "Ned" O'Sullivan (born 14 April 1952) is an Irish former Gaelic football manager, selector and former player. His league and championship career at senior level with the Kerry county team spanned ten seasons from 1971 to 1980.
Born in K ...
(1932–2012), American college baseball coach
*
Muiris Ó Súilleabháin
Muiris Ó Súilleabháin (; 19 February 1904 – 25 June 1950), anglicised as Maurice O'Sullivan, was an Irish author famous for his Irish-language memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket Island and in Dingle, County Kerry, off the western ...
(1904–1950), Irish writer; author of autobiography ''Fiche Blian ag Fás'' (Twenty Years A-Growing)
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Nóirín O'Sullivan
Nóirín O'Sullivan (born 3 November 1960) is an Irish Garda who has served as Director of Strategic Partnerships for Europe at the International Association of Chiefs of Police since October 2017. She previously served as Garda Commissioner from ...
, first female Commissioner of the Garda Síochána
*
Paddy O'Sullivan (1918–1994), female Special Operations Executive spy during World
*
Pádraig O'Sullivan
Pádraig O'Sullivan (born 11 May 1984) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central constituency since the 2019 by-election.
He was a member of Cork County Council for the Cobh local electo ...
, Irish Fianna Fáil politician
*
Pat O'Sullivan
Patricia B. O'Sullivan Lucey (September 1, 1926 – November 6, 2019) was an American amateur golfer.
Early life
She was born in New Haven, Connecticut, daughter of Marguerite Lawton and Patrick Brett O'Sullivan, a US Representative from Conn ...
, American amateur golfer who won the 1951 Titleholders Championship
*
Patrick O'Sullivan
Patrick O'Sullivan (born February 1, 1985) is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, Minnesota Wild and P ...
(born 1985), Canadian-born American professional ice hockey player
*
Patrick O'Sullivan (disambiguation), several people
*
Paul O'Sullivan Band (formed in 2014), Pop-Rock band where all four members are named Paul O'Sullivan.
*
Peter O'Sullivan (disambiguation), several people
*
Richard O'Sullivan
Richard O'Sullivan (born 7 May 1944) is an English comedy actor, who is known for his role as Robin Tripp in the 1970s sitcoms ''Man About the House'' (1973–1976) and ''Robin's Nest (TV series), Robin's Nest'' (1977–1981) and as the title c ...
(born 1944), English actor, notable for his sitcom roles in the 1970s and 1980s
*
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player who is the current world champion and world number one. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in the sport's history, ...
(born 1975), English professional snooker player
*
Sean O'Sullivan (disambiguation), several people
*
Seumas O'Sullivan
Seumas or Seamus O'Sullivan (born James Sullivan Starkey; 17 July 1879 – 24 March 1958) was an Irish poet and editor of ''The Dublin Magazine''. His father, William Starkey (1836-1918), a physician, was also a poet and a friend of George Sigerson ...
(1879–1958), Irish poet and editor of ''The Dublin Magazine''
*
Shawn O'Sullivan
Shawn O'Sullivan (born May 9, 1962 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian boxer who won gold at the World Amateur Championships in 1981 and the light middleweight silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into Box ...
(born 1964), Canadian boxer
*
Siobhan O'Sullivan, Australian political scientist and political theorist
*
Sonia O'Sullivan
Sonia O'Sullivan (born 28 November 1969) is an Irish people, Irish former track and field athlete. She won a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, 1995 World Championships, and a silver medal in the 5000 met ...
(born 1969), Irish Olympic runner
*
Stephanie O'Sullivan
Stephanie O'Sullivan (born October 3, 1959) is a former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (PDDNI) who was appointed to that position on February 18, 2011. She worked to assist the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in managi ...
(born 1959), Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
*
Terence Patrick O'Sullivan
Terence Patrick O'Sullivan (1913–1970) was a British civil engineer. He specialised initially in steel and reinforced concrete structures. Later he founded a firm of consulting engineers, T. P. O’Sullivan & Partners, which grew to have offi ...
(1913–1970), English civil engineer
*
Thomas C. O'Sullivan (c. 1858–1913), New York politician and judge
*
Timothy O'Sullivan (Fianna Fáil politician)
Timothy (Ted) O'Sullivan (26 July 1899 – 3 March 1971) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician from County Cork. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for 27 years, and a Seanad Éireann, Senator for 15 years.
O'Sullivan was elected to Dáil Éireann at h ...
(1899–1969), Irish Fianna Fáil Party politician
*
Timothy H. O'Sullivan (c. 1840–1882), American Civil War photographer
*
Toddy O'Sullivan
Toddy O'Sullivan (8 November 1934 – 12 December 2021) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served for sixteen years as a Teachta Dála (TD) for constituencies in Cork, and for five years as a junior minister. He also served as Lord Mayor ...
(1934–2021), Irish Labour Party politician
*
Tyrone O'Sullivan
Tyrone O'Sullivan, OBE (born 1945), is a Welsh former National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Branch Secretary, and current Chairman of Goitre Tower Anthracite Ltd., the owners of Tower Colliery.
Early life
O'Sullivan was born in the heart of ...
(born 1945), Socialist and Chairman of Goitre Tower Anthracite Ltd., the owners of Tower Colliery.
*
Vince O'Sullivan
Vincent ("Vince") John O'Sullivan (born February 23, 1957 in London, Greater London) is a retired male racewalker from the United States, who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics for ''Team USA''. He was fifth at the 1979 Pan American Games and ...
(born 1957), American racewalker
*
Vincent O'Sullivan (1868–1940), Decadent American writer
*
Vincent O'Sullivan (born 1937, New Zealand poet
*
Wayne O'Sullivan
Wayne St John O'Sullivan (born 25 February 1974) is an Irish retired professional footballer. Since retiring as a player he has worked as a coach.
Born in Cyprus, O'Sullivan played youth football for Swindon Town before making his professional d ...
(born 1974), Irish soccer player in Australia
*
William S. O'Sullivan
William S. O'Sullivan (January 31, 1928 – March 28, 1971) was an American loanshark and longtime enforcer for Donald Killeen, the head of the Irish mob in South Boston, Massachusetts. O'Sullivan also acted as a mentor to a young James J. Bulger, ...
(1928–1971), Irish-American gangster
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Notable people named Sullivan
*Alexander Martin Sullivan, Irish politician
*Andi Sullivan, American soccer player
*Andrew Sullivan, conservative author and political commentator
*Ann Sullivan (animator) (1929–2020), American animator
*Anne Sullivan, teacher and mentor to Helen Keller
*
Anton Sullivan
Anton Sullivan (born 1991/1992) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Rhode and at senior level for the Offaly county team.
Sullivan is a peacekeeper and has experienced service in the Lebanon. He was appointed as Offaly captain in 2018, short ...
(born 1991/1992), Offaly Gaelic footballer
*
Arthur Sullivan
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer. He is best known for 14 comic opera, operatic Gilbert and Sullivan, collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including ''H.M.S. Pinaf ...
, the composer, best known for his work as part of
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan was a Victorian era, Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), who jointly created fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which ...
*
Barry Sullivan (American actor)
Patrick Barry Sullivan (August 29, 1912 – June 6, 1994) was an American movie actor who appeared in over 100 movies from the 1930s to the 1980s, notably ''The Bad and the Beautiful'' opposite Kirk Douglas.
Ronald Bergan wrote in ''The Guardi ...
(1912–1994), American actor
*
Barry F. Sullivan
Barry F. Sullivan (December 21, 1930 – August 11, 2016) was an American investment banker and politician who served as chairman and CEO of First Chicago Corporation from 1980 to 1991, and deputy mayor of New York City under David Dinkins.
Earl ...
(1930–2016), American financier
*
Becky Sullivan
Becky Sullivan is a Supervising Sound Editor. She won the BAFTA for her work on the film '' The Fugitive.'' Sullivan was nominated at the 87th Academy Awards in the category of Best Sound Editing for her work on the film '' Unbroken''. Her nomi ...
, sound editor
*
Billy Sullivan (1891–1946), American character actor
*
Brian Sullivan, various people
* Brittany
McKey Sullivan
Brittany "McKey" Alvey (née Sullivan; born September 9, 1988) is an American fashion model most notable as the winner of the eleventh cycle of ''America's Next Top Model''.
Early life
Sullivan was born to Michael and Gayle Sullivan and has thre ...
, winner of ''America's Next Top Model'', Cycle 11
*
Chandon Sullivan (born 1996), American football player
*
Charles L. Sullivan, American politician
*
Charles P. Sullivan, American lawyer and politician
*
Charles Sullivan, American character actor
*
Charles Thompson Sullivan (1884–1948), Canadian mathematician
*
Christopher D. Sullivan
Christopher Daniel Sullivan (July 14, 1870 – August 3, 1942) was an American politician from New York who served twelve terms as a United States Congressman from 1917 to 1941.
Life
Born in New York City, he attended the public schools, St. Jam ...
, US Representative from New York from 1917 to 1941
*
Chub Sullivan, Major League Baseball first baseman
*
Con Sullivan, New Zealand-Australian rugby league footballer
*
Cory Sullivan
Cory Sullivan (born August 20, 1979) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, and Houston Astros between 2005 and 2010.
Early life
Sullivan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and graduate ...
, Major League Baseball outfielder
*
Dan Sullivan (United States Senator, R-AK) (born 1964),
United States Senator
The United States Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives being the Lower house, lower chamber. Together they compose the national Bica ...
from Alaska
*
Dan Sullivan (Mayor of Anchorage) (born 1951), mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
*
Daniel "Horse-Whisperer" Sullivan
Daniel Sullivan (died 1810) from Mallow, Co. Cork, Ireland, was an Irish horse trainer who specialised in rehabilitation of horses that were unresponsive to traditional methods. A large portion of his work took place in England.
Not very much ...
, horse tamer
*
Danny Sullivan
Daniel John Sullivan III (born March 9, 1950), better known as Danny Sullivan, is an American former racing driver. He earned 17 wins in the CART Indy Car World Series, including the 1985 Indianapolis 500. Sullivan won the 1988 CART Champions ...
, race car driver and former winner of the Indianapolis 500
*
Danny Sullivan (technologist)
Danny Sullivan is an American technologist, journalist, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Search Engine Watch in 1997, one of the earliest online publications about search engine marketing. He also launched ''Search Engine Strategies'', one ...
(born 1965), expert in search engine optimization
*
Dennis Sullivan
Dennis Parnell Sullivan (born February 12, 1941) is an American mathematician known for his work in algebraic topology, geometric topology, and dynamical systems. He holds the Albert Einstein Chair at the City University of New York Graduate Ce ...
, American mathematician
*
Dennis Michael Sullivan, American engineer
*
Denny Sullivan, American baseball player
*
Denny Sullivan (third baseman), American baseball player
*
Eamon Sullivan
Eamon Wade Sullivan (born 30 August 1985) is an Australian former sprint swimmer, three-time Olympic medallist, and former world record-holder in two events. He was also the winner of the first season of '' Celebrity MasterChef Australia'', a ...
, Australian Olympic swimmer
*
Ed Sullivan
Edward Vincent Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American television personality, impresario, sports and entertainment reporter, and syndicated columnist for the ''New York Daily News'' and the Chicago Tribune New York ...
, American entertainment writer who hosted a
CBS-TV variety show
Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical theatre, musical performances, sketch comedy, magic (illusion), magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is ...
, ''
The Ed Sullivan Show
''The Ed Sullivan Show'' is an American television program, television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to March 28, 1971, and was hosted by New York City, New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in Septembe ...
''.
*
Edmund Joseph Sullivan
Edmund Joseph Sullivan (1869–1933), usually known as E. J. Sullivan, was a British book illustrator who worked in a style which merged the British tradition of illustration from the 1860s with aspects of Art Nouveau.
Life
Sullivan was th ...
(1869–1933), British book illustrator
*
Elijah Sullivan (born 1997), American football player
*
Eleanore Sullivan
Anna Eleanore Sullivan, previously Eleanora Franchi (12 June 1750 in Lucca – 14 September 1833) was an Italian courtesan, mostly known in history for her relationship with Axel von Fersen, the alleged lover of the French queen Marie Antoinette ...
*
Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet, PC (Ire) (10 July 1822 – 13 April 1885) was an Irish lawyer, and a Liberal Member of Parliament for Mallow, 1865–1870 in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was als ...
*
Erik Per Sullivan, American actor, most known as Dewey on ''Malcolm in the Middle''
*
Francis L. Sullivan
Francis Loftus Sullivan (6 January 1903 – 19 November 1956) was an English film and stage actor.
Early life
Francis Loftus Sullivan attended Stonyhurst, the Jesuit public school in Lancashire, England, whose alumni include Charles Laughton ...
(1903-1956), Tony Award-winning Anglo-American actor
*
Frances T. Sullivan
Frances T. Sullivan ( Taylor) is an American politician from New York.
Life
She was born Frances Taylor in Volney, Oswego County, New York, the daughter of Elmer E. Taylor (died 1994) and Marion (Foster) Taylor (1922–2014). She graduated B.A ...
, New York state assemblywoman 1991–2002
*
Francis Stoughton Sullivan (1715–1766), Irish lawyer and Irish culture enthusiast.
*
Gordon R. Sullivan
Gordon Russell Sullivan (born September 25, 1937) is a retired United States Army general, who served as the 32nd Chief of Staff of the Army and as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sullivan also served as acting Secretary of the Army.
Aft ...
(born 1937) American general
*
Grant Sullivan (1924–2011), American actor
*
Harry Sullivan (baseball) (1818–1919), Major League Baseball pitcher
*
Harry Stack Sullivan
Herbert "Harry" Stack Sullivan (February 21, 1892, Norwich, New York – January 14, 1949, Paris, France) was an American Neo-Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who held that "personality can never be isolated from the complex interpersonal ...
, American psychologist and psychoanalyst
*
J. W. N. Sullivan
John William Navin Sullivan (1886–1937) was a popular science writer and literary journalist, and the author of a study of Beethoven. He wrote some of the earliest non-technical accounts of Albert Einstein's general relativity, General Theory ...
, journalist and writer of popular science
*
Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan (1981–2009), American musician, composer and songwriter of California metal band Avenged Sevenfold
*
James Sullivan, various people
*
Jeremiah C. Sullivan
Jeremiah Cutler Sullivan (October 1, 1830 – October 21, 1890) was an Indiana lawyer, antebellum United States Navy officer, and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was among a handful of former Navy officers ...
, American Civil War general in the Union Army
*
Jim Sullivan, various people
*
John Sullivan, British writer
*
John Sullivan, general in the American Revolution and Governor of New Hampshire
*
John Sullivan (British governor)
John Sullivan (15 June 1788 – 16 January 1855) was the founder of the British settlement at Ootacamund.
Early life
Sullivan was born on 15 June 1788, the son of John Sulivan (1749 –1839), of Richings Park, Iver, Buckinghamshire, the seco ...
(1788–1855)
*
John L. Sullivan
John Lawrence Sullivan (October 15, 1858 – February 2, 1918), known simply as John L. among his admirers, and dubbed the "Boston Strong Boy" by the press, was an American boxer recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing ...
, American prize-fighter
*Jonathan Sullivan, China specialist and political scientist.
*
Joseph Sullivan, various people
*
Justin Sullivan
Justin Edward Sullivan (born 8 April 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is also the lead vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter of English rock band New Model Army, which he formed in 1980 together with drummer Robert ...
, frontman and lyricist of the British rock band New Model Army
*
Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)
Kevin Francis Sullivan (born October 26, 1949) is an American professional wrestler and booker, perhaps best known for his role in World Championship Wrestling.
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1970–1982)
Sullivan had been an a ...
, American pro wrestler
*
Kevin J. Sullivan (mayor)
Kevin J. Sullivan (born 1959) is an American politician who served as Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local ...
, mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts
*
Kate Sullivan
Kate Sullivan (born June 19, 1976) is an American television show host, producer, and television news anchor. Sullivan was a co-anchor of the evening news for WBBM-TV in Chicago with Rob Johnson from September 2010 to September 2015. Sullivan wo ...
, Chicago news anchor
*
Kathryn D. Sullivan, first American woman astronaut to walk in space
*
Kyle Sullivan
Kyle Russell Sullivan (born September 24, 1988) is an American former actor, known for appearing on the TV series ''All That'' and the Fox sitcom '' The War at Home''.
Sullivan was born in Los Angeles, California. He played the recurring char ...
, American actor
*
Laurence Sullivan
Laurence Sullivan (born 1992) is an English author of short stories, flash fiction, and haiku poetry. He grew up in Malvern, Worcestershire, and acquired his bachelor's degree from University of Kent and his master's degree from the Shakespeare I ...
, British writer
*
Leo J. Sullivan (1905–1963), American politician
*
Liam Kyle Sullivan
Liam Kyle Sullivan (born July 17, 1973) is an American comedian, actor, director and video editor. Sullivan has made several guest appearances on television programs—including ''Gilmore Girls'', ''8 Simple Rules'', and ''Alias (TV series) ...
, American comedian/actor
*
Lily Sullivan
Lily Sullivan is an Australian actress, known for her role as Coral in the 2012 film '' Mental'' and in the lead role of Miranda in the 2018 TV series '' Picnic At Hanging Rock''.
Early life and education
Sullivan's father is an importer of me ...
, Australian actress
*
Louis Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloy ...
(1856–1924), American architect
*
Margaret Frances Sullivan
Margaret Frances Sullivan (1847 – December 28, 1903) was an Irish-born American author, journalist, and editor. She contributed to the principal American magazines, and her editorials, though unsigned, caused national comment. She was an e ...
(1848–1903), Irish-American writer, journalist, editor
*
Mark T. Sullivan, American author
*
Maud Durlin Sullivan (1870–1943), American librarian
*
Maxine Sullivan
Maxine Sullivan (May 13, 1911 – April 7, 1987), born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania, United States, was an American jazz vocalist and performer.
As a vocalist, Sullivan was active for half a century, from the mid-1930s to just be ...
(1911–1987), American jazz singer
*
Michael Sullivan (disambiguation) Michael Sullivan (or variants) may refer to:
Politicians
*Michael Sullivan (U.S. Attorney) (born 1954), former Boston-based federal prosecutor and acting ATF Director
* Michael Sullivan (Canadian senator) (1838–1915), Canadian senator
* Michael ...
*
Mick Sullivan
Michael Sullivan (12 January 1934 – 5 April 2016), also known by the nickname of "Sully", was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1970s. He set the record fo ...
, English rugby league footballer
*
Mike Sullivan (Canadian politician)
Michael D. Sullivan (born November 9, 1952) is a former Canadian politician. He was a New Democratic member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2015 who was elected to represent the Toronto riding of York South—Weston.
Background
S ...
, Canadian Member of Parliament
*
Mike Sullivan (governor)
Michael John Sullivan (born September 22, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 29th Governor of Wyoming from 1987 to 1995, and United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1998 to 2001, as a member of the Democratic Party. ...
* Morris Sullivan, businessman and co-founder of
Sullivan Bluth Studios
Don Bluth Entertainment (formerly Sullivan Bluth Studios) was an Irish-American animation studio established in 1979 by animator Don Bluth. Bluth and several colleagues, all of whom were former Disney animators, left Disney on September 13, 1979, ...
, an animation studio
*
Nicole Sullivan
Nicole Sullivan (born April 21, 1970) is an American actress and comedian best known for her six seasons (1995–2001) on the sketch comedy series ''MADtv''. She also played Holly Shumpert in five seasons (2001–2005, 2007) of the CBS sitcom '' ...
, American actress, voice actress, comedian
*
Niki Sullivan
Niki Sullivan (June 23, 1937 – April 6, 2004) was an American rock and roll guitar player, born in South Gate, California. He was one of the three original members of Buddy Holly's backing band, the Crickets. Though he lost interest within a ...
(1937–2004), American rock and roll guitarist
*
Pat Sullivan, winner of the 1971
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy (usually known colloquially as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman) is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard ...
*
Patrick Sullivan (American football executive) Patrick Sullivan is a former American football executive who served as general manager of the New England Patriots from 1983 to 1990.
Early life
The son of Patriots founder Billy Sullivan, Sullivan was a ballboy for the first Boston Patriots team. ...
*
Patrick J. Sullivan (Pennsylvania politician), Pennsylvania congressman
*
Patrick Joseph Sullivan
Patrick Joseph Sullivan (March 17, 1864April 8, 1935) was an American politician. He was the mayor of Casper, Wyoming from 1897 to 1898 and was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States Senate from Wyoming from 1 ...
, Wyoming senator
*
Robert Baldwin Sullivan
Robert Baldwin Sullivan, (May 24, 1802 – April 14, 1853), was an Ireland, Irish-Canadians, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who became the second Mayor of Toronto, Upper Canada.
Career
In 1835, he was elected to Toronto City Council of ...
, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who became the second mayor of Toronto
*
Roy Sullivan
Roy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was an American park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was claimed to have been hit by lightning on seven occasions, surviving all o ...
, American park ranger
*
Sam Sullivan
Sam Sullivan (born November 13, 1959) is a Canadian politician who had served as the MLA for Vancouver-False Creek. Previously, he served as the Minister of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development with responsibility for Translink in the ...
, mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
*
Stephen Sullivan (disambiguation), multiple people
*
Stephanie S. Sullivan
Stephanie Sanders Sullivan (; born September 27, 1958) is an American diplomat and the previous ambassador to Ghana. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central African Affairs and Security Affairs for the Bureau of African Affairs from ...
,
United States Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to the Republic of the Congo.
From 1885 until 1960, the republic had been under the control of France as a protectorate. In 1908, France organized French Equatorial Africa (AEF), comprising its ...
*
Steve Sullivan, North American NHL hockey player
*
Susan Sullivan
Susan Michaela Sullivan (born November 18, 1944) is an American actress. Sullivan is best known for her roles as Lenore Curtin Delaney on the NBC daytime soap opera '' Another World'' (1971–76), as Lois Adams on the ABC sitcom ''It's a Living' ...
, various people
*
Teresa Sullivan
Teresa Ann "Terry" Sullivan (born July 9, 1949) is an American sociology professor and university administrator. She was the Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of Michigan State University from October 2019 to June ...
, president of University of Virginia
*
Tim or Timothy Sullivan, various people
*
William H. Sullivan
William Healy Sullivan (October 12, 1922 – October 11, 2013) was an American Foreign Service career officer who served as ambassador to Laos from 1964 to 1969, the Philippines from 1973 to 1977, and Iran from 1977 to 1979.
Early life and ca ...
, US ambassador
See also
*
Gaelic nobility of Ireland
This article concerns the Gaelic nobility of Ireland from ancient to modern times. It only partly overlaps with Chiefs of the Name because it excludes Scotland and other discussion. It is one of three groups of Irish nobility, the others being ...
*
Sullivan baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Sullivan, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010.
The Sullivan Baronetcy, of Thames Ditton in the County of Surrey, was created in th ...
References
* Byrne, Francis J., ''Irish Kings and High-Kings''. Four Courts Press. 3rd edition, 2001.
* Charles-Edwards, T.M., ''Early Christian Ireland''. Cambridge University Press. 2000.
* Cronnelly, Richard F.
Irish Family History''Part II: A History of the Clan Eoghan, or Eoghanachts''. Dublin: 1864.
* Curley, Walter J.P., ''Vanishing Kingdoms: The Irish Chiefs and their Families''. Dublin: Lilliput Press. 2004.
* Duffy, Seán (ed.), ''Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia''. Routledge. 2005.
* Koch, John T. (ed.), ''Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia''. 5 volumes or single ebook. ABC-CLIO. 2006.
*
* MacLysaght, Edward, ''Irish Families: Their Names, Arms and Origins''. Irish Academic Press. 4th edition, 1998.
* Mac Niocaill, Gearóid, ''Ireland before the Vikings''. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. 1972.
* Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, ''Ireland before the Normans''. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. 1972.
* O'Donovan, John (ed. and tr.),
Annála Ríoghachta Éireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1616. 7 vols. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 1848–51. 2nd edition, 1856.
* O'Hart, John
Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation5th edition, 1892.
* O'Keeffe, Eugene (ed. and tr.), ''Eoganacht Genealogies from the
Book of Munster
''An Leabhar Muimhneach'', also known as ''The Book of Munster'', is an Irish genealogical manuscript.
''An Leabhar Muimhneach'' is preserved in a number of 18th century manuscripts, the best being the work of the scribe Richard Tipper of Dubli ...
''. Cork. 1703. (availabl
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* O'Rahilly, Thomas F., ''Early Irish History and Mythology''. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. 1946.
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External links
O'Sullivan Pedigreeat Library Ireland
at Stanford
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