Dinneen
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Dinneen is a surname of Irish
origin. The family was famous for having supplied generations of court poets to their overloards in the ancient kingdom of Corcu Loígde
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Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
origin. The family was famous for having supplied generations of court poets to their overloards in the ancient kingdom of Corcu Loígde
Corcu Loígde
The Corcu Loígde , meaning Gens of the Calf Goddess, also called the Síl Lugdach meic Itha, were a kingdom centered in West County Cork who descended from the proto-historical rulers of Munster, the Dáirine, of whom they were the principal royal sept...
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List of people with the surname Dinneen
- Bill DinneenBill DinneenWilliam Henry Dinneen, alternately spelled Dineen , 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 League umpire from 1909 to 1937...
, baseball player - John DinneenJohn DinneenJohn Dinneen was an Irish Farmers' Party politician. A farmer by profession, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1922 general election as a Farmers' Party Teachta Dála for the Cork East and North East constituency. He was re-elected at the 1923 general election for the Cork East...
, politician - Joseph F. DinneenJoseph F. DinneenJoseph Francis Dinneen was an American writer.* Yankee Fighter: The Story of an American in the Free French Foreign Legion , co-authored with John F. "Jack" Hasey.*The Purple Shamrock , was a biography of James Michael Curley....
, writer - Michael DinneenMichael DinneenMichael J. Dinneen is an American-New Zealand mathematician and computer scientist working as a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, New Zealand...
, mathematician and computer scientist - Patrick S. DinneenPatrick S. DinneenPatrick Stephen Dinneen was an Irish lexicographer and historian.Dinneen was born near Rathmore, County Kerry. He was educated at Shrone and Meentogues National Schools and at St. Brendan's College in Killarney...
, lexicographer and historian