Quinlivan
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- Charles QuinlivanCharles QuinlivanCharles Quinlivan was a film and television actor in the United States in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, best known as the star of the western movie Seven Guns to Mesa, and of the short-lived 1960 TV series Mr. Garlund.-Film career:...
,Actor, born in Jersey City, New JerseyNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, actor, starred in Seven Guns to MesaSeven Guns to MesaSeven Guns to Mesa is a 1958 Western, directed by Edward Dein.-Cast:*Charles Quinlivan .... John Trey*Lola Albright ... Julie Westcott*James Griffith ... Papa Clellan*Jay Adler ... Ben Avery*Jack Carr ... Sam Denton*Dan Sheridan ... Simmons... - Nessan QuinlivanNessan QuinlivanNessan Quinlivan , is a former Provisional IRA member who escaped from Brixton Prison in London on 7 July 1991 along with his cellmate Pearse McAuley, while awaiting trial on charges relating to a suspected IRA plot to assassinate a former brewery company chairman, Sir Charles Tidbury.In April...
, a Provisional IRA volunteer, escaped from British custody in The MazeMaze (HM Prison)Her Majesty's Prison Maze was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from mid-1971 to mid-2000....
and BrixtonBrixtonBrixton is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, England. It is south south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....
Prisons in 1983 and 1991 respectively, the latter while awaiting trial on charges relating to a suspected Provisional IRA plot to murder a former brewery company chairman, Sir Charles Tidbury. - Maurice QuinlivanMaurice QuinlivanMaurice Quinlivan is a Sinn Féin politician and a member of Limerick City Council . He gained prominence for being libelled by Willie O'Dea, which resulted in the Willie O'Dea affidavit controversy.-Personal life:...
a Sinn FéinSinn FéinSinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...
Limerick city councillorLimerick City CouncilLimerick City Council is the local authority which is responsible for the city of Limerick in Ireland. It is the responsible for local government, sanitation, motor vehicles tax, and social housing.-History:...
, brother of Nessan Quinlivan. - Jim Quinlivan; a New York City-based singer-songwriter.
- Lauri Beth Quinlivan; a Boston MA based singer, songwriter, and musician.
History
Irish surnames are mostly based on the GaelicIrish 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...
language native to Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
The original Gaelic form of the name Quinlivan is O Caoinleain or O Caoindealbhain.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Quinlan, O'Quinlan, O'Quinlevan, O'Quinlivan and many more.
First found in County Meath
County Meath
County Meath is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Mide . Meath County Council is the local authority for the county...
, where the family name has held a family seat from very ancient times.
In the province Leinster
Leinster
Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled...
Quinlivan was usually anglicised as Kindellan and has now been absorbed into the more common forms of Connellan
Connellan
Connellan is a surname of Irish origin, a translation of ancient Irish names such as Ó Coinnialláinn, Ó Coinndealbhán and others. These old Irish names were also translated as Conlon, Conlan, Conlin, etc., and were mainly found in the counties Sligo, Louth , Monaghan, Tyrone Connellan is a surname...
or Conlan. They were of distinguished origin, being of the southern Uí Néill
Uí Néill
The Uí Néill are Irish and Scottish dynasties who claim descent from Niall Noigiallach , an historical King of Tara who died about 405....
and the senior line of the descendants of Lóegaire mac Néill
Lóegaire mac Néill
Lóegaire , also Lóeguire, is said to have been a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. The Irish annals and king lists include him as a King of Tara or High King of Ireland. He appears as an adversary of Saint Patrick in several hagiographies...
, King of Tara during the time of Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints....
. The sept
Sept
A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. The word might have its origin from Latin saeptum "enclosure, fold", or it can be an alteration of sect.The term is found in both Ireland and Scotland...
were originally to be found in Meath , but their numbers were greatly reduced by the Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman
The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...
invasion, but they remained in that area until the defeat of James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
. During in which that time the form of the name used in Meath was Kindellan, a name which has been retained in Spain
Spain
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where many members of the sept settled in exile.
The branch of the family which settled in northern Tipperary
Tipperary
Tipperary is a town and a civil parish in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 4,415 at the 2006 census. It is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, and is in the historical barony of Clanwilliam....
were known as Quinlan in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. In the 1659 census they were noted as being one of the most numerous families in County Tipperary
County Tipperary
County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...
. The name is now almost confined to Munster
Munster
Munster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...
, particularly Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Limerick
County Limerick
It is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...
and Tipperary. The variant spelling of "Quinlivan" is most associated with County Clare
County Clare
-History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones...
, as evidenced by the 13 births recorded there in the 1890 index. "Quinlin" was given as a principal name of Tipperary in the census of 1659, and Quinlan remained as the favored spelling of the name in 1890 with Tipperary and Kerry
County Kerry
Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...
being centers for the name at that time. Kindlon is also said to be a variant spelling of the name in County Louth
County Louth
County Louth is a county of Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Louth. Louth County Council is the local authority for the county...
America
Some of the first settlers to AmericaUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
of this family name or some of its variants were:
- John QuinlanJohn QuinlanBishop John Quinlan was a Roman Catholic bishop and the second Bishop of Mobile....
- Mary Quinland and her husband settled in Charleston in 1803;
- James, John, Mary, Michael, Patrick, Thomas and William Quinlan all arrived in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. between 1800 and 1840.
Other notable people with the surname Quinlivan:
Actor Charles Quinlivan
Charles Quinlivan
Charles Quinlivan was a film and television actor in the United States in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, best known as the star of the western movie Seven Guns to Mesa, and of the short-lived 1960 TV series Mr. Garlund.-Film career:...
, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, actor, starred in Seven Guns to Mesa
Seven Guns to Mesa
Seven Guns to Mesa is a 1958 Western, directed by Edward Dein.-Cast:*Charles Quinlivan .... John Trey*Lola Albright ... Julie Westcott*James Griffith ... Papa Clellan*Jay Adler ... Ben Avery*Jack Carr ... Sam Denton*Dan Sheridan ... Simmons...
Tradition
Quinlivan Coat of Arms- The Shield is: "Per pale ermine" or, two lions rampant combatant between a mullet surmounted of a crescent in chief and a dexter hand couped at the wrist and erect in base all gules.
- The Crest is: A stork azureAzureIn heraldry, azure is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours". In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of horizontal lines or else marked with either az. or b. as an abbreviation....
pierced through the body with an arrow argent. - The motto is: "True to the End."
- The Translation is: Statue (from the Irish word "Dealbh") which can mean "Role Model/s"