Clune Explained

Clune
Language:	English
Language origin:	Irish
Origin:	Mac Cluanain or O Cluanain
Meaning:	"cluana" (deceitful, flattering, or rogue) or "glun" (knee)
Variant:	Clunes, Cluen, Cluin (McCluin and McGluin), Cloon

Clune is an anglicised form of the Irish names of either O Cluanain or McCluin. O Cluanain derives from the Irish "cluana" meaning either "deceitful", "flattering" or "rogue." McCluin comes from the Irish Gaelic "glun" meaning "knee". The surname was originally McClune in County Clare, where it may have originated.^[1]

People

Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Clune (born 1995), Australian rugby league player
• Conor Clune (1893–1920), Irish scholar and activist killed during Bloody Sunday (1920)
• Daniel A. Clune (born 1949), United States diplomat
• Deirdre Clune (born 1959), Irish politician
• Don Clune (born 1952), American football player
• Frank Clune (1893–1971), Australian writer
• Henry W. Clune (1890–1995), American journalist and novelist
• Jackie Clune (born 1965), British entertainer and writer
• John J. Clune (1932–1992), former director of athletics at the United States Air Force Academy
• Michael W. Clune, American writer
• Patrick Clune (1865–1935), Catholic Archbishop of Perth, Western Australia
• Richard Clune (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
• Thelma Clune (1900–1992), Australian artist
• Wally Clune (1930–1998), Canadian retired ice hockey player
• W. H. Clune (1862–1927), American railroad owner and filmmaker
• Michael W. Clune (born 1976), American writer and critic

See also

• • Clune (disambiguation)
• Clunn (surname)
• Clunes

Notes and References

1. https://www.limerickcity.ie/media/NMAJ%20vol%2012%2010%20Surnames%20of%20County%20Clare,%20by%20Edward%20MacLysaght.pdf