Dinneen Explained

Dinneen (Irish: Ó Duinnín for men, Irish: Ní Dhuinnín 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.^[1] 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 who settled in Ireland from 500 to 100 BC.^[2] The Uí Duinnín were then hereditary historians to the MacCarthy Mór.^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Bill Dinneen (1876–1955), American baseball player
• Dan Dinneen (1870 - 1948), American businessman and politician
• John Dinneen (1867–1942), Irish politician
• Joseph F. Dinneen (1897–1964), writer
• Kevin Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player
• Michael Dinneen, American-New Zealand mathematician and computer scientist
• Patrick S. Dinneen (1860–1934), Irish lexicographer and historian

See also

• Dineen
• Downing
• Pre-Norman invasion Irish Celtic kinship groups, from who many of the modern Irish surnames came from

Notes and References

1. Web site: Woulfe . Patrick . 1923 . Ó Duinnín - Irish Names and Surnames . 2023-05-30 . www.libraryireland.com.
2. Book: Cairney, C. Thomas . 1989 . Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland . Jefferson, North Carolina, United States, and London . . 61–64 . 0899503624.