Curran

Not to be confused with Qur'an.

Curran (Irish: Ó Corráin) is an Irish and also a Scottish surname. The name derives from the 10th century Olde Gaelic name O'Corraidhin, meaning "the male descendant of Corraidhin" a personal name which comes from "corradh", a spear. (Origin Celtic) 1. Hero, Champion, Knight[Irish Curadhan - curadh (dh mute), hero, + the diminutive suffix an]. 2. Of or for Corran.

The Irish is now found in County Waterford but originates in East County Cork, where the Ó Corráins were a major branch of the ruling dynasty of the ancient Uí Liatháin kingdom. A separate clan with the same name were the hereditary bards of the O'Rourke chiefs of Breifne.

It may refer to:

People

• Alvin Curran (born 1938), American composer
• Catherine Curran O'Malley (born 1962), a Maryland state judge
• Charles Curran (politician) (1903 - 1972), British Conservative MP
• Charles Curran (broadcaster), Sir, (1921 – 1980), British television executive
• Charles Curran (theologian) (born 1934), Catholic theologian
• Charles Courtney Curran (1861 – 1942), American painter
• Charles Howard Curran Canadian entomologist
• Chuck Curran (born 1939), an American politician
• Frances Curran (born 1961), a Scottish politician
• Francis Earl Curran (1912 – 1992), an American politician
• Jack Curran, an American High School athletics coach
• Joan Curran, Lady, (1916 – 1999) physicist, inventor of chaff radar countermeasures, wife of Samuel Curran
• John Curran (Irish politician) (born 1960), a Fianna Fáil TD
• John Curran (businessman), the Chairman of ARIN
• John Philpot Curran (1750 - 1817), Irish wit
• Johnny Curran (1924 – 1985), Scottish footballer
• Joseph Curran (1906 - 1981), an American labor leader
• J. Joseph Curran, Jr. (born 1931), an American politician
• Kevin Curran (disambiguation)
• Mairead Curran (born 1968), an Australian voiceover artist
• Margaret Curran (politician) (born 1958), Scottish former MSP
• Margaret E. Curran, a United States Attorney
• Pearl Lenore Curran (1883 – 1937), American author who wrote as Patience Worth
• Nick Curran (born 1977), American rock/blues musician
• Robert Curran (disambiguation)
• Samuel Curran, Sir, (1912 - 1998) British physicist and founder of the University of Strathclyde, husband of Joan Curran
• Sarah Curran (1782 - 1808), daughter of John Philpot Curran and wife of Robert Emmet
• Terry Curran (born 1955), an English professional footballer
• Tony Curran (born 1969), a Scottish actor
• William Curran (died 1921), an Australian cricket Test match umpire
• William Curran (Maryland), an American politician
• Curran Oi, (born 1990), an American figure skater

In fiction:

• Curran (Eyes of the Dragon), a character in Stephen King's Eyes of the Dragon
• Jenny Curran, a character from Forrest Gump played by Robin Wright Penn
• Detective Nick Curran, a character in the movie Basic Instinct played by Michael Douglas

Places

Canada

• Curran, Ontario

Northern Ireland

• Curran, County Londonderry

United States

• Curran, Illinois
• Curran, Michigan
• Curran, Wisconsin, a town
• Curran, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Curran Township, Sangamon County, Illinois

See also

• Curan, a commune in southern France
• Curren
• Corran (disambiguation), places in Scotland
• Coran (disambiguation)

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