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Comons


Comons households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


Household numbers by county in Griffith's (1847-64), as on the map

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Surname Dictionary

Coman fairly rare: Tipperary etc. Ir. Ó Comáin. There are numerous synonyms in English: Commons, Commane, Comyns, Cummins etc. In Connacht the Irish is Ó Cuimín. Comán was a personal name in early Ireland. IF.
Commane rare: Clare. Ir. Ó Comáin. Synonym of Commons & Cummins, q.v.
Commins Quite numerous: Tipperary, Waterford, Connacht, N Leinster. Ir. Ó Comáin (Munster) and Ó Cuimín (Connacht). See also Cummins.
Commons fairly rare: Galway, Mayo, Sligo, N Leinster. See Cummins etc. Also a Scottish name. See Coman. SI.
Comyns fairly rare: Cork, Meath etc. Ir. Coimín, O Cuimín. The original name was Anglo- Norman of 12 cent, but it is usually an anglicisation of Ó CuimÍn etc. IF.
Cummings Very numerous: all provinces, particularly Tipperary-Waterford-Wexford. Ir. Ó Comáin in Munster; Ó Coimín in Connacht; Mac Coimín in Ulster (broadly speaking). See also Commans, Commane, Commons. Comán was a popular personal name in the south of Ireland in early times. SI & GPN.
Mac Coimín Comyn, Cummins: cuíosach líonmhar: Laighin & Connachta. Measctha le Ó Coimín agus Ó Comáin, q.v. Tá baint faoi leith ag Mac Coimín le Cúige Uladh.
Mac Cuimín Cummings & rl.: líonmhar in Ultaibh & rl. Ar an gcuma chéanna le Ó Cuimín. Tá an leagan galldaithe Mac Commons le fáil ó thuaidh, leis.
Ó Coimín Commons, Cummins: an-líonmhar sa tír ar fad. Baineann Ó Coimín le Connacht. Tá cur síos breise air seo faoi Ó Cuimín, q.v.
Ó Comáin Cummins, Commane: an-líonmhar: gach áit, go speisialta i dTiobraid Árann, Port Lairge, Loch Garman. Bhí an t-ainm Comán an-choitianta anallód agus ní foláir go raibh roinnt clanna éagsúla sa tír. Baineann Ó Comáin le Cúige Mumhan den chuid is mó - is i gConnachta atá Ó Cuimín, q.v.MIF.

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