The surname Cummyn comes from the old Irish Gaelic surname Ó Coimín, and has come to have many different English variants. The Gaelic name also appeared as Ó Comáin, especially in Munster.
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Early Origins of the Cummyn family
The surname Cummyn was first found in Connacht (Irish: Connachta, (land of the) descendants of Conn), where the family were "erenaghs" (Administrators) of the church of St. Cuimín Fada. It is said that in the 6th century, St. Common, a pupil of St. Finian was a missionary in Connacht, founding a monastery in Roscommon. The parish of Kilcummin on the western side of the Bay of Killala is named after a family of this name.
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Early History of the Cummyn family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cummyn research. Another 98 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1182, 1213, 1264, 1688, 1703, 1704, 1760 and 1786 are included under the topic Early Cummyn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Cummyn Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Cummins, Comines, Cummings, Comine, Cummin, Comyn, Cumming, Cummine, Cuming, Cumine, Cumyn, Cummyn, Commyn and many more.
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Early Notables of the Cummyn family
Another 41 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cummyn Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Migration of the Cummyn family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Benjamin Cummins, who settled in Nova Scotia in 1759; Andrew Cummins, who settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1825; Patrick Cummins, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1828.
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