Coolican Surname History

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Ireland

Etymology of Coolican

What does the name Coolican mean?

The surname Coolican comes from two different old Irish septs, the Mac Uallachain and the Ó Culachain. The Mac Uallachain sept has been prominent in the parish of Lusmagh in the barony of Garrycastle in County Offaly, and sometimes were lords of the neighboring part of County Galway once known as Sil Anmchadha. The Ó Culachain sept belonged to the Hy Fiachrach group around Carra in County Mayo. 1

Early Origins of the Coolican family

The surname Coolican was first found in Counties Offaly, Galway, and Mayo. In County Mayo, Diarmid Ó Culachain (b.1221) was a professor of history and the scribe of the mass-books of Knock and Aghagower.

Early History of the Coolican family

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Coolican Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cuolahan, Coolahan, Coolihan, Coolehan, Coulehan, Coolican, Cuolaghan, Ó Cuolahan, Mac Cuolahan and many more.

Early Notables of the Coolican family

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Migration of the Coolican family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Bridget and John Coolahan, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1848; Mary Coolahan, who immigrated to New Orleans in 1851; Nelly and Owen Coolehan, who landed in Philadelphia in 1851.

Contemporary Notables of the name Coolican (post 1700) +

Thomas "Tom" Coolican (b. 1988), American rugby union player for the San Francisco Rush in 2016
Denis Coolican, Canadian member of Sigurd Olson's Voyageurs, who made several well publicized canoe trips through the Canadian wilderness in the 1950's and 1960's
Denis M. Coolican (1913-1995), Canadian businessman and regional politician from Ottawa, Ontario

Sources +

MacLysaght, Edward, Supplement to Irish Families. Baltimore: Genealogical Book Company, 1964. Print.