(Mac)Curtin:
Variant Spellings; Courtayne, Curtan, Curtain, Curtayne, Curten, Curtin, Kerty, MacCurtin, McCorry, McCurtane, McCurtaine, McCurry, McCurten, McGorry, McGurry, O'Curry, O'Courtaine.
The Curtins are a Co. Clare family and it is thought that the O prefix rather than Mac is more correct with this name. Through the centuries and internal struggles the sept has been scattered throughout the country so that today the name is found mostly in Cork and Limerick. Together with the MacBradys the MacCurtins were the hereditary ollaves to the O'Briens. Today the name is mostly found as plain Curtin without a prefix of any kind.
In Irish the name is MacCruitin; Cruitin means hunchback in Gaelic.
Hugh Buidhe (blonde) MacCurtin (1680-1755), a poet and lexicographer was, through the influence of Viscount Clare, the tutor to the children of the King of France.
John Curtin (1885-1945) was Prime Minister of Australia in 1941.
Thomas MacCurtain (1885-1920), was Lord Mayor of Cork and was shot by the Royal Irish Constabulary who broke into his home on the night of March 20th, 1920.
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(Mac)Curtin
Where the Family Lived (Blue Area)
Addresses for More Information
Ireland
Centre for Irish Genealogical and Local Studies, Carraig, Cliff Road, Windgates, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. (Sean Murphy, MA, Director)
General Register Office, 8-11 Lombard Street East, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 671 1000
Website http://www.doh.ie/manual/chap4/gere.htm
National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 478 3711
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Telephone (01) 603 0200
Website www.heanet.ie/natlib
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 66 Balmoral Street, Belfast BT9 6NYY, Northern Ireland
Telephone (01232) 251319.
Website http://proni.nics.gov.uk/index.htm
University College Dublin, Adult Education Office, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Website http://www.ucd.ie/delltti
Britain
Family Records Centre, London, England.
Website http://pro.gov.uk/about/frc/default.htm
Public Records Office, Kew, Surrey, England.
Website http://www.pro.gov.uk
General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Website http://www.open.gov.uk/index.html
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales.
Website http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.htm
North America
Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints, Family History Information, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Website http://lds.org/en/ 2 how do I begin/0- how do I begin.html
Family Tree Maker’s Genealogy Site
Website http://www.familytreemaker.com/index.html
The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA), P.O. Box 619 Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.
Website http://tiari.ie
Irish Genealogical Society International, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Website http://www.rootsweb.com irish/index.html
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Massachusetts, USA.
Website http://nehgs.org/main-01.htm
Australasia
Genealogical Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Website http://www.alphalink.com/au/esv
National Archives of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
Website http://www.aa.gov.au/AA_WWW/AA_Home_Page.html
National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Website http://www.archives.dia.gov.nz
List of Links
Cyndi’s List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet: Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Website http://www.cyndilist.com/ireland.htm
UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service.
Website http://www.genuki.org.uk
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