10 points where do the surnames Rooney and Currid originate from and what do the mean?

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10 points where do the surnames Rooney and Currid originate from and what do the mean?

Answer 1

"CURRID. Ó CORTHAID. is is very uncommon and occurs in only two parishes in Ireland, both in County Sligo: Drumcliff and the adjacent parish of Ahamlish.

(Not to be confused with CURRY, which has a different origin.)

Sorry, don't know it's meaning

Rooney is the anglicised version of Gaelic Ó Ruanaidh ‘descendant of Ruanadh’, a personal name meaning ‘champion’.  The principal family of the name originated in Co Down, where their territory was centred

on the parish of Ballyroney, which includes their name.   They were a famous literary family, producing many poets.

Answer 2

They are definitely both Irish names.  This was the closest I could find for Currid:

Curran  

Usage: Irish

Extra: Statistics  

From Gaelic Ó Corraidhín meaning "descendent of Corraidhín", a given name meaning "little spear".

This link shows the counties in Ireland where most Currid families are from.

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surna...

Rooney

Derived from the medieval Gaelic O' Ruanaidh, meaning The descendant of the champion". Unfortunately we do not know who the champion was except that he would have been the chief of the clan. The original O' Rooneys were from Dromore in County Down, and today whilst they are spread through Ireland, they remain principally in Ulster, and the neighbouring county of Leitrim. They were famous as a literary family, who included Eoin O' Rooney, chief poet to the Mac Guinness of Iveagh in the 14th century, whilst five centuries later the tradition was still continuing with John Jerome Rooney. He was born in America in 1866, and an Irish-American Catholic poet, whilst William Roony (1873 - 1901), was both a poet and a Gaelic revivalist, and Micky Rooney was the most famous filmstar of his day. There is a place called Rooney's Island in County Donegal. The modern surname can be found as Rooney, Roony, Rownoe and Roney. Amongst the sample recordings in Ireland is the christening of Daniel, son of Hugh and Joanna Rooney on January 31st 1754 at Inch by Gorey, County Wexford. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Ceallach O' Rooney (chief poet of Ireland), which was dated 1079.

Ó Ruadháin  

Means "descendant of Ruadhán", a personal name meaning "red" from the Gaelic ruadh

[So basically, you're a champion with a little red spear ....lol]

Answer 3

Hi =]

Rooney =Rooney is a very rare male first name and a very popular surname. The boy's name Rooney is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "red-haired".

Currid = I have been searching for so long.. sorry I couldn't find the origin or meaning. I do know however that it is of Irish background...

Hope that helped =]