Blair Collection > Surnames & place-names of the Isle of Man

52 Manx SurnantBS.
Quirk, contracted from Mac Cidrc, ' Core's son.' Corc
was King of Munster early in the fifth century.
' Ceinnedigh O'CuiRC, Lord of Muscraighe, was slain '
A.D. 1043*
It is a common name in the south of Ireland.
IVPQUYRKE, QUYRKE [15I1], QUEERKE [1601], QuiRK
[1641].
Patrick (vc), Ballaugh, Malew, Braddan, Andreas, Maug-
hold, Arbory, Santon, Rushen, Lonan (c), elsewhere (u).
CORRIN and CoRRAN, contracted from Mac Odhrain,
(contracted Oran), ' Odhran's son/ {Odar, ' pale-
faced '). St. Patrick's charioteer was called St.
Odhran.
' Odhran, his charioteer, without blemish,' A.D. 447. t
Compare (Gaelic) Mac Oran.
M'CoRRANE [1422], M'CORRIN, CORRIN [1504], M'^COR-
RYN, M'^CORYN [1511], CoREAN [1611], CORRAN
[1627], CORINE [1629].
Malew, Braddan, German (vc), Santon, Rushen, Arbory
(c), elsewhere (u).
COROOIN (pronounced Corrune), probably contracted
from O'Ciardiibhain, ' Ciardubhan's son.'' {Diibhan
means ' little dark (man),' and as Ciar also means
'dark-coloured' — vide Karran — it had probably
lost its significance before diibhan was added.)
' Maenach Ua Cirdubhain, successor of Mochta of
Lughmadh, died. 'J
The Annals of Ulster in the same year call him
O'ClERUVAN.
CiARDUBHAN has in Ireland been contracted into
KiRWAN.
* Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 139. t Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 139.
X Four Mast., Vol. II., p. 849.