Cronin Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Cronin Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Cronin

The Cronin family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. The name Cronin is an anglicized form of the native Gaelic O'Croinin Sept name. Variants include O'Cronin, Crone and Cronan. The great majority of Cronins belong to West Munster, particularly County Cork. In 1659 it was recorded as a principal name in Limerick, and County Kerry, as well as in two Baronies in County Cork. The Sept was one of the Corca Laoidhe and the name is derived from the word 'cron', meaning 'brown coloured'. A leading family of O'Cronin were erenaghs of a church near Gougane Barra. Crone and Croneen were common spellings of the name and placenames like Ballycroneen in East Cork is said to commemorate Saint Cronin. Father Donogh O'Cronin, teacher of O'Sullivan Beare, was hanged in Cork in 1601. The Rev. Patrick Cronin, 1835-1905, the Irish -American poet and priest, was born in Adare, Limerick.