Cornyn is a surname in English-language countries; it is from Ireland originally, and is the equivalent of Curneen. [1] According to the historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Cornyns were part of the Conmaicne Rein tribe in Ireland who came from the Erainn tribe who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland from about 500 and 100 BC. [2]
Cornyn is a surname in English-language countries; it is from Ireland originally, and is the equivalent of Curneen. [1] According to the historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Cornyns were part of the Conmaicne Rein tribe in Ireland who came from the Erainn tribe who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland from about 500 and 100 BC. [2]