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Cuillean Surname Definition:
Whence O'CUILLEAN. This name, which is often corrupted to Cullen, and anglicized to Collins, signifies catullus, whelp. Ulster Journ, of Archaeology, No. 2. The tribe or clan of Cullen took their name from Cuilean, an Irish chief of the VIII.
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Whence O'CUILLEAN. This name, which is often corrupted to Cullen, and anglicized to Collins, signifies catullus, whelp. Ulster Journ, of Archaeology, No. 2. The tribe or clan of Cullen took their name from Cuilean, an Irish chief of the VIII. cent. O'Donovan.
— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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