Condon (surname)
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The name appears early records as "de Caunteton" or "Caunton," derivative of Canton in Glamorgan where a Jordan de Caunteton was tenant of the Fitzgeralds.[1] A Nicholas de Caunteton married Mabilia, sister of Raymond "Le Gros" FitzGerald.[1][2] When Le Gros died without male issue, his Caunteton nephews inherited his lands in Glascarrig (Co. Wexford) and Glanworth and Kilworth (Co. Cork).[1]
Robert de Caunton took part in the rebellion against the Crown of Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond and was outlawed in 1344.[1] Patrick Condon of Cloghleigh took part in both Desmond Rebellions, sacking Youghal in January 1583 where he flew the Papal flag.[1] In 1586, his lands were seized and granted to Arthur Hyde.[1]
Dispossessed by the Cromwellian plantations, the family produced notable poets including Dáibhidh Cúndún (author of "Aiste Dáibhí Cúndún")[3] and Pádraig Phiarais Cúndún (author of "Tórramh an Bharaille").[1][4]
List of people surnamed Condon
- Alex Condon (born 2004), Australian men's basketball player
- Ann Gorman Condon (1936–2001), American-born Canadian historian
- Anne Condon (fl. 1982), Irish-Canadian computer scientist
- Chris Condon (1923–2010), American 3D cinematographer
- Colm Condon (1921–2008), Irish barrister and former Attorney General of Ireland
- Davy Condon (born 1984/85), Irish National Hunt jockey
- Eddie Condon (1905–1973), American jazz musician
- Edward Condon (1902–1974), American nuclear physicist
- Francis Condon (1891–1965), American judge and politician
- Herbert Thomas Condon (1912–1978), Australian ornithologist and museum curator
- John Condon (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Lawrence Condon (1933–1991), Canadian Member of Parliament
- Kerry Condon (born 1983), Irish actress
- Mike Condon (born 1990), American former professional ice hockey goaltender
- Paul Condon, Baron Condon (born 1947), British former Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Richard Condon (disambiguation), several people
- Thomas Condon (1822–1907), Irish-American minister, geologist, and paleontologist
- Thomas Condon (politician) (1883–1963), Irish politician
- Tom Condon (born 1952), American sports agent and former American football player
- Tom Condon (hurler) (born 1987), Irish hurler
- William Condon (disambiguation), several people
- Zach Condon (born 1986), American musician and head of Beirut (band)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Diarmuid Ó Murchada, Family Names of County Cork (Dublin: Glendale Press, 1985), pp. 95–103.
- ↑ Goddard Henry Orpen, Ireland under the Normans, vol. 1 (Oxford, 1911), p. 18.
- ↑ Laurie O'Higgins, "'(In)felix Paupertas': Scholarship of the Eighteenth-Century Irish Poor," Arethusa, vol. 40, no. 3 (Fall 2007), pp. 421–450.
- ↑ Dónall Ó Braonáin, "Cúndún, Pádraig Phiarais," dib.ie.
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