Corcoran Family Home Page
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information regarding the ancestors of Eva Marie Corcoran.
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Corcoran Origins
The Corcoran family name is of
Irish origin. The initial Gaelic form of the name was Ó
Corcráin which meant descendent of Corcrán. Corcrán
is the diminutive personal name for Corcra. Corcra
is derived from the Gaelic word for purple. Other related forms
of the name include MacCorcoran, O'Corcoran, and
Corcorran.
Timothy Corcoran's parents, Mathew Corcoran and Ann
Kennedy, were both born in Ireland according
to United State census records for Timothy Corcoran. The location in Ireland where they lived
prior to emigration to the United States has not been
established yet. Their emigration to the United States was
probably between 1835 and 1845.
First mention of the name Corcoran in Irish history dates
back to 1000. The Corcoran's lived mainly in the southern
counties of Ireland. In (1847–1864) there were 1336
Corcoran households in Ireland distributed in the following
Irish Counties: Cork (179), Mayo (128), Kilkenny (128),
Tipperary (124), Offaly (102), Roscommon (82), Laois (79) and
Galway (60).
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