Condon (surname)

Condon (Irish Condún) is a surname that originated in Ireland, and now most common in counties Cork, Limerick and Tipperary.

History

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Diarmuid Ó Murchada, Family Names of County Cork (Dublin: Glendale Press, 1985), pp. 95–103.
  2. ^ Goddard Henry Orpen, Ireland under the Normans, vol. 1 (Oxford, 1911), p. 18.
  3. ^ Laurie O'Higgins, "'(In)felix Paupertas': Scholarship of the Eighteenth-Century Irish Poor," Arethusa, vol. 40, no. 3 (Fall 2007), pp. 421–450.
  4. ^ Dónall Ó Braonáin, "Cúndún, Pádraig Phiarais," dib.ie.
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