Flynn is an Irish surname or first name, an
anglicised form of the
IrishÓ Floinn or possibly Mac Floinn, meaning "descendant or son of Flann" (a
byname meaning "reddish (complexion)" or "ruddy"). The name is more commonly used as a surname rather than a first name.[citation needed][1][2]
According to
John O'Donovan's 1849 works, the modern descendants of
Lugaid mac Con include the
O'Driscolls,
O'Learys,
Coffeys,
Hennessys and Flynns of
County Cork.[3] According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Flynns, along with the O'Coffeys, O'Dinneens, O'Driscolls, O'Heas, O'Hennessys and O'Learys, were chiefly families of the
Corca Laoghdne tribe who in turn came from the
Erainn tribe who were the second wave of
Celts to settle in Ireland from 500 to 100
BC.[4]
John Flynn (New Brunswick politician) (1954–2021), former bank manager and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada; represented York in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1995 to 1999 as a Liberal member
John Gerrard Flynn (born 1937), former British Ambassador to Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and Angola
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surnameFlynn. If an
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Flynn is an Irish surname or first name, an
anglicised form of the
IrishÓ Floinn or possibly Mac Floinn, meaning "descendant or son of Flann" (a
byname meaning "reddish (complexion)" or "ruddy"). The name is more commonly used as a surname rather than a first name.[citation needed][1][2]
According to
John O'Donovan's 1849 works, the modern descendants of
Lugaid mac Con include the
O'Driscolls,
O'Learys,
Coffeys,
Hennessys and Flynns of
County Cork.[3] According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Flynns, along with the O'Coffeys, O'Dinneens, O'Driscolls, O'Heas, O'Hennessys and O'Learys, were chiefly families of the
Corca Laoghdne tribe who in turn came from the
Erainn tribe who were the second wave of
Celts to settle in Ireland from 500 to 100
BC.[4]
John Flynn (New Brunswick politician) (1954–2021), former bank manager and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada; represented York in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1995 to 1999 as a Liberal member
John Gerrard Flynn (born 1937), former British Ambassador to Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and Angola
This page lists people with the
surnameFlynn. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.