st cummin of mayo. by philip cummings born liverpool 1940.
on the north coast of mayo,in ancient irish folk law it is said, a baby boy was found abandond in a boat at a place called polla doba, the baby was given the name coimin [cummin] [in the book of killala aspects of its herritage] auther stephen dunford says [in the book of lacken] legend has it cuimin [cummin] found in small boat. 0n the same north coast OF mayo there is a place called kilcummin, which is named after st cummin. polla doba is on that same coast near kilcummin pier. the irish historian, edward mclysaght in his book [irish familys] says parish of kilcummin on west side of the bay of killala named after the family.... the irish historian maclysaght wrote, ocoimin or ocomain, a parish on its homeland, county mayo. the irish hitorian woulf wrote [derives the irish,comyn,cummin[g],from ocoimin,ocuimin,decendent of coimin or cuimin.
in the book of irish familys, great and small [irish roots cafe 2002 ] by michael c. o laughlin, it says the old irish families of the name likely stem from o coimin, though the o prefix before the name has been droped found earlier in the province of connaught, they were erenaghs to the church of st cuimin in the barony of tirawley, in county mayo. [the book irish pedigrees,author o hart]says the irish sept of o cuimin, anglicised cummins. there is a new church built in the ancient parishes of kilcummin and lacken in 1969 named the church of st patrick and st coimin, a marked contrast to the old church of st cummin at kilcummin pier, which the local people call the old church of st cummin. in the old church grounds it is said, is the grave of st cummin. see photo on wikipedia artical[kilcummin] and clik on photo for info. [ the royal society of antiquities of ireland] identified the original parish of kilcummin as from the eighth century.
not withstanding its very english appearance cummins is a gaelic irish surname. the original o coimin. [irish families. edward maclysaght,1957 first published]
from the name coimin derives the names cumeen, cummin, cummins,cumming,cummings,common,coymin.
to be continued.