looking 4 cowman's who lie in ireland

Hey I just found this forum.I'm looking for some relitives who live in ireland last name cowman.If you are a cowman or know someone with the last name cowman I would like them to contact me at sunnytide@yahoo.ca I am looking for cowman's because my great,great grandmother agnes cowman left ireland to marry arthur myers if you can help I would appreciate it thank you!

sorry for the miss print!!!!

Hey I just found your posting. I'm looking for a family member who is last seen in Ireland last maiden name cowman.
If you come across a female cowman or know a female with the maiden name cowman I would like you to contact me at arhansaly@hotmail.com. I am looking
for a female cowman because I married her if you can help I would appreciate it thank you !

I don't mean to diminish yer search here but i have never heard the name Cowman once in Ireland and i've been living there my whole life

that's most likely cause about 30yrs ago cowman's changed there name to cowen

ah yes that would make sense, well the Minister for Finance/Deputy leader of Fianna Fail's name is Brian Cowen if thats any help to you

no not relly but back in 95 someone by the name of john cowman contacted some of my relitives I thaught he might know something.

hmm its a very hard thing to trace relatives, i've been searching for some years for some of mine who immigrated, been somewhat successful actually but it is rather difficult

Yeah I guess it is is'nt it!

it sure is

cowman name is fairly exclusive to the wexford/waterford/carlow are of ireland.

Surname: Cowen
This interesting name, widespread in Scotland and Ulster, is an Anglicized form of the old Gaelic MacEoghain or MacEoin. The Gaelic prefix "mac" means "son of", plus the personal name Eoghan from the old Celtic "Oue(i)n", well-born, but believed to derive ultimately from the Greek "Eugenious", "born lucky" or "well-born". In Ireland Eugene replaced Eoin, the old Irish form of John, and the various patronymic forms of the name include MacOwen, MacCown, MacCone, MacKeown. The forms Cowan, Cowen and Kewon resulted from the subsequent loss of the "Mac" prefix. In 1582 one, John Cowan was Chancellor of Christ church, Waterford, and in 1639 Cowan's Hospital in Stirling was founded by John Cowan, a merchant there. On June 29th 1643 Marionne Cowan and George Mwir were married in Ochiltree, Ayrshire. On May 8th 1846 Pat Cowan, a merchant, aged 21 yrs., embarked from Liverpool on the "Rochester" bound for New York. He was a famine immigrant to that city. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Elizabeth Cowan,(marriage to Edward Humphery), which was dated November 12th 1580, London, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, known as "Good Queen Bess", 1558 - 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to

COWMAN is NOT listed amongst irish surnames so may have got here from england , scotland or wales especially in the 17th century when 100's of thousands of people came over and then when the great famine happend it was mainly decendants from those familys that left for america and other places... if you google history of surname cowman .. you may have luck with it.. or if you contact the parish in which you know there was cowman names they may have records... its hard to find as the british burned any trace of irish peoples identity as cleansing.. good luck and all the best.
the following are cowmans in dublin
colin 74 windmill lane apts
donald 48 kill abbey o the grange
e 22 melesian gro swords
e m 17 ovenden hse
f 20 margaret pl bath ave
john 119 st patricks rd
k & j 1 sweetmount dr
mathew and theresa, ashtown dr ballunafunshogue roundwood wicklow
M E 38 Tymon cres
p 16 templeroan wy
seamus 17 hadleigh ct
Tom and Eileen 187 upr kilmacud rd stillorgan
try and right to them with any info you already have and they may be able to help... cowman is not a name that iv ever heard of before and both sides of my family have been here at least since the 4th century. all those above are in the dublin area

hey, my surname is cowman and all my relatives are from wexford carlow area, if anyone is looking for relatives from these areas i might be able to help.??

The Cowman relative I am looking for is not from mentioned area : you might still be able to help. The third posting shows contact details.

Might have some luck here...

www.secretireland.blogspot.com

Hello I come from Ferns in Wexford and my grandmother was a Curran
Might not help she was Mary and my grandfather was William with Paddy,William,John, Bernard,Ned and a daughter Julie who died at birth
My mother was a music teacher and very talanted the family were mainly bakers

Just seen this post and here are a few details re Cowman as I understand them.
My origin is Co. Wexford (I now live in Dublin) my grandfather was a County Councillor and Justice of the Peace there. I understand there are two seperate Cowman families, one catholic and one protestant. The Protestants came over from Devon and Cornwall area. As their name suggests they were dairying stock. It's very difficult to trace the catholic Cowmans as I understand they changed their name from Cummins (catholic) to Cowman and moved from north Wexford down south to where Cowmans (protestants) were, to avoid detection. This was because of some serious indiscretions they had committed (I believe the murder of two RIC officers). The Coat of Arms for both Cowman and Cummins is identical.

The Cowman relative I am looking for is from Dolphin's Barn, Dublin : you might still be able to help. The third posting shows contact details.

Seosamh wrote:

I don't mean to diminish yer search here but i have never heard the name Cowman once in Ireland and i've been living there my whole life

Actually, you're mistaken, I come from a very long line of Irish Cowmans (since before the Spanish Armada). There are many of us in Dublin, with a few in Co. Wicklow too.

I believe the Cowman name descends from the German,'Kaufman'. The name was changed to Cowman as a way of settling in to Ireland and not standing out too much from the crowd. This was what I had been told when I was growing up.

I hope this has been of help to anyone searching for Cowmans - DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE... WE DO EXIST!