Unknown - 1940s
John Christopher Cullinane was born on September 3, 1921 in County Tipperary. He was one of three children. Biographical information gleaned from the New York Times indicate that he enlisted with the U.S. Air Force in 1942 as the U.S. were joining the Allies in Europe. His plane was shot down in 1944 and he was taken prisoner of war in Stalagluft 12. He was luckily released some time afterward, and made his way back to the United States, where he became the head of the New York Census Bureau. Plate CI.

Bansha  - n/a
John Cullinan was a Member of Parliament for Tipperary South in the early 1900s. H was the son of Charles Cullinan and Catherine Walsh (the daughter of R.W. Walsh from Tourin, Co. Wateford). Charles was a merchant and farmer in Bansha and had two other sons, James St. Aiden Cullinan (baptized August 1864) and Patrick Cullinan (baptized July 10, 1866). John Cullinan was born in 1857 in Bansha and had quite a contraversial political career. He was educated at Thurles Lay College in Dublin and worked as a member of various county district and other councils. He was chairman of the Tipperary Board of Guardians and was an outspoken proponent of the Land League and the 'Plan of Campaign'. John Cullinan was outspoken in his views and on several occasions, he was imprisoned for political offenses. He narrowly escaped death in Tullamore Jail in 1891 from a serious attack of fever. In 1913 he was married to Rita O'Meara, the daughter of Thomas O'Meara of Cahir, County Tipperary. It is believed that James Aiden Cullinan (above) settled in New Jersey in the 1870s, however more research is required to prove any connections. Plate LXX.

Unknown - 1840
"Jonathan Cullinan in 1840 was a noted Tipperary lawyer who had a price on his head for 'seditious' speeches; he was never caught, and later escaped to Australia." No Plate.