A gathering of the Curtin clan will take place at Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare, next weekend, with representatives of the family name expected from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Mr Peter Curtin, a local businessman, said more than 100 people were arriving from abroad, some with variations of the name such as Curtain and McCurtin.
Among the guests will be a US diplomat, Mr Robinson McIlvaine, Prof Christopher Curtin of NUI Galway's faculty of sociology, and Sister Margaret MacCurtain, also a sociologist. The clan website is at www.curtin.org