My Irish Grandfather would use the word ( sounds like ) Kur-Naun when
describing small things.  Any insite you can give me on this possible
Galic word?

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Request for Question Clarification by markj-ga on 05 Oct 2004 16:11 PDT

garsoon --

Would your grandfather use the word as an adjective or as a noun?

markj-ga

This might be the Gaelic word "cuirnean", which means "a small heap of stones."

The derivation of the common Irish name "Kiernan" is "litle and dark":  

http://www.babynameguide.com/categoryirish.asp?strGender=&strAlpha=K&strCat=Irish&strOrder=Name


markj-ga

I have heard of a something sounding like "cwer in" which has the
meaning of some element of disbelief or wonder when seeing something,
example  "Thats a cwer'in there".
Its not actually Gaelic but more localisation of the english "queer
one". Said alot through out Ireland.