Crotty (and variations O’Crotty, Crotti, Crottee, etc.) are

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s of the Irish name Ó Crotaigh – ‘Descendant of Crotach’. The name dates from medieval times, to the pre- Norman kingdom of Thomond ('North

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') where the

Dál gCais The Dalcassians ( ga, Dál gCais ) are a Gaelic Irish clan, generally accepted by contemporary scholarship as being a branch of the Déisi Muman, that became very powerful in Ireland during the 10th century. Their genealogies claimed descent fr ...

(in English: ‘Dalcassian’) clan, centred on the regional rulers - the Uí Briain ( O'Brien) family - were dominant. The Crottys were one of eight

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of the O’Briens (i.e. descended via the female line - hence the different surnames). They settled in Western Co.Waterford and Eastern Co.Cork. In common with the O’Briens - and the millions of descendants of the other seven septs - the Crotty sept's likely ultimate common ancestor is Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig (‘ Brian Boru’) c.941 – 1014, and therefore possibly (via the Dál gCais) as far back as Cormac Cas in the 3rd Century. The name originates in present-day County Clare, and (despite extensive emigration) is still most common in the general area of the former kingdom of Thomond (i.e. West Waterford, Clare, South Tipperary, parts of Cork and Limerick). Spelling variations include Crotty, O'Crotty, Crotti, Crothon, Crotton, Crotone, Crottee, Crottey, O'Crottey, O'Crottee, O'Crottie, Croddy, and Cratty. Other non-anglicised versions in use include Crothaigh, Chrothaigh etc. The other seven related septs of the O'Briens are the families: Bernard, Consadine, Lysaght, MacMahon, O'Mahoney, Padden/MacFadden and Plunket

Places

* Crotty, Tasmania, Australia ** Crotty Dam, Tasmania, Australia * Seneca, Illinois, United States, known as Crotty prior to 1957

Notable people with the Crotty surname

* Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Crotty (1885–1960), Irish traditional musician from

Kilrush Kilrush () is a coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is also the name of a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish in Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. It is located near the mouth of the River Shannon in the south-west of the county. ...

, Co.Clare. An annual music festival was held in the town for many years in her memory. * Horace Crotty, (1886–1952), Australian clergyman * James Crotty, disambiguation page for ** James Crotty (economist) ** James Crotty (Prospector), (1845–1898), Tasmanian prospector **

Jim Crotty James Richard Crotty (March 3, 1938 - November 20, 2021) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and in the American Football League for the Buffalo Bills. He played college football at ...

, American football cornerback * Joe Crotty, (1860–1926), American baseball player * John Crotty, American basketball player * Kieran Crotty, Irish politician *

Maggie Crotty Mary Margaret "Maggie" Crotty (née Kunis; October 16, 1948 – November 5, 2020) was an American politician who served as the Bremen Township Supervisor from 2005 to 2020 and as a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 19th d ...

(1948-2020), American politician; Illinois Senator * Michael Francis Crotty (born 1970), Apostolic Nuncio * Mick Crotty, Irish hurling player * Patrick Crotty (1902 – 1970), Irish politician *

Paul A. Crotty Paul Austin Crotty (born April 1, 1941) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education and career Born in Buffalo, New York, Crotty received a Bachelor of Arts degre ...

, (born 1941), United States federal judge * Raymond Crotty (1925-1994), historian and litigant in the Irish constitutional case ''

Crotty v. An Taoiseach ''Crotty v. An Taoiseach'' 987IESC 4, 987IR 713, 987ILRM 400, 9872 CMLR 666, (1987) 93 ILR 480. was a landmark 1987 decision of the Irish Supreme Court which found that Ireland could not ratify the Single European Act unless the Irish Const ...

''. * Rich Crotty (born 1948), Florida politician *

Ron Crotty Ron Crotty (December 31, 1929 – May 7, 2015), born Ronald O'Crotty, was an American jazz bassist. He became known in the late 1940s and early 1950s for work with pianists Dave Brubeck and Vince Guaraldi. Career Crotty played the violin ...

(born 1929), Bass player for the original Dave Brubeck Trio * Ryan Crotty (born 1988), New Zealand rugby player *

Shane Crotty Shane Patrick Crotty (born 26 January 1974) is a professor of immunology in the Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research at La Jolla Institute for Immunology. Education and academic posts Crotty completed B.S. degrees in Biology and Wr ...

(born 1974), American immunologist and virologist * Thomas Crotty (1912–1942), American Coast Guardsman held as POW during World War II *William Crott

("Crotty the Robber") was a

highwayman A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually travelled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot; mounted highwaymen were widely considered to be socially superior to footp ...

who was hanged in Waterford in 1742. Several of his hideouts in the Comeragh Mountains are named after him.

External links

Map of Ireland showing Crotty family distribution in the 19th Century
{{surname Septs of the Dál gCais

Places

Notable people with the Crotty surname

See also

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