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

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s of the

Irish name A formal Irish name consists of a given name and a surname. In the Irish language, surnames are generally patronymic in etymology but are no longer literal patronyms as, for example, most Icelandic names still are. The form of a surname varies ac ...

Ó Crotaigh – ‘Descendant of Crotach’. The name dates from medieval times, to the pre-

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kingdom of

Thomond Thomond (Classical Irish: ; Modern Irish: ), also known as the kingdom of Limerick, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Clare and County Limerick, as well as parts of County Tipperary around Nenag ...

('North

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

') 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

septs A sept is a division of a family, especially of a Scottish clan, Scottish or List of Irish clans, Irish family. The term is used in both Scotland and Ireland, where it may be translated as ''sliocht'', meaning "progeny" or "seed", which may ind ...

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 Brian Boru ( mga, Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; modern ga, Brian Bóramha; 23 April 1014) was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High King of Ireland, High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill and probably ended Viking invasion/domi ...

’) 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 County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

, 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 South Tipperary ( ga, Tiobraid Árann Theas) was a county in Ireland. It was part of the South-East Region and was also located in the province of Munster. It was named after the town of Tipperary and consisted of 52% of the land area of the t ...

, parts of Cork and

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...

). 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 Crotty is a former gazetted townsite that was located in Western Tasmania, Australia. The township was located on the eastern lower slopes of Mount Jukes, below the West Coast Range, and on the southern bank of the King River. The locality ha ...

, Australia **

Crotty Dam The Crotty Dam, also known during construction as the King Dam, or the King River Dam on initial approval, is a rockfill embankment dam with a controlled and uncontrolled spillway across the King River, between Mount Jukes and Mount Huxley ...

, Tasmania, Australia *

Seneca, Illinois Seneca is a village in LaSalle and Grundy counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 2,353 at the 2020 census, down from 2,371 at the 2010 census. The LaSalle County portion of Seneca is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statis ...

, 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 Horace Crotty (9 October 1886 – 16 January 1952) was the Anglican Bishop of Bathurst in Australia from 1928 to 1936. Crotty was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he was a resident at Trinity College ...

, (1886–1952), Australian clergyman * James Crotty, disambiguation page for **

James Crotty (economist) James R. Crotty was an American Post-Keynesian macroeconomist whose research in theory and policy attempts to integrate the complementary analytical strengths of the Marxian and Keynesian traditions. He has made contributions to the social str ...

** James Crotty (Prospector), (1845–1898), Tasmanian prospector ** Jim Crotty, American football cornerback *

Joe Crotty Joseph P. Crotty (December 24, 1860 in Cincinnati – June 22, 1926 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was a 19th-century professional baseball catcher. Crotty played from 1882 in baseball, 1882–1886 in baseball, 1886 in the American Association ...

, (1860–1926), American baseball player *

John Crotty John Kevin Crotty (born July 15, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'1" point guard from the University of Virginia, Crotty was undrafted, but played in 11 National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons from 1992 to 2003 ...

, American basketball player *

Kieran Crotty Kieran Crotty (20 August 1930 – 22 July 2022) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 1969 to 1989. Crotty was first elected to the Dáil following the 1969 general e ...

, Irish politician * Maggie Crotty (1948-2020), American politician; Illinois Senator *

Michael Francis Crotty Michael Francis Crotty (born 26 March 1970) is an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church who was appointed a titular archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso in 2020. Biography Michael Francis Crotty was born in Mallow, County Cork, Ire ...

(born 1970), Apostolic Nuncio *

Mick Crotty Mick Crotty is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club James Stephens and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1970s."Simply the Best?Irish Independent/ref> Playing career Club Crotty first tasted ...

, Irish hurling player *

Patrick Crotty Patrick James Crotty (23 November 1902 – 26 November 1970) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 1948 to 1969. He was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1948 general ...

(1902 – 1970), Irish politician * Paul A. Crotty, (born 1941), United States federal judge *

Raymond Crotty Raymond Dominick Crotty (22 January 1925 – 1 January 1994) was an Irish economist, writer, academic and farmer, who was known for his opposition to Ireland's membership of the European Union. In 1987, he mounted a successful legal challenge in ...

(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 Richard T. Crotty (born August 30, 1948 in Dobbs Ferry, New York) is an American politician who served as the Mayor of Orange County, Florida. Biography Crotty grew up in Orlando. He graduated from Valencia Community College in 1970 and Un ...

(born 1948), Florida politician * Ron Crotty (born 1929), Bass player for the original Dave Brubeck Trio *

Ryan Crotty Ryan Stevenson Crotty (born 23 September 1988) is a New Zealand-born rugby union footballer. He currently plays as a midfield back for the Kubota Spears in the Japanese Top League. Crotty played 48 tests for New Zealand's international team, t ...

(born 1988), New Zealand rugby player * Shane Crotty (born 1974), American immunologist and virologist *

Thomas Crotty Thomas James Eugene Crotty (March 18, 1912 – July 19, 1942) was a United States Coast Guard Lieutenant (navy), lieutenant. He was the first Coast Guardsman to become a prisoner of war since the War of 1812 and the only Coast Guardsman to be capt ...

(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 The Comeragh Mountains () are a glaciated mountain range situated in southeast Ireland in County Waterford. They are located between the town of Dungarvan and stretch inland to the town of Clonmel on the County Tipperary border and the villages ...

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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