Garvey and O'Garvey are Irish

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, derived from the

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''Ó Gairbhith'', also spelt ''Ó Gairbheith'', meaning "descendant of Gairbhith". ''Gairbhith'' itself means "rough peace". There are three distinct Ó Gairbhith septs in Ireland: * A sept of the over-kingdom of Ulaid, who were kin of the '' Mac Aonghusa''. They were located in present-day

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, Northern Ireland. * A sept of the over-kingdom of

Airgíalla Airgíalla (Modern Irish: Oirialla, English: Oriel, Latin: ''Ergallia'') was a medieval Irish over-kingdom and the collective name for the confederation of tribes that formed it. The confederation consisted of nine minor kingdoms, all independe ...

, who were kin of the ''

Ó hAnluain The Ó h-Anluain (anglicised as O'Hanlon) family was an agnatic extended family comprising one of a string of dynasts along the Ulster-Leinster border. Depending on the advantage to the clan, the Chief of the Name—The O'Hanlon—supported ...

''. They at one time ruled ''Uí Bresail'', also known as ''Clann Breasail'' (Clanbrassil), located in the present-day barony of

Oneilland East Oneilland East (, the name of an ancient Gaelic district) is a barony in the north-east of County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is also called Clanbrasil (from ''Clann Bhreasail'', "offspring of Breasal"). It lies in the north-east corner of the ...

in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. At an early stage they were disposed of their territory by the ''

Mac Cana The Mac Cana were a Gaelic Irish clan who held lands in Clancann and Clanbrasil in what is now northern County Armagh, and had the title of 'Lords of Clanbrasil'. It is the origin of the surname McCann. Etymology The name ''Mac Cana'' mea ...

'' sept of the neighbouring ''Clan Cana'' (Clancann). * A sept of the '' Uí Ceinnselaig'', who were at one time chiefs of ''Uí Feilmeadha Thuaidh'', located in present-day barony of

Rathvilly Rathvilly () is a village in County Carlow, Ireland. The village is located on the River Slaney near the border with County Wicklow, 11 km from Tullow and 8 km from Baltinglass. It is also on the N81 national secondary route. Rathvill ...

County Carlow County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a county located in the South-East Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Carlow is the second smallest and the third least populous of Ireland's 32 traditional counties. Carlow Cou ...

, Republic of Ireland. The similar name

MacGarvey McGarvey is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ayelish McGarvey, journalist covering the religious right * Frank McGarvey (born 1956), Scottish football player * John William McGarvey (1829–1911), minister and religio ...

, which derives from the ''Mac Gairbhith'' sept located in present-day County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, is not usually anglicised as Garvey.

People

Adrian Garvey Adrian Christopher Garvey (born 25 June 1968 in Bulawayo) is a former Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player. He played as a tighthead prop, and was known for his mobility and ball skills. Career Garvey played 1st team rugby at Plumtr ...

(born 1968), Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player *

Amy Ashwood Garvey Amy Ashwood Garvey (''née'' Ashwood; 10 January 1897 – 3 May 1969) was a Jamaican Pan-Africanist activist. She was a director of the Black Star Line Steamship Corporation, and along with her former husband Marcus Garvey she founded the ''Neg ...

(1897–1969), Jamaican Pan-Africanist activist, first wife of Marcus Garvey * Amy Jacques Garvey (1895–1973), Jamaican-American journalist; widow of Marcus Garvey *

Anthony O'Garvey Anthony O’Garvey was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore from 1747 to 1763 or 1766 during the Recusancy in Ireland. He succeeded to a vacant bishopric administered by the Archbishops of Armagh and was succeeded by Bishop Denis Maguire. Bishop ...

(1747–1766), Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore * Art Garvey (1900–1973), professional American football player *

Batty Garvey Batty Walter Garvey (5 October 1865 – 18 February 1911) was an English footballer who played in The Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales ...

(1864–1932), English footballer * Brian Garvey (comics) (born 1961), comic book artist * Brian Garvey (footballer) (born 1937), English former footballer *

Bruce Garvey Bruce Noble Garvey (c. 1939 – 1 August 2010) was a British-born Canadian journalist and editor. Born in London, England, Garvey moved to Ontario, Canada at age 19 and worked at various newspapers such as the ''Stratford Beacon-Herald''. Af ...

(c. 1939–2010), British-born Canadian journalist and editor * Chuck Garvey, American rock band guitarist *

Conor Garvey Conor Gravey is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played in the 2010 All-Ireland Final. He operates at full-back. Career He was not allowed to play in the 2012 Ulster Senior Final because of a suspension. He was thought to have put a stamp on ...

( 2010s), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Cyndy Garvey Cyndy Garvey (née Cynthia Truhan) (born July 16, 1949, Detroit, Michigan) is an American television personality and former wife of baseball player Steve Garvey. Career Cyndy Garvey replaced Sarah Purcell as Regis Philbin's co-host of the local n ...

(born 1949), American television personality, first wife of baseball player Steve Garvey *

Damien Garvey Damien Garvey is an Australian actor and former musician known for his film and television roles. Early life Garvey graduated from Padua College in 1982. Career Garvey had guest roles in several drama series in his early part of his act ...

, Australian film and television actor * Dan Edward Garvey (1886–1974), American politician, governor of Arizona 1948–1951 *

Daniel Garvey Daniel Garvey is an American academic and administrator. He is the former president of Prescott College in Arizona. Prior to becoming president of Prescott College, Garvey was a professor at the University of New Hampshire. He works at Prescott Co ...

, American educator and academic * Ed Garvey (1940-2017), American lawyer, activist, and politician *

Edmund Garvey Edmund Garvey (1740 in Kilkenny — 28 May 1813) was an landscape painter from Ireland. Garvey worked in oil and water-colour. Life and career Born in Kilkenny, Ireland, he first studied under Robert Carver and then in Rome. The bulk of his ...

(1740–1813), Irish painter *

Eugene A. Garvey Eugene Augustine Garvey (October 6, 1845 – October 22, 1920) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Altoona, serving from 1901 until his death in 1920. Biography Early life and education Garvey was born ...

(1845–1920), Irish American Roman Catholic priest, first Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania *

Guy Garvey Guy Edward John Garvey (born 6 March 1974) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and BBC Radio 6 Music presenter. He is the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Elbow. Early life Garvey grew up in Bury, Lancashire. His father was a gr ...

(born 1974), English rock singer and guitarist *

James Garvey (footballer) James Patrick Garvey (Q1 1878 – after 1905) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Hulme, Garvey began his career with Wigan County in the Lancashire League. He joined Newton Heath in May 1900 as a ...

(1878–after 1901), English footballer *

James Garvey (Louisiana politician) James Garvey may refer to: * James Garvey (footballer) (1880–?), English footballer * James Garvey (philosopher) James Garvey (born 1967) is an American philosopher based in Britain. Career He is Managing Director of the Royal Institute of Ph ...

(born 1964), American lawyer and politician * James Garvey, American philosopher based in Britain * Jane Garvey, American administrator of the FAA 1997–2002 *

Jane Garvey (broadcaster) Jane Susan Garvey (born 23 June 1964) is a British radio presenter, until recently of BBC Radio 4's ''Woman's Hour'', and co-founder of the weekly podcast series ''Fortunately'' (since March 2017). Garvey's was the first voice on BBC Radio 5 L ...

(born 1964), British radio presenter * John Garvey, several people *

Kate Garvey Kate Garvey (born ) is an English public relations executive and a former aide to British prime minister Tony Blair. She is a co-founder of Project Everyone, a communications and campaigning agency promoting the United Nations' Sustainable Deve ...

, British public relations executive *

Marcel Garvey Marcel Garvey (born 21 April 1983) is an English former rugby union player. He is first generation British born with Jamaican parents. He went to St Peter's High School, Gloucester, the same school as former Gloucester teammate Ryan Lamb. Garv ...

(born 1983), English rugby union player * Marcus Garvey (1887–1940), Jamaican journalist, founder of the Back-to-Africa movement * Michael Garvey (born 1965), former Australian rules footballer *

Mike Garvey Michael Garvey (born September 13, 1962) is an American professional stock car racing driver who currently works as a crew chief in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for DGM Racing's No. 90 Chevrolet Camaro. As a driver, he competed in NASCAR and the Ame ...

(born 1962), American NASCAR driver *

Philomena Garvey Philomena Garvey (26 April 1926 – 5 May 2009) was an Irish amateur golfer, the daughter of James and Kathleen Garvey (née Owens). She was born in the village of Baltray, which is on the north shore of the Boyne estuary approximately four miles ...

(1926–2009), Irish amateur golfer * Rea Garvey (born 1973), Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist *

Robert Garvey Robert Garvey (1908–1983) was a Jewish author. He served as Executive Secretary of the Jewish Book Publishers Association (1972–1976). Robert Garvey died in New York in 1983. Partial bibliography *''Good Shabbos, Everybody!'' (illustrated by ...

(1908–1983), Jewish author *Sir Ronald Garvey (1903–1991), British colonial administrator * Steve Garvey (born 1948), American professional baseball player * Steve Garvey, (born 1958), British bass guitarist of the punk band Buzzcocks *

Steve Garvey (footballer) Stephen Hugh Garvey (born 22 November 1973 in Stalybridge, Cheshire) is an English former professional footballer. Garvey, a winger, began his career as a trainee with Dario Gradi's Crewe Alexandra in 1991. He remained at Gresty Road for seven ...

(born 1973), English former professional footballer *Sir

Terence Garvey Sir Terence Garvey KCMG (7 December 1915 – 7 December 1986) was a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to the USSR. Career Terence Willcocks Garvey was educated at Felsted School and University College, Oxford (w ...

(1915–1986), British diplomat, High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to the USSR *

W. Timothy Garvey W. Timothy Garvey is an American endocrinologist and Butterworth Professor of Medicine in the department of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He is known for his work on diabetes and is director of the medical schoo ...

(born 1952), American professor of medicine

Fictional characters

* Quinn Garvey, in the American TV series

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. *The

Garvey family ''Benidorm'' is a British sitcom written and created by Derren Litten and produced by Tiger Aspect for ITV that aired for ten series from 1 February 2007 until 2 May 2018. The series features an ensemble cast of holiday makers and staff at th ...

, in the British TV series

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. The family consists of Mick, Janice, Michael and Chantelle (''Telle''). *

Preston Garvey ''Fallout 4'' is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fourth main game in the ''Fallout'' series and was released worldwide on November 10, 2015, for PlayStation 4, Win ...

, in the post apocalyptic video game '' Fallout 4'' released in 2015. *Eugene Garvey, in the British TV series ''

Waterloo Road (series 7) The seventh series of the British television drama series ''Waterloo Road (TV series), Waterloo Road'' began broadcasting on 4 May 2011, and ended on 25 April 2012 on BBC One. The series follows the lives of the faculty and pupils of the eponymo ...

''. *Jonathan Garvey, in the TV show '' Little House on the Prairie'' played by Merlin Olsen. *The Garvey Family in the TV series '' The Leftovers'': estranged wife, Laurie, children, Tom and Jill, and father, Kevin, played by Justin Theroux.

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The Irish Chiefs and Clans in Ulidia, or Down and Part of Antrim
Library Ireland {{surname Surnames of Irish origin Irish families Irish royal families Ulaid

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