Moriarty is an Irish surname. It may also refer to:

Places

* Moriarty, New Mexico, United States, a city **

Moriarty Air Force Station Moriarty Air Force Station (ADC ID: P-51) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east-northeast of Moriarty, New Mexico. It was closed in 1961. History In late 1951 Air Defense Command selected ...

, a closed United States Air Force radar station *

Mount Moriarty Mount Moriarty is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located southwest of Parksville, British Columbia, Parksville and southeast of Mount Arrowsmith.

, British Columbia, Canada *

Moriarty, Tasmania Moriarty is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of Latrobe, in the North West region of Tasmania. It is located about east of the town of Devonport. The 2016 census determined a population of 223 for the state su ...

, a locality in Tasmania, Australia *

Moriarty Rocks The Moriarty Rocks, part of the Passage Group within the Furneaux Group, are a group of two major unpopulated granite rocks, and several smaller ones, with a combined area of , located in Bass Strait, south of Cape Barren Island, west of the Lo ...

, Tasmania, Australia * 5048 Moriarty, a main-belt asteroid

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

Professor Moriarty Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character and criminal mastermind created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to be a formidable enemy for the author's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. He was created primarily as a device by which Doyle could ...

, Sherlock Holmes' nemesis *

Jim Moriarty James Moriarty (born 20 June 1953) is a New Zealand actor and theatre director, who began acting professionally in 1967. He came to national attention and is probably best known for his role as the school teacher Riki Winiata in the 1970s soap ...

, one of the main antagonists in the British TV series ''Sherlock'' * Jamie Moriarty, aka Irene Adler, in the TV series '' Elementary'' * Moriarty, aka Mira Troy, in the 2022 movie

Enola Holmes 2 ''Enola Holmes 2'' is a 2022 mystery film and the sequel to the 2020 film '' Enola Holmes'', both of which star Millie Bobby Brown as the title character, the teenage sister of the already-famous Victorian-era detective Sherlock Holmes. The fil ...

, starring Millie Bobby Brown * Jack Moriarty, in the Holmes-inspired television series ''

House A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...

'' *

Count Jim Moriarty Count Jim Moriarty (also called Count Jim Moriarty of the House of Roland) is a character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy ''The Goon Show''. He was voiced by Spike Milligan. In the episode "The Macreekie Rising of '74", Harry Secombe filled-in for ...

, character in ''The Goon Show'' * Moriarty, from In Error in Rudyard Kipling's Plain Tales from the Hills * Dean Moriarty, in the novel ''

On the Road ''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonis ...

'' by Jack Kerouac * Moriarty, in the 1970 film '' Kelly's Heroes'' * Colin Moriarty, crime boss and owner of Moriarty's Saloon in the video game '' Fallout 3'' * Mark Moriarty, in the 1993 DOS game ''

Eagle Eye Mysteries ''Eagle Eye Mysteries'' is a two-part series of educational computer games developed by Stormfront Studios and published by EA*Kids. The in-game protagonists are twins Jake and Jennifer Eagle who form the Eagle Eye Detective Agency. The character ...

Other

* Moriarty (band), a French-American group * ''Moriarty'' (novel), by Anthony Horowitz

People

Moriarty (name) The name Moriarty is an Anglicized version of the Irish name Ó Muircheartaigh which originated in County Kerry in Ireland. ''Ó Muircheartaigh'' can be translated to mean 'navigator' or 'sea worthy', as the Irish word ''muir'' means sea ( cog ...

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