O'Casey is a common variation of the Gaelic ''cathasaigh'', meaning ''vigilant'' or ''watchful'', with the added anglicized prefix ''
O''' of the Gaelic ''Ó'', meaning ''grandson'' or ''descendant''. At least six different
sept
A sept is a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish family. The term is used in both Scotland and Ireland, where it may be translated as ''sliocht'', meaning "progeny" or "seed", which may indicate the descendants of a person ( ...
s used this name, primarily in the
Counties
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
of
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
and
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
.
People with the surname O'Casey include:
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Seán O'Casey
Seán O'Casey ( ga, Seán Ó Cathasaigh ; born John Casey; 30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964) was an Irish dramatist and memoirist. A committed socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes.
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(1880–1964), Irish playwright
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Eileen O'Casey
Eileen O'Casey (27 December 1900 - 9 April 1995) was an Irish actress, author, and wife of Sean O'Casey. She used the stage name Eileen Carey.
Early life
Eileen O'Casey was born Eileen Kathleen Reynolds in Dublin on 27 December 1900. She was the ...
(1900–1995), Irish actress, author, and wife of Sean O'Casey
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Breon O'Casey
Breon O'Casey (30 April 1928 – 22 May 2011) was an artist associated with the St Ives School.
Biography
O'Casey was born in London to actress Eileen, née Reynolds, and playwright Seán O'Casey. He was educated at Dartington Hall School in ...
(1928–2011), son of Seán and Eileen O'Casey
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Lance O'Casey, cartoon character
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Ronan O'Casey
Ronan O'Casey (18 August 1922 – 12 April 2012) was a Canadian actor and producer.
Early life
O'Casey was born in Montreal, Quebec, to poet father, Michael Casey, and actress mother, Margaret Sheehy, a Dubliner who had co-starred with the y ...
(1922–2012), Canadian actor and producer
* O'Casey (O'Cathasaigh), chief of Saithne, now Sonagh, in Westmeath; see
Tuite Baronets
See also
*
Casey (surname)
Casey is a common variation of the Irish Gaelic ''Cathasaigh/Cathaiseach'', meaning ''vigilant'' or ''watchful''. At least six different septs used this name, primarily in the Counties of Cork and Dublin.
People with the surname Casey include:
...
*
Casey (disambiguation)
References
Surname DB
External links
* http://caseycloudconcepts.blogspot.com/2011/01/whats-in-name-casey.html?showComment=1350277679751#c2813048136101307288
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