O'Kelly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aloysius O'Kelly
Aloysius O'Kelly (3 July 1853 in Dublin – 12 January 1936) was an Irish painter.
Early life
Aloysius was born to John and Bridget O'Kelly in Peterson's Lane (now Lombard Street East), Dublin 3 July 1853. He was the youngest of four boys ...
(1853–1936), Irish painter, brother of James Joseph O'Kelly
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Auguste O'Kelly
Auguste O'Kelly (13 July 1829 – 16 February 1900) was a Franco-Irish music publisher in Paris between 1872 and 1888.
Life
Auguste O'Kelly was born as Louis Auguste Kelly in Boulogne-sur-Mer as the second son of the Dublin-born piano teacher Jose ...
(1829–1900), music publisher in Paris
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Christopher O'Kelly
Christopher Patrick John O'Kelly (18 November 1895 – 15 November 1922) was a Canadian First World War officer and prospector. O'Kelly was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of ...
(1895–1922), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Don O'Kelly (1924–1966), American actor
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Edward Peter O'Kelly
Edward Peter O'Kelly (4 July 1846 – 22 July 1914) was an Irish nationalist politician who was a member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom both in 1895, and between 1910 and 1914.
Early life
O'Kelly was born on 4 July 1846 in Balt ...
(1846–1914), Irish politician
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Gabriel O'Kelly
The Most Reverend Gabriel O'Kelly (died 4 August 1731) was an Irish Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Bishop of Elphin
The Bishop of Elphin (; ) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Elphin, County Roscomm ...
(died 1731), Irish clergyman
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George O'Kelly
George Alexandre O'Kelly (12 October 1831 – 2 September 1914) was a Franco-Irish pianist and composer, who spent much of his career in Boulogne-sur-Mer. A member of a family of musicians, he was the only one with several orchestral scores to his ...
(1831–1914), Franco-Irish pianist and composer
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Henri O'Kelly
Joseph Pierre Henri O'Kelly (23 June 1859 – 15 March 1938) was a Franco-Irish composer, pianist, organist and choir director, based in Paris. A minor composer in the Impressionist school, as a conductor he made outstanding contributions to French ...
(1859–1938), Franco-Irish composer, pianist and organist
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James O'Kelly
James O'Kelly (1735 – October 16, 1826) was an American clergyman during the Second Great Awakening and an important figure in the early history of Methodism in America. He was also known for his outspoken views on abolitionism, penning the str ...
(1735–1826), American Methodist clergyman
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James Joseph O'Kelly
James Joseph O'Kelly (1845 – 22 December 1916) was an Irish nationalist journalist, politician and member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented t ...
(1845–1916), Irish politician
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John J. O'Kelly
John Joseph O'Kelly ( ga, Seán Ua Ceallaigh; known as Sceilg; 7 July 1872 – 26 March 1957) was an Irish republican politician, author and publisher who served as President of Sinn Féin from 1926 to 1931, Minister for Education from 1921 t ...
(1872–1957), Irish politician
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Joseph O'Kelly
Joseph O'Kelly (29 January 1828 – 9 January 1885), composer, pianist and choral conductor, was the most prominent member of a family of Irish musicians in 19th- and early 20th-century France. He wrote nine operas, four cantatas, numerous piano ...
(1828–1885), Franco-Irish composer and pianist
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Malcolm O'Kelly
Malcolm O'Kelly (born 19 July 1974) is an Irish former rugby union player who played as a Lock (rugby union), lock for Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland and Leinster Rugby, Leinster.
O'Kelly was born in Chelmsford, England, and attended ...
(born 1974), Irish rugby player
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Roger Demosthenes O'Kelly
Roger Demosthenes O'Kelly (October 25, 1880 – July 11, 1962) was a deaf, mute, partially-blind African-American lawyer.
" 'Kellyclaimed the distinction of being the only Negro deaf lawyer in the United States and the second deaf person to gra ...
(1880–1962), African-American lawyer
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Seán T. O'Kelly
Seán Thomas O'Kelly ( ga, Seán Tomás Ó Ceallaigh; 25 August 1882 – 23 November 1966), originally John T. O'Kelly, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the second president of Ireland from June 1945 to June 1959. He also serve ...
(1882–1966), Irish politician, second President of Ireland
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Seumas O'Kelly
Seumas O'Kelly (1881 – 14 November 1918) was an Irish journalist, fiction writer, and playwright.
Born in Loughrea, County Galway, O'Kelly was educated locally and began his career as a journalist with the Cork newspaper ''Southern Star' ...
(1881–1918), Irish writer
Fictional characters
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Michael the O'Kelly Paddy Manning O'Brine was an Irish writer of thrillers and television screenplays about whom surprisingly little is known. His date of birth is uncertain: at least one authoritative source gives it as 1915; the dust jacket of his last American publ ...
, hero of seven books by Manning O'Brine
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The Kellys and the O'Kellys
''The Kellys and the O'Kellys'' is a novel by Anthony Trollope. It was written in Ireland and published in 1848.
References
External links
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Plot summary at AnthonyTrollope.com
1848 British novels
Novels by Anthony Trollope ...
'', the second novel of Anthony Trollope
See also
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Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
Albéric Joseph Rodolphe Marie Robert Ghislain O'Kelly de Galway (17 May 1911, in Anderlecht – 3 October 1980, in Brussels) was a Belgian chess Grandmaster (1956), an International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1962), and the third ICCF W ...
(1911–1980), Belgian chess grandmaster
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Mary O'Kelly de Galway (1905-1999), Irish Belgian resistance operative
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Anglicised Irish-language surnames