Quealy or Quealey is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

in the

English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...

. It is derived from one of several names in

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

: ''

Ó Cadhla ''Ó Cadhla'' is a masculine surname in the Irish language. The name translates into English as "descendant of ''Cadhla''". The surname originated as a patronym, however it no longer refers to the actual name of the bearer's father. The form of ...

'' which is a transcription of: and ''Ua Caollaidhe'' of Uí Bercháin (Ibercon) in

Osraige Osraige (Old Irish) or Osraighe (Classical Irish), Osraí (Modern Irish), anglicized as Ossory, was a medieval Irish kingdom comprising what is now County Kilkenny and western County Laois, corresponding to the Diocese of Ossory. The home of t ...

Notable people with the surname

Chelsea Quealey Chelsea Ellsworth Quealey (March 12, 1905 in Sandy Hook, Connecticut – May 6, 1950 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American jazz trumpeter. Quealey began as a reedist but eventually settled on trumpet, playing with Jan Garber in 1925 and the Calif ...

(1905–1950), American jazz trumpeter *

Gerit Quealy Gerit Quealy is an American writer, editor, and actor. She is the co-author of ''Wedding Flowers'' (2003) and ''Wedding Cakes and Flowers'' (2006), and an editor of ''Fifty Things to Do When You Turn Fifty'' (2005). Quealy has also written for t ...

(born 1960), American writer, editor, Shakespearean scholar and actor *

Jim Quealey James Leslie Quealey (born 20 June 1917) was an Australian professional rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams o ...

(1917–?), Australian professional rugby league footballer *

Michael Quealy Michael A. Quealy (died September 2002) was a Fine Gael politician in Ireland. He was a senator from 1987 to 1989, elected to the 18th Seanad on the Agricultural Panel The Agricultural Panel () is one of five vocational panels which toget ...

(fl. 1980s), former Fine Gael politician in Ireland *Patrick Quealy (1857–1930), founder of

Kemmerer, Wyoming Kemmerer is the largest city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. Its population was 2,656 at the 2010 census. History Explorer John C. Frémont discovered coal in the area during his second expedition in 1843. The ...

* William H. Quealy (1913–1993), judge of the United States Tax Court

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