Slattery is a surname of

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 ...

origin. The name is an

anglicisation Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

of the ga, Ó Slatara or ''Ó Slatraigh'', meaning 'descendant of slatra' meaning 'robust', 'strong', 'bold'. The name originated in the townland of Ballyslattery in the barony of

Tulla Upper Tulla Upper (or Tullagh Upper) is a barony in County Clare, Ireland. This ancient geographical division of land is in turn divided into seven civil parishes. Legal context Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions ...

in east

County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. The Slattery coat of arms which shows three red submissive lions against a white background indicates a family that are magnanimous in warfare and yet kind and warm in peacetime. Notable people named Slattery include: *

Bevan Slattery Bevan Andrew Slattery is an Australian technology entrepreneur who has built a number of businesses that handle data and telecommunications. Early life Bevan grew up in Rockhampton, Queensland, where he attended Frenchville State School. He g ...

, Australian technology entrepreneur *

Brian Slattery Brian Slattery, B.A., BCL, D.Phil., F.R.S.C., is a Professor Emeritus of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a prominent academic in Canadian Constitutional Law and Aboriginal rights discourse. He ...

, Canadian academic *

Edward James Slattery Edward James Slattery (born August 11, 1940) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa in Oklahoma from 1993 to 2016. Biography Early life The second of seven children, Edward Slatter ...

, American Roman Catholic bishop *

Fergus Slattery John Fergus Slattery (born 12 February 1949 in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) is a former rugby union player who represented Ireland. He played schools rugby for Blackrock College and then moved on to play senior rugby for UCD, before earning a call ...

, Irish rugby union player * Francis Slattery, American naval submarine commander * Harry A. Slattery, American lawyer and statesman *

Henry Slattery Henry Slattery (born 22 January 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Slattery was recruited by Essendon with selection 46 in the 2004 A ...

, Australian football player * Jack Slattery, American baseball player *

James M. Slattery James Michael Slattery (July 29, 1878 – August 28, 1948) was a United States senator from Illinois. Born in Chicago, he attended parochial schools and St. Ignatius College (now known as Loyola University Chicago). He was employed as a sec ...

, United States Senator *

Jim Slattery James Charles Slattery (born August 4, 1948) is an American politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district as a Democrat, was the Democratic nominee for governor in ...

, United States politician *

Jimmy Slattery James Edward Slattery (August 25, 1904 in Buffalo, New York – August 30, 1960) was an American professional boxer in the light heavyweight (175 lb) division. He was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 1992, Buffalo Vetera ...

, New York boxer * John Henry Slattery, Colorado businessman *

John Slattery John M. Slattery Jr. (born August 13, 1962) is an American actor and director widely known for his role as Roger Sterling Jr. in the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–15), for which he was nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award fo ...

, American actor *

Joseph Patrick Slattery Father Joseph Patrick Slattery, CM (21 May 1866 – 31 March 1931) was an Irish-born physicist, radiologist, Catholic priest, pioneer in the field of radiography in Australia and credited with the first use of fluoroscopy in Australia. Born in ...

, Australian physicist, radiologist, Catholic priest *

Martin Slattery Martin Paul Slattery (born 30 December 1973 in Blackburn) is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer. He plays electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, saxophone, and flute. Slattery was first a member of Joe Strummer's backing band Th ...

, British musician *

Michael Slattery (archbishop) Michael Slattery (1783–1857) was a Roman Catholic clergyman who served as the Archbishop of Cashel & Emly from 1833 to 1857. He was born at Tipperary Town in Ireland in 1783, and was educated at the Abbey School there. He entered Trinity Coll ...

, Irish priest *

Michael Slattery (hurler) Michael "Boxer" Slattery is a hurler from County Kerry in Ireland. He has played with Ballyheigue and the Kerry senior team. Club career Slattery has won 3 County Senior Championships with Ballyheigue in 1996,1997 and 2000 when he was captain ...

, Irish hurler *

Michael Slattery (Gaelic footballer) Michael Slattery (1866-1960) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. His championship career with the Limerick senior team lasted three seasons from 1887 until 1889. Slattery made his inter-county debut during the 1887 championship when the Commercial ...

, Irish Gaelic footballer *

Michael Slattery (admiral) Rear Admiral Michael John Slattery, (born 1954) is a Royal Australian Naval Reserve officer and lawyer. He has been a justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 2009 and the Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force sinc ...

, Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force *

Mike Slattery (baseball) Michael J. Slattery (November 26, 1866 – October 16, 1904) was an American professional baseball player. He played five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1884 and 1891 for the Boston Reds, New York Giants (NL), New York Giants (PL), Cinc ...

, Major League Baseball player *

Mike Slattery (politician) Mike Slattery (September 3, 1981) is a Democratic former member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 24th district from 2009 to 2013. He is the son of Jim Slattery, who served Kansas's 2nd district from 1983 to 1995. He was ...

, Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives *

Richard X. Slattery Richard Xavier Slattery (June 26, 1925 – January 27, 1997) was an American character actor in film, theater and television. Slattery appeared in such films as ''A Distant Trumpet'', ''The Boston Strangler'', '' Walking Tall'', ''The No Mercy M ...

, American actor *

Ryan Slattery Ryan Paul Slattery is an American film and television actor, writer, producer, and director. Slattery is most notable for his work in the MGM film ''Sleepover'' as Peter, the kind-hearted boy who befriends Yancy, played by Kallie Flynn Childres ...

, American film and television actor *

Tadhg Slattery Tadhg Slattery is a Paralympic swimmer from South Africa competing mainly in category SB5 events. He has cerebral palsy and is deaf. Slattery competed as part of the South African Paralympic swimming team at six Paralympic games. His ...

, South African swimmer who competed in six Paralympic Games *

Tony Slattery Tony Declan James Slattery (born 9 November 1959) is an English actor and comedian. He appeared on British television regularly from the mid-1980s, most notably as a regular on the Channel 4 improvisation show ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' His ...

, English actor and comedian *

Troy Slattery Troy Slattery (born 6 August 1973) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Huddersfield Giants, and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Wakefield ...

, Australian rugby league footballer Fictional characters with the name Slattery include: *

Trevor Slattery Trevor Slattery is a fictional character portrayed by Ben Kingsley in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). An actor hired to portray the legendary terrorist leader of the Ten Rings dubbed " the Mandarin", he first appeared in the film ''Iron Man ...

, a character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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