Sugrue () is an anglicized form of the

Irish Language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

surname , meaning "descendant of Siocfhradh", or Ó Siochrú the modern Gaelic equivalent of Ó Seochrú, which in turn is a Gaelic version of the old norse German given first name

Siegfried Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''frithu'' "protection, peace". The German name has the Old Norse cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid' ...

, meaning "victory and peace". It probably links to the name

Ó Súilleabháin O'Sullivan ( ga, Ó Súilleabháin, Súileabhánach) is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Cork and County Kerry. The surname is associated with the southwestern part of Ireland, and was originally found in Count ...

, most likely a minor sept of this family, and owes its origins to the province of Munster, mainly the counties of Kerry, Cork, and Limerick, Kerry being the more numerous. Although this name is not the most popular by way of rank for this province, it is most certainly not rare for this part of Ireland. The name is uniquely Irish in that it predates Norman settlement, and although scholars cannot pinpoint exactly when the name first appeared in Ireland, it is thought most probably to be an adoption of a small, early Norse settlement, most probably between 8th and 10th century AD. First-name adoption was a common and fashionable practice in early Ireland, as there were no hereditary surnames until around the 11th century, therefore the first name often became the last name once this system was introduced. The family's motto is "Lamh Foistenach Abu", "The Hand Of Victory". Various forms for the name Sugrue are: Ó Siochfhradha, Ó Seochfhradha, Ó Seochrú, Ó Siochrú, Ó Siocfhradha, Ó Siochradha, Shuckerow, Shugrue, Sughrue, O'Sughrue, and Sichwroe. The surname Sugrue may refer to: *

Betty Sugrue Betty Sugrue is a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1971. She won All Ireland senior medals in Cork's four in a row of 1970–73. References External links Camogie.ieOfficial Camogie Ass ...

, Irish camogie player *

Elizabeth Sugrue Elizabeth "Liz" Sugrue ; ( – 1807), also known as Lady Betty, was an Irish executioner. A minor historical character, she remains a well-known figure in popular culture. Life Born around 1750, Sugrue was left destitute after the death of h ...

(1740s–1807), executioner * James Sugrue, Irish golfer * John Sugrue, Irish sportsman * Mark Sugrue (born 1993), Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler * Patrick Sugrue, Irish language author and educator * Paul Sugrue (born 1960), British footballer *

Thomas Sugrue Thomas J. Sugrue (born 1962, Detroit, Michigan) is an American historian of the 20th-century United States at New York University. From 1991 to 2015, he was the David Boies Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and ...

(born 1962), American historian *

Thomas Joseph Sugrue Thomas Joseph Sugrue (1907–1953) was an American writer. He is best known today as the writer of ''There Is a River'', the only biography of Edgar Cayce written during Cayce’s lifetime and the book that made the psychic a household name in 1942. ...

(1907–1953), American writer *

Tommy Sugrue Tommy Sugrue is a Gaelic football referee from County Kerry. He is from, and lives in, Tralee. Sugrue refereed four finals of the All-Ireland SFC during the 1980s and 1990s: 1988 (both the drawn game and replay), 1992 and 1994. Career He bega ...

, Irish Gaelic football referee

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