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 and

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...

. People with the surname O'Casey include: *

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. ...

(1880–1964), Irish playwright *

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 *

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 * Lance O'Casey, cartoon character *

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

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