Carty or Carthy is a
surname
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likely to have originated from the Irish name Ó Cárthaigh (
Connacht and , ; anglicised as O'Coraic). It took its current form ''Carty'' during later historical events when many Gaelic Irish names were anglicised. It has been speculated that some Irish immigrants to America and/or their descendants added ''Mc'', changing their names to McCarty in the incorrect belief that they were returning the name back to its original form.
The Carty name originates from the south of the island of Ireland
Wexford and could have been a subclan of the much larger
McCarthy clan, and a member of the
Clan Eoghanachta. It has been recorded that the Carty clan was a scattered sept or clan in pre Norman Ireland which may have resulted from an event such as having come off the wrong end of a tribal dispute. Carty settlements can be found across Ireland sometimes in locations that were easy to defend such as Sligo's Coney Island which hosts the remains of a small Carty settlement (town and beach). Carty is a common name today in the Irish counties of:
Wexford,
Cork, Sligo,
Galway and
Roscommon. It is common in
Longford
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under the spelling of
Carthy until the last thirty years.
Carty is recorded amongst the Irish travelling (tinker) community. There may also be an English version of the name Carty which could be derived from the English name Cartwright.
Nicholas Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty, 8th Marquess of Heusden (born 1 May 1952) is an Irish peer, as well a nobleman in the Dutch nobility. He served as an elected Crossbench member of the British House of Lords.
Cartys outside Ireland
In
Montserrat
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, Carty is a common name, due to the Irish settlers on the Island, and some of the African
slaves
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were given the name, which was a common occurrence at the time. The same is true in
Anguilla, there are still European descendants on the island as well as those of African descent.
In 1873, Paul Carty emigrated with his family from Sligo, Ireland to Canada in order to take up the position of Chief Inspector of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. Cartyville is named after his son Michael H. Carty who went on to become a famous Newfoundland lawyer and politician.
Cartys in County Down in Elizabethan times
According to an Elizabethan map of the 1500s, Carty was an important name in the Ards peninsula in Down in the 1500s. Little more is known of this sept at the time.
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In Druí Ua Carthaigh
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, Chief Poet of
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Arthur Carty, Canadian scientist
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Donald J. Carty
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E. Bower Carty
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Elizabeth Carty
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Frank Carty,
Old IRA leader
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Germán Carty
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Club career
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Jay Carty
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John Carty (Irish politician)
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John Carty (musician)
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John J. Carty, American electrical engineer
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Johndale Carty, American football player
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Keacy Carty
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Michael Carty
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Mother Praxedes Carty
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Paddy Carty, Irish musician
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Rico Carty
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Todd Carty, Irish actor
See also
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Carry (name)
References
Carty, ó Cárthaighat freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Carty of Hy Manyclan page
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