O'Shea is a surname and, less often, a given name. It is an anglicized form of the Irish patronymic name Ó Séaghdha or
Ó Sé, originating in the Kingdom of
Corcu Duibne in
County Kerry
County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ...
. Historian C. Thomas Cairney states that the O'Sheas were from the Corcu Duibne tribe, who were from the
Erainn tribe, the second wave of
Celts
The Celts ( , see Names of the Celts#Pronunciation, pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European languages, Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apoge ...
to settle in Ireland from about 500 to 100
BC (according to the now discredited model of
T. F. O'Rahilly).
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
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Alicia O'Shea Petersen (1862–1923), Australian suffragist
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Barbara O'Shea, Australian politician
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Brian O'Shea (boxer), American boxer
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Brian O'Shea (politician) (born 1944), Irish politician
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Clarrie O'Shea (1906–1988), Australian labour union secretary
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Conor O'Shea (born 1970), Irish Rugby player and coach
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Donal O'Shea, Canadian mathematician
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Franc O'Shea, Swazi musician
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Greg O'Shea, Australian record producer, audio engineer, mix engineer and musician
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Greg O'Shea (rugby union), Irish rugby union player
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Jack O'Shea (born 1957), All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer from County Kerry
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James O'Shea and
John O'Shea, Victorian stone carvers associated with
John Ruskin
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English polymath a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, Critique of politic ...
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Jay O'Shea (born 1988), Irish footballer
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John O'Shea (born 1981), Irish international footballer who has won the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League
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John O'Shea (director) (1920–2001), New Zealand film director
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John O'Shea (humanitarian) (born 1944), Irish founder of
GOAL, international humanitarian organization based in Ireland
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John Augustus O'Shea (1839–1905), Irish soldier, journalist, and writer
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Katharine O'Shea (1846–1921), English wife of Irish politician,
Charles Stewart Parnell
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Kel O'Shea (1933–2015), Australian rugby league footballer
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Kevin O'Shea (basketball) (1925–2003),
All-American college basketball player who later played professionally
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Lucius Trant O'Shea (1858–1920), British chemist and mining engineer
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Mark O'Shea (herpetologist) (born 1956), English herpetologist
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Mark O'Shea (musician) (born 16 February 1977), Australian singer-songwriter
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Michael O'Shea (actor) (1906–1973), American actor
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Mike O'Shea (Canadian football) (born 1970), Canadian football player
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Milo O'Shea (1926–2013), Irish actor
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Natalia O'Shea (born 1976), Russian linguist and musician
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Rick O'Shea (born 1973), Irish radio DJ
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Steve O'Shea, New Zealand marine biologist and environmentalist
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Tessie O'Shea (1913–1995), Welsh entertainer and actress
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Timothy O'Shea (born 1949), vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Edinburgh
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Tony O'Shea (born 1961), English darts player
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William O'Shea (1840–1905), Irish soldier and Member of Parliament
Given name
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Oshae Brissett (born 1998), Canadian basketball player
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Ice Cube (born O'Shea Jackson in 1969), American rapper and actor
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O'Shea Jackson Jr. (born 1991), his son, rapper and actor
See also
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Irish clans
Irish clans are traditional kinship groups sharing a common surname and heritage and existing in a lineage-based society, originating prior to the 17th century. A clan (or in Irish, plural ) included the chief and his Patrilineality, patrilineal ...
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O'Shea (band), an American-based Australian country music duo
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O'Shea and Whelan, an Irish family practice of stonemasons and sculptors
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Jack O'Shea's, meat retailer in Brussels and London
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Shea (disambiguation)
O'Shea, Shea is an Irish surname that is also used in some countries as a gender neutral given name.
Shea may refer to:
People Surname A–H
* Brek Shea (born 1990), American soccer player
* Charles W. Shea (1921–1994), United States Army ...
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Ó Sé –
Irish language
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous ...
spelling of this name
References
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Surnames
Anglicised Irish-language surnames
English-language surnames