Clancy
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Origin | |
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Language(s) | Irish |
Meaning | "(son of the) red warrior" |
Region of origin | Ireland |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Mac Fhlannchaidh |
Clancyis an Irish name coming from the GaelicMac Fhlannchaidh/Mac Fhlannchadha,meaning "Son of the red/ruddy warrior" (Mac being for sons,Ní Fhlannchaidh/Ní Fhlannchadhawould be for daughters),[1][2]or as ahypocorismforClarence.The surname originated from two different families, one inThomondand one in the present dayCounty Leitrim.[3]
Notable people with the name include:
As a first name
[edit]- Clancy Barone(born 1963), American football coach
- Clancy Brown(born 1959), American actor and comedian
- Clancy Chassay,English journalist
- Clancy Cooper(1906–1975), American actor
- Clancy Eccles(1940–2005), Jamaican reggae singer
- Clancy Edwards(born 1955), American track and field sprinter
- Clancy Fernando(1938–1992), Sri Lankan admiral
- Clancy Hayes(1908–1972), American singer
- Clancy O'Connor(born 1982), American actor
- Clancy Pendergast(born 1967), American football coach
- Clancy Rudeforth(born 1983), Australian rules footballer
- Clancy Sigal(1926–2017), American writer
- Clancy Smyres(1922–2007), American baseball player
- Clancy Williams(1942–1986), American footballer
As a last name
[edit]- Abigail Clancy,English model
- Al Clancy,American baseball player
- Bobby Clancy,Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
- Boetius Clancy,Irish MP
- Claire Clancy,Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales, and first woman to be Registrar of Companies for England and Wales
- Conor Clancy (Clare hurler)(born 1971), Irish hurler
- Conor Clancy (Offaly hurler)(born 1993), Irish hurler
- Cummin Clancy(1922–2013), Irish discus thrower
- Daniel J. Clancy,American computer scientist
- Dara Clancy, Irish musician, frontman of Soundstrand
- Dave Clancy,British ice hockey player
- Donald D. Clancy,American politician
- Edward Clancy (disambiguation),several people
- Finbarr Clancy,Irish folk musician, member of the High Kings
- Frank Willey Clancy,American lawyer and politician
- George Clancy (politician),Irish teacher and politician
- George Clancy (rugby union),Irish rugby union referee
- Gil Clancy(1922–2011), American boxing trainer and commentator
- Gordon Drummond Clancy,Canadian politician
- Jack Clancy,American football player
- James Clancy (disambiguation),several people
- Jim Clancy (baseball player),American baseball player
- Jim Clancy (journalist),American broadcast journalist
- Joe Clancy,American football player
- John Clancy (disambiguation),several people
- Joseph Clancy (Wisconsin),American politician
- J. J. Clancy (MP),Irish member of the British Parliament
- Kendrick Clancy,American football player
- Kevin Clancy,Scottish football referee
- Kevin Clancy (Royal Mint),British numismatist
- King Clancy,Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Laurence Clancy,British aerodynamicist, academic and author
- Liam Clancy(1935–2009), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
- Mary Clancy(born 1948), Canadian politician
- Matthew Clancy,Irish Gaelic footballer
- Michael Clancy,Governor and Commander-in-Chief of St. Helena and Dependencies, husband of Claire Clancy
- Michael Martin Clancy,Irish catholic priest in Australia
- Natalie Clancy,Canadian journalist
- Patrick Clancy,Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
- Patrick Clancy (Irish politician),Irish politician for Limerick
- Patty Clancy,American politician
- Pauric Clancy,Irish Gaelic football player
- Peadar Clancy,member of the Irish Republican Army
- Robert H. Clancy,American Representative from Michigan (1923–25, 1927–33)
- Professor Robert Clancy,Australian scientist
- Sam Clancy,American football and basketball player
- Sam Clancy Jr.,American basketball player, son of the above
- Seán Clancy,member of the Irish Volunteers
- Sean Clancy (disambiguation),several people
- Susan Clancy,American psychologist and ufologist
- T. Frank Clancy,American politician
- Taliqua Clancy(born 1992), Australian beach volleyball player
- Thomas Owen Clancy,American historian
- Tim Clancy,Irish footballer
- Tom Clancy(1947–2013), American author
- Tom Clancy (singer),Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
- William Clancy,Irish missionary
- Willie Clancy (musician),Irish Uilleann pipes player
- Willie Clancy (hurler),Irish hurler
Fictional characters
[edit]- Kanuka Clancy,one of the main characters from the anime series Mobile Police Patlabor
- Chief Wiggum,Clancy Wiggum, character onThe Simpsons
- Clancy Freeman,a recurring character inBlue Heelers
- Clancy, the protagonist in bandTwenty One Pilots' 4th-7th albums (Blurryface,Trench,Scaled and Icy,andClancy)
- Clancy of the Overflow,the titular character in aBanjo Patersonpoem, possibly based on Australian drover Thomas Gerald Clancy
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Grenham, John (1994).The Little Book of Irish Clans.Dublin, Ireland: John Hinde. p.15.ISBN0-7858-0083-2.
- ^"Mac Fhlannchadha - Irish Names and Surnames".www.libraryireland.com.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^"Mac Fhlannchadha - Irish Names and Surnames".www.libraryireland.com.Retrieved14 April2021.