Ó Cléirigh Explained

O'Cleary or O'Clery (ga|'''Ó Cléirigh''') is the surname of a Gaelic Irish family. It is one of the oldest recorded surnames in Europe^[1]

Naming conventions

See main article: Irish personal naming system. The name has been Anglicised variously as O'Clery, Cleary, Clery, Clark, Clarke and Clarkson.

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People with the surname

Ó Cléirigh

• Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, fl. 964
• Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh (fl. 1595–1630)
• Mícheál Ó Cléirigh (ca. 1590–1643), considered the chief author of the chronicle of medieval Irish history known as the Annals of the Four Masters
• Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh (died 1664)

O'Clery

• Keyes O'Clery
• Conor O'Clery

Cleary

• Bernard Cleary (born 1937), Canadian politician
• Beverly Cleary (1916–2021), American author
• Bill Cleary (born 1934), American hockey player
• Brendan Cleary (born 1958), Irish poet
• Brian P. Cleary (born 1959), American humorist, poet and author
• Daniel Cleary (born 1978), Canadian hockey player
• Gabriel Cleary, Irish engineer
• Ivan Cleary, rugby league footballer and coach
• Joe Cleary (1918–2004), Irish baseball player
• John Cleary (disambiguation), several people
• Jon Cleary (born 1917), Australian author
• Jon Cleary (musician) (born 1962), American musician
• Mark Cleary (professor) (born 1954), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bradford
• Michael Cleary, several people
• Nikki Cleary (born 1988), American singer
• Paul Cleary (born 1976), Australian middle-distance runner
• Phil Cleary (born 1952), Australian commentator
• Patrick Roger Cleary, founder of Cleary University
• Sean Cleary (footballer) (born 1983), Irish football player
• Sean Cleary, Irish rugby league footballer
• Thomas Cleary, American author and translator
• William J. Cleary (1870–1952), American politician

Clarke

• Austin Clarke (poet) (1896–1974), Irish poet
• Henry Edward Clarke (1829–1892), businessman and politician in Ontario, Canada
• Henry Joseph Clarke (1833–1889), Premier of Manitoba, Canada, 1874–1878
• Peter Clarke (tennis) (born 1979), Irish tennis player
• Philip Clarke (politician) (born 1933), Irish Republican Army member and politician
• Tom Clarke (Irish republican) (1857–1916), executed for his part in the 1916 Rising

Other institutions

• Cleary University, a private business school in Michigan, United States
• Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, an international law firm
• The Clery Act of United States law
• Clerys, an Irish department store

See also

• McCleary (surname)

References

Bibliography

• Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature, Robert Walsh, 1996.
• Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, His Associates and St Anthony's College Louvain, Nollaig Ó Muraíle (editor), Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2007.

External links

• O'Clery family pedigree at Library Ireland
• Ó Cléirigh ancestor search at Irish Times
• Clan Ó Cléirigh DNA Project at Family Tree DNA
• The O’Clerys: hereditary historians and poets at History Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: A dozen things you might not know about Irish names . 2023-11-29 . The Irish Times . en.
2. News: Ó Clérigh. Sloinne. 5 December 2015.