Cassidy (surname) explained
Cassidy (Irish: Ó Caiside / Ó Casaide) is a common Irish surname and is sometimes used as a given name. The surname translates to "descendant of Caiside". Variations include: Cassady, Cassiday, Cassedy, Casadei and Cassedey. The family was originally a Munster sept called Uí Chaisín[1] but in the 12th century a branch moved to Devenish Island in County Fermanagh, where they became a medical and poetic family, hereditary physicians to the Maguires.
People
- Barrie Cassidy, Australian journalist
- Bernard Matthew Cassidy, British soldier
- Bill Cassidy, American politician and physician
- Bob Cassidy, mentalist, speaker and author
- Bruce Cassidy, Canadian hockey coach
- Butch Cassidy, notorious Wild West criminal (née Robert LeRoy Parker)
- Christopher Cassidy, American astronaut
- Claudia Cassidy, American critic
- Colette Cassidy, former primetime newsbreak anchor for MSNBC
- Damian Cassidy, Irish Gaelic footballer
- Daniel Cassidy (1943–2008), American writer, filmmaker and academic
- Daniel Cassidy (footballer) (1926–1937), English football player
- David Cassidy (1950–2017), American musician, actor and erstwhile teen idol of Partridge Family fame, son of Jack Cassidy
- Derek Cassidy (born 1986), American football player
- Donie Cassidy, Irish politician and businessman
- Ed Cassidy, American drummer
- Edward Cassidy (1924–2021), Australian Roman Catholic cardinal
- Elaine Cassidy (disambiguation), several people
- Eva Cassidy (1963–1996), American singer
- George Cassidy (disambiguation), several people
- Harry Cassidy, Canadian academic and social reformer
- Jack Cassidy, Irish-American actor, father of David, Shaun and Patrick Cassidy
- James Cassidy (disambiguation), several people
- Joanna Cassidy, American actress
- John Cassidy (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Cassidy (disambiguation), several people named Joe or Joseph
- Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress, daughter of David Cassidy
- Lewis C. Cassidy, Pennsylvania Attorney General
- Matthew Cassidy, Irish footballer
- Michael Cassidy (disambiguation), several people
- Natalie Cassidy, English soap actress
- Orange Cassidy (born 1984), ring name of American professional wrestler James Cipperly
- Owen Cassidy (1862–1911), New York politician
- Patrick Cassidy (disambiguation), several people
- Raffey Cassidy, English child actress
- Raquel Cassidy, English actress
- Scott Cassidy, American baseball player
- Shaun Cassidy, American celebrity, son of Jack Cassidy
- Stephen Cassidy, American labor leader
- Tania Cassidy, New Zealand professor of physical education
- Taylor Cassidy, African-American educator and TikToker
- Ted Cassidy, American actor
- Virginia Dell Blythe Clinton Dwire Kelley, mother of US President Bill Clinton
- William F. Cassidy, American military
Fiction
See also
References
- "The transmission of the cult of St. Maedhog", by Charles Doherty in Ireland and Europe in the Early Middle Ages: Texts and Transmission, Chathain, Proinseas Ni and Michael Richter, eds. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2002
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