Galvin (surname) explained

Galvin (Gallivan) is a name of Irish extraction which originated as a Clare sept of the Dál Cais dynasty. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Galvins were one of the chiefly families of the Dal gCais or Dalcassians who were a tribe of the Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland between about 500 and 100 BC.^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Bob Galvin (1922–2011), Chairman and CEO of Motorola
• Connor Galvin (born 2000), American football player
• Elliot Galvin, British musician
• Fred Galvin, American mathematician
• John Galvin (soldier), American general and academic administrator
• John Galvin (Irish politician), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• Keith Galvin, Gaelic footballer
• Kevin Galvin, business activist
• Martin Galvin, Irish-American lawyer and political activist
• Mick Galvin Irish footballer
• Noah Galvin, American actor
• Pat Galvin (1911–1980), Australian politician
• Pat Galvin (public servant) (born 1933), Australian public servant
• Patrick Galvin, Irish writer and poet
• Patrick Galvin (footballer) (1882–1918), English footballer
• Paul Galvin (businessman), founder of Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, later renamed Motorola
• Paul Galvin (Gaelic footballer), Irish footballer
• Pud Galvin, American baseball player
• Sheila Galvin Irish politician
• Tony Galvin, Irish soccer player
• William Francis Galvin (b. 1950), Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

See also

• Pre-Norman invasion Irish Celtic kinship groups, from whom many of the modern Irish surnames came from

Notes and References

1. Book: Cairney, C. Thomas . 1989 . Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland . Jefferson, North Carolina, United States, and London . . 61-69 . 0899503624.