Gildea Explained

Gildea is a surname.

Although spelled "Gildea", the name is pronounced "gill-day", rhyming with the Irish surname "O'Shea".

Notable people with the surname include:

• Damien Gildea, (born 1969), Australian mountaineer and Antarctic explorer
  • the Gildea Glacier is named after him
• Harry Gildea (1890–1917), Scottish footballer
• James Gildea, (1838–1920), British Army officer and philanthropist
• James H. Gildea, (1890–1988), American newspaperman and Democratic member of the US House of Representatives
• John Gildea, Irish Gaelic footballer
• Johnny Gildea, (1910–79), American football player
• Lorie Skjerven Gildea, (born 1961), attorney and Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
• Peter Gildea (1883–1940), Scottish footballer
• Robert Gildea, (born 1952), professor of Modern History at Oxford University
• Tom Gildea, (born 1939), Irish independent politician
• Willie Gildea, (born 1888), Scottish footballer

See also

• Gilday
• Kildee