McGillicuddy explained

McGillicuddy
Gender:	Masculine
Language:	English
Language origin:	Irish language
Derivation:	Mac Giolla Chuda in Irish pronounced as /mˠək ˌɟɪl̪ˠə ˈxʊd̪ˠə/
Meaning:	"son of the servant of St. Mochuda"
Variant:	MacGillacuddy, MacGillecuddy, MacGillycuddy, McGillycuddy, MacIllicuddy, MacElcuddy, MacElhuddy, Mac Giolla Coda.

McGillicuddy (Irish: Mac Giolla Chuda or Irish: Mac Giolla Mhochuda) is a surname of Irish origin,^[1] meaning "son of the servant of St. Mochuda". A variant form of the name is Mac Giolla Mhochuda.^[2] Other Anglicised forms of Mac Giolla Chuda include MacGillacuddy, MacGillecuddy, MacGillycuddy, MacIllicuddy, MacElcuddy, MacElhuddy and Mac Giolla Coda.^[1]

The female unmarried variation of the name in Irish is Irish: Nic Giolla Chuda, and the married female version of the name is Irish: Mhic Ghiolla Chuda.

The MacGillycuddy clan were a sept of the O'Sullivans. The family did not adopt this surname until the sixteenth century.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Richard Archdekin (1616–1690), who used the alias McGillicuddy
• Connie Mack (Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr., 1862–1956), American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner
• Connie Mack III (Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III, born 1940), former Republican politician
• Connie Mack IV (Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV, born 1967), U.S. Representative for Florida's 14th congressional district
• Daniel J. McGillicuddy (1859–1936), United States Representative from Maine
• John McGillicuddy (1930–2009), American banking industry executive
• Valentine McGillycuddy (1849–1939), surgeon from Detroit and Indian agent in Nebraska

Fictional characters:

• Dr. Aloysius McGillicuddy, putative inventor of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
• Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo, fictional character from the American television series I Love Lucy
• Mrs Elspeth McGillicuddy, main character in the Agatha Christie crime novel 4.50 from Paddington
• Mrs McGillicuddy, citizen of the town of Popperville in the children's book Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
• Mez McGillicuddy is the name of a party guest who plays the French horn, played by the composer David Amram, in the 1959 short film Pull My Daisy.

See also

• McGillicuddy Highland Army, the fighting wing of New Zealand's Clan McGillicuddy
• McGillycuddy of the Reeks, one of the hereditary Chiefs of the name of Ireland
• McGillicuddy Serious Party, satirical political party in New Zealand politics
• McGillicutty (disambiguation), a similar surname

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Notes and References

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