Fogarty

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Fogarty is a surname of Irish origin. The name Fogarty in Ireland is derived from the native Irish Ó Fogartaigh Sept who were located in County Tipperary where the name is still very prevalent to this very day.

The barony of Eliogarty that still exists was named after them. This name, with variant spellings (O) Fogerty, Foggarty, Fogaty, Gogarty and Go(g)erty, is an Anglicized form of the old Irish "Ó Fogartaigh". The Irish prefix "Ó" indicates "male descendant of", plus the personal byname "Fogartach" meaning "banished" or "exiled". The Fogartys are of the ancient population group, Dál gCais, otherwise known as the Dalcassians, who inhabited county Clare with adjacent parts of counties Limerick and Tipperary. Eliogarty, the name of a barony in Co. Tipperary, locates the sept, and indicates their importance. The majority of present-day namebearers are found in county Tipperary and Malachy O' Fogarty, of the University of Paris, who flourished in 1700, was born at Castle Fogarty in that county. Another notable namebearer was Archbishop Fogarty (1858 - 1955), who for fifty-one years was Bishop of Killaloe. A Coat of Arms granted to the family depicts two gold lions rampant on a blue shield supporting a gold sheaf of corn, the latter denoting plenty and the Harvest of One's Hopes. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of O' Fogarty, King of Ely, County Tipperary, which was dated 1072, "The Annals of Ulster", during the reign of High King of Ireland, "with opposition", 1022 - 1166.[citation needed]

Notable people with the surname include:

Sportspeople[]

  • Aidan Fogarty (hurler) (born 1958), Irish former hurler
  • Alan Fogarty, Irish water polo player
  • Amby Fogarty (1933–2016), Irish former football player
  • Bryan Fogarty (1969–2002), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Carl Fogarty (born 1965), British World Superbike racer
  • Chris Fogarty (1884–1915), former Australian-rules footballer
  • Conor Fogarty (born 1990), Irish hurler
  • Damien Fogarty (born 1985), Irish hurler
  • Denis Fogarty (born 1983), Irish rugby union player
  • Jim Fogarty (1864–1891), US baseball player
  • Joe Fogarty (1885–1954), Australian-rules footballer
  • John Fogarty (Australian rugby player) (1927–2007), Australian rugby union and rugby league player
  • John Fogarty (rugby union)
  • John Fogarty (disambiguation), several sportspeople
  • Jon Fogarty (born 1975), American auto racing driver
  • Ken Fogarty (born 1955), English soccer coach
  • Lyndsie Fogarty (born 1984), Australian sprint canoeist
  • Martin Fogarty, Irish hurler
  • Tom Fogarty (born 1952), retired Irish hurling manager
  • Tom Fogarty, former Australian-rules footballer
  • Richard Fogarty (Rugby Union player)

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References[]

  • Laffan, Thomas (1911). Tipperary Families : Being The Hearth Money Records for 1665-1667. James Duffy & Co.
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