Garvey
Garvey or O'Garvey is an Anglicization of the Irish O'Gairbhidh, a surname of ancient Gael royals.[1] The name may refer to:
People:
- Adrian Garvey (born 1968), Zimbabwean-born South African rugby union player
- Amy Ashwood Garvey (1897—1969), Jamaican Pan-Africanist activist, first wife of Marcus Garvey
- Amy Jacques Garvey (1895–1973), Jamaican-American journalist; widow of Marcus Garvey
- Anthony O'Garvey, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore (1747-1766)
- Art Garvey (1900—1973), professional American football player
- Batty Garvey (1864–1932), English footballer
- Brian Garvey (comics) (born 1961), comic book artist
- Brian Garvey (footballer) (born 1937), English former footballer
- Bruce Garvey (c. 1939–2010), British-born Canadian journalist and editor
- Chuck Garvey, American rock band guitarist
- Cyndy Garvey (born 1949), American television personality, first wife of baseball player Steve Garvey
- Damien Garvey, Australian film and television actor
- Dan Edward Garvey (1886–1974), American politician, governor of Arizona 1948–1951
- Daniel Garvey, American educator and academic
- Ed Garvey, American lawyer, activist, and politician
- Edmund Garvey (1740–1813), Irish painter
- Eugene A. Garvey (1845–1920), Irish American Roman Catholic priest, first Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania
- Guy Garvey (born 1974), English rock singer and guitarist
- James Garvey (1878–after 1901), English footballer
- James Garvey (philosopher), American philosopher based in Britain
- Jane Garvey (aviation administrator), American administrator of the FAA 1997–2002
- Jane Garvey (broadcaster) (born 1964), British radio presenter
- John Garvey (disambiguation)
- Kate Garvey, British public relations executive
- Marcel Garvey (born 1983), English rugby union player
- Marcus Garvey (1887–1940), Jamaican journalist, founder of the Back-to-Africa movement
- Michael Garvey (born 1965), former Australian rules footballer
- Mike Garvey (born 1962), American NASCAR driver
- Philomena Garvey (1926–2009), Irish amateur golfer
- Rea Garvey (born 1973), Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Robert Garvey (1908–1983), Jewish author
- Sir Ronald Garvey (1903–1991), British colonial administrator
- Steve Garvey (born 1948), American professional baseball player
- Steve Garvey (musician), (born 1958), British bass guitarist of the punk band Buzzcocks
- Steve Garvey (footballer) (born 1973), English former professional footballer
- Sir Terence Garvey (1915–1986), British diplomat, High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to the USSR
- W. Timothy Garvey (born 1952), American professor of medicine
Fictional characters:
- Quinn Garvey, in the American TV series How I Met Your Mother
- The Garvey Family, in the British TV series Benidorm. The family consists of Mick, Janice, Michael and Chantelle Telle.
See also
- Ulidia (kingdom)
- Dál Fiatach
- McNulty (parent house)
- Garvey School District, pre-K-8 school district serving the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California
- Garvey, a townland in Carnteel parish, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
- Garvey Avenue, San Gabriel Valley, California
- Garvey Park, a multi-use stadium in Tavua, Fiji
- Garvie, spelling variation
- Garvin, spelling variation
- Garvan, spelling variation
External links
Library Ireland] “The Irish Chiefs and Clans in Ulidia, or Down and Part of Antrim”
References
- ↑ John O’Hart, Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, pp. 466-467 (Heremon Genealogies) and p. 819 (Principal Families of Ulster)