O'Cleary or O'Clery (Irish: Ó Cléirigh) is the surname of a Gaelic Irish family. It is one of the oldest recorded surnames in Europe[1] Ó Cléirigh is anglicized as Cleary or often as Clark.
Naming conventions
The name has been anglicised variously as O'Clery, Cleary, Clery, Clark, Clarke and Clarkson.
| Male | Daughter | Wife (Long) | Wife (Short) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ó Cléirigh[2] | Ní Chléirigh | Bean Uí Chléirigh | Uí Chléirigh |
People with the surname
Ó Cléirigh
- Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, fl. 964
- Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh (fl. 1595–1630)
- Mícheál Ó Cléirigh (ca. 1590–1643), considered the chief author of the chronicle of medieval Irish history known as the Annals of the Four Masters
- Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh (died 1664)
O'Clery
Cleary
- Bernard Cleary (1937–2020), Canadian politician
- Beverly Cleary (1916–2021), American author
- Bill Cleary (born 1934), American hockey player
- Brendan Cleary (born 1958), Irish poet
- Brian P. Cleary (born 1959), American humorist, poet and author
- Daniel Cleary (born 1978), Canadian hockey player
- Gabriel Cleary, Irish engineer
- Ivan Cleary, rugby league footballer and coach
- Joe Cleary (1918–2004), Irish baseball player
- John Cleary (disambiguation), several people
- Jon Cleary (1917–2010), Australian author
- Jon Cleary (musician) (born 1962), American musician
- Mark Cleary (professor) (born 1954), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bradford
- Michael Cleary, several people
- Nikki Cleary (born 1988), American singer
- Paul Cleary (born 1976), Australian middle-distance runner
- Phil Cleary (born 1952), Australian commentator
- Patrick Roger Cleary, founder of Cleary University
- Sean Cleary (footballer) (born 1983), Irish football player
- Sean Cleary, Irish rugby league footballer
- Thomas Cleary, American author and translator
- William J. Cleary (1870–1952), American politician
Clarke
- Austin Clarke (poet) (1896–1974), Irish poet
- Henry Edward Clarke (1829–1892), businessman and politician in Ontario, Canada
- Henry Joseph Clarke (1833–1889), Premier of Manitoba, Canada, 1874–1878
- Peter Clarke (tennis) (born 1979), Irish tennis player
- Philip Clarke (politician) (1933–1995), Irish Republican Army member and politician
- Tom Clarke (Irish republican) (1857–1916), executed for his part in the 1916 Rising
Other institutions
- Cleary University, a private business school in Michigan, United States
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, an international law firm
- The Clery Act of United States law
- Clerys, an Irish department store
See also
References
- ↑ "A dozen things you might not know about Irish names". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ↑ "Ó Clérigh". Sloinne. 5 December 2015.
Bibliography
- Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature, Robert Walsh, 1996. ISBN 0-19-280080-9
- Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, His Associates and St Anthony's College Louvain, Nollaig Ó Muraíle (editor), Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84682-082-3
External links
- O'Clery family pedigree at Library Ireland
- Ó Cléirigh ancestor search at Irish Times
- Clan Ó Cléirigh DNA Project at Family Tree DNA
- The O’Clerys: hereditary historians and poets at History Ireland
