Conroy is an Irish

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Overview

Conroy is an Irish surname of multiple origins. In some cases it is the form used by descendants of the Ó Maolchonaire bardic family of what is now East Galway and South Roscommon. In west

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, most bearers of the name are probably descended from the

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family of Delbhna Tír Dhá Locha. This latter Irish family name was often anglicised into King due to the phonological similarity with the word

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. The Ó Cingeadh/

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bardic family from east of Loch Ree also had their name corrupted into King, but for English phonological reasons.

Bearers of the surname

* Al Conroy (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player * Alfred Conroy (1864-1920), Australian politician and barrister * Andrew Meintjes Conroy (1877–1951), South African politician * Anthony Conroy (1895–1978), American ice hockey player * Bill Conroy (infielder) (1899-1970), American baseball player * Bill Conroy (catcher) (1915–1997), American baseball player * Caroline Conroy (born 1977), Lord Mayor of Dublin *

Craig Conroy Craig Michael Conroy (born September 4, 1971) is an Americans, American former professional ice hockey player and the current general manager of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). A sixth-round selection of the Montreal Cana ...

(born 1971), American ice hockey player *

Crispin Conroy Crispin Conroy (born 8 May 1963) is an Australian diplomat. He currently serves as the Permanent Observer of the International Chamber of Commerce to the United Nations Office at Geneva, since January 2019. He previously served as a career dip ...

(born 1963), Australian diplomat * David Conroy (born 1937), British television producer *

Deb Conroy Deborah "Deb" O'Keefe Conroy is an American politician currently serving as chair of the county board of DuPage County, Illinois. She previously served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 46th district from 2012 ...

, American politician *

Don Conroy Don Conroy is an Irish street artist, environmentalist, television personality and writer of children's literature. His artistic and literary work focuses on natural themes, including wildlife. He works for wildlife conservation in Ireland and m ...

, Irish author *

Donald Conroy Donald Conroy (April 4, 1921 – May 9, 1998) was a United States Marine Corps colonel and a member of the Black Sheep Squadron during the Korean War. He was also a veteran of World War II and served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He ...

(1921–1998), American Marine Corps colonel * Ed Conroy (born 1967), American basketball player and coach *

Ed Conroy (politician) Roy Edward Conroy (October 21, 1946 – June 26, 2020) was a Canadian politician who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Rossland-Trail in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia from 199 ...

(1946-2020), Canadian politician *

Edward T. Conroy Edward T. Conroy (January 31, 1929 – May 24, 1982) was an attorney and state senator in Maryland. In 1980, he was the Democratic Party candidate for U.S. Senate. He served as National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans The D ...

(1929-1982, American politician *

Frances Conroy Frances Hardman Conroy (born March 15, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series '' Six Feet Under'' (2001–2005), for which she won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, a ...

(born 1953), American actress * Frank Conroy (1936–2005), American author *

Frank Conroy (actor) Frank Parish Conroy (14 October 1890 – 24 February 1964) was a British film and stage actor who appeared in many films, notably '' Grand Hotel'' (1932), '' The Little Minister'' (1934) and '' The Ox-Bow Incident'' (1943). Career Born in Der ...

(1890–1964), British-American film and stage actor *

Harry Conroy Harry Conroy (6 April 1943 – 24 April 2010) was a trade union leader and journalist. He was the General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists from 1985 to 1990. Born in Glasgow, he attended Lourdes Secondary School in Cardona ...

(1943–2010), Scottish trade union leader and journalist *

Jack Conroy John Wesley Conroy (December 5, 1899 – February 28, 1990) was a leftist American writer, also known as a worker-writer. He was best known for his contributions to proletarian literature: fiction and nonfiction about the life of American workers ...

(1898–1990), leftist American writer * James Conroy (born 1943), Irish archer *

James Conroy-Ward James Conroy-Ward (born 12 April 1947) is a retired English actor, singer and music publisher best known for performing the Gilbert and Sullivan principal comic roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Biography Conroy-Ward was born at Timperley ...

(born 1947), British actor and singer *

Jarlath Conroy Jarlath Conroy (born 30 September 1944) is an Irish theatre, film and television actor. Since 1971, he has become a successful actor appearing in film and television, including ''NYPD Blue'', ''Law & Order'', and '' Law & Order: Criminal Inten ...

(born 1944), Irish actor * Joseph Conroy (born 1934), Michigan State Senator *

Jim Conroy Jim Conroy is an American actor and television writer known for appearing on television shows and movies, such as ''The Cuphead Show!'', '' Jellystone!'', '' Kenny the Shark'' and '' Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman'', as well as numerous radio commerc ...

(born 1970), American actor and television writer * Sir

John Conroy Sir John Ponsonby Conroy, 1st Baronet, KCH (21 October 1786 – 2 March 1854) was a British military officer best known for serving as comptroller to the Duchess of Kent and her young daughter, the future Queen Victoria. Born in Wales to Iri ...

(1786–1854), British army officer, a significant figure in Queen Victoria's childhood *

Katrine Conroy Katrine Conroy (' Thor-Larsen; born 1957) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2005 provincial election and served until 2024. She represented the electoral district of Kootenay West a ...

(born 1957), Canadian politician *

Kevin Conroy Kevin Conroy (November 30, 1955 – November 10, 2022) was an American actor. He appeared in a variety of stage performances, television series, and television films. Conroy earned fame for voicing the DC Comics superhero Batman in various anim ...

(1955–2022), American actor * Kevin C. Conroy (born 1960), American businessman * Lesley Conroy (born 1973 or 1974), Irish actress and filmmaker * M. Joseph Conroy (1874–1958), mayor of Anchorage, Alaska 1923–1924 * Mark Conroy, Australian actor * Martin Conroy (1922–2006), American advertising executive * Mickey Conroy (1927–2005), American politician *

Mike Conroy (writer) Mike Conroy is a British pop culture writer and former comic book retailer. He is best known for co-creating the long-running industry award, the Eagle Award (comics), Eagle Awards. He was an editor for the trade journal ''Comics International'' fr ...

, co-creator of the Eagle Awards * Mike Conroy (born 1957), Scottish footballer * Mike Conroy (footballer born 1965) (born 1965), Scottish footballer * Millington Conroy (born 1952), collector of Marilyn Monroe artifacts *

Pat Conroy Donald Patrick Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books ''The Water Is Wide (book), The Water is Wide'', ''The Lords of Discipline'', ''The Prince of Tides (no ...

(1945–2016), Irish-American author *

Pat Conroy (politician) Patrick Martin Conroy (born 10 May 1979) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Labor Left faction and has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives since ...

(born 1979), Australian politician *

Patricia Conroy Patricia Conroy (born January 30, 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. In her career, she has released five studio albums, and one compilation album. She has also released 25 singles, including the ''RPM (magazine), RPM'' Country Tracks number o ...

(born 1964), Canadian country music singer/songwriter * Paul Conroy (born 1949), British music executive * Paul Conroy (born 1964), British journalist and photographer * Paul Conroy (born 1989), Irish footballer *

Robert Conroy Joseph Robert Conroy (August 24, 1938 – December 30, 2014) was an author of alternate history novels. Life After he got an MBA, Conroy was a professor at Macomb Community College and taught business and economic history. Following his early ...

(1938-2014), American novelist *

Rúaidhrí Conroy Rúaidhrí Conroy (born 30 November 1979) is an Irish actor. He is the son of actor Brendan Conroy. One of his first castings was as Tito (and not Tayto as commonly misconceived) in the 1992 film '' Into the West'', for which he won a Young Ar ...

(born 1979), Irish actor *

Ryan Conroy Ryan Conroy (born 28 April 1987) is a Scottish former professional association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, left-winger. He could also play as a Defender (association football)#Full back, left-back. Conroy has played ...

(born 1987), Scottish footballer *

Stephen Conroy Stephen or Steven is an English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the firs ...

(born 1964), Scottish artist *

(born 1963), Australian Senator * Steve Conroy (born 1966), Scottish football referee *

Terry Conroy Gerard Anthony Francis Conroy (born 2 October 1946) is an Irish former professional footballer. A winger and forward, he scored 74 goals in 372 league and cup appearances in a 14-year career in the English Football League from 1967 to 1981. ...

(born 1946), Irish footballer *

Tim Conroy Timothy James Conroy (born April 3, 1960) is an American former professional baseball player and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher for the Oakland Athletics (1978 and 1982–85) and St. Louis Cardinals (1986–8 ...

(born 1960), American baseball player * Tom Conroy (born 1962), American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives * Will Conroy (born 1982), American basketball player *

Tommy Conroy (Dublin footballer) Tommy Conroy (born 1963) is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Dublin county team. He played a key role in Dublin's victory against Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County G ...

, (born 1963), Irish footballer * Tommy Conroy (born 2000), Irish footballer * William Jackson Conroy (1849-1915), Canadian politician, farmer and miller * William Conroy (1857-1877), Irish murderer * William "Wid" Conroy (1977-1959), American baseball player Conroy as a

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may refer to: *

Conroy Maddox Conroy Maddox (27 December 1912 – 14 January 2005) was an English surrealist painter, collagist, writer and lecturer; and a key figure in the Birmingham Surrealist movement.Morris, Desmond (2018), ''The Lives of the Surrealists''. He wa ...

(1912–2005), English surrealist painter, collagist, writer and lecturer *

Francis Conroy Sullivan Francis Conroy Sullivan (July 2, 1882 – April 4, 1929) was a Canadians, Canadian architect. The only Canadian pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright aside from Roger d'Astous, Sullivan worked in the Oak Park studio in 1907 but returned to Ottawa in 19 ...

(1882–1929), Canadian architect *

John Conroy Hutcheson John Conroy Hutcheson (1840–1897) was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea. Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, Hampshire, in late 1896 or early 1897. Work ...

(1840–1897), British author

Fictional characters

* Conroy Cat, a character from the webcomic series ''The Cartoon Chronicles of Conroy Cat'' (2009–2011) and the animated series ''Toons These Days'' (2011–2021), voiced by Leo Melanson * Diavolo Conroy, a character from the Eoin Colfer novels ''Iron Man: The Gauntlet'' (2016) and ''

The Fowl Twins ''The Fowl Adventures'' is a series of eleven fantasy novels written by Irish author Eoin Colfer revolving around various members of the Fowl family. The first cycle, the eight-book ''Artemis Fowl'', follows elf Lower Elements Police Reconnai ...

'' (2019) * Jack Conroy, a character from the period adventure drama film ''

White Fang ''White Fang'' is a novel by American author Jack London (1876–1916) about a wild wolfdog's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. First serialized in ''Outing'' magazin ...

'' (1991), portrayed by Ethan Hawke

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