Clancy is an Irish name coming from the Gaelic ''Mac Fhlannchaidh/Mac Fhlannchadha'', meaning "Son of the red/ruddy warrior" (Mac being for sons, ''Ní Fhlannchaidh/Ní Fhlannchadha'' would be for daughters), or as a hypocorism for
Clarence Clarence may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Clarence County, New South Wales, a Cadastral division
* Clarence, New South Wales, a place near Lithgow
* Clarence River (New South Wales)
* Clarence Strait (Northern Territory)
* City of Clarence, a loca ...
Clancy Chassay
Clancy Chassay is a writer, director, actor, and journalist. He has covered conflict zones across the world for various British news outlets, including ''The Guardian'', ''The Economist'', ''The Independent'', ''The Sunday Telegraph'', and the BBC. ...
Clancy Edwards
Clancy Edwards (born August 9, 1955) is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States. He was considered one of the best sprinters in the world between 1974 and 1978. He won the 200 metres at the 1977 IAAF World Cup, the most import ...
, American track and field sprinter
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Clancy Fernando
Admiral Wannakuwatta Waduge Erwin Clancy Fernando VSV, USP, MSc, ndc, psc, MNI, SLN (In Sinhalese: ක්ලැන්සි ෆර්නැන්ඩෝ) (10 October 1938 – 16 November 1992) was the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy fr ...
, Sri Lankan admiral
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Clancy Hayes
Clarence Leonard Hayes (November 14, 1908 – March 13, 1972) was an American jazz vocalist and banjo player.
Early life
Hayes was born in Caney, Kansas, on November 14, 1908. As a child, he learned the drums, then switched to guitar and banjo.
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, American singer
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Clancy O'Connor
Clancy O'Connor is an American actor who played Edward Rutledge in ''John Adams'', a 2008 television miniseries.
He graduated from Smoky Valley High School of Lindsborg, Kansas in 2000, then spent two years at the University of Kansas studying dr ...
Clancy Sigal
Clancy Sigal (September 6, 1926 – July 16, 2017) was an American writer, and the author of dozens of essays and seven books, the best-known of which is the autobiographical novel ''Going Away'' (1961).
Early life and education
Sigal was born ...
, American writer
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Clancy Smyres
Clarence Melvin Smyres (May 24, 1922 in Culver City, California – November 27, 2007 in Lancaster, California) was a Major League Baseball player.
Biography
Smyres was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1944 after an injury to shortstop-man ...
, American baseball player
* Clancy Williams, American footballer
As a last name
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Abigail Clancy
Abigail Marie Clancy (born 10 January 1986) is an English lingerie and catwalk model, and television personality. She was the runner-up of ''Britain's Next Top Model (cycle 2)'' in 2006 and won series 11 of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2013. Si ...
, English model
* Al Clancy, American baseball player
* Bobby Clancy, Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
* Boetius Clancy, Irish MP
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Claire Clancy
Dame Claire Elizabeth Clancy DCB DL (born 14 March 1958) was Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales, from February 2007 until April 2017.
Background
She attended Dartford Grammar School for Girls, has a degree in psycho ...
, Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales, and first woman to be Registrar of Companies for England and Wales
* Conor Clancy (Clare hurler) (born 1971), Irish hurler
* Conor Clancy (Offaly hurler) (born 1993), Irish hurler
* Cummin Clancy (1922–2013), Irish discus thrower
* Daniel J. Clancy, American computer scientist
* Dave Clancy, British ice hockey player
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Donald D. Clancy
Donald D. Clancy (July 24, 1921 – June 12, 2007) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented the 2nd District of Ohio from 1961 until 1977.
Early life and education
Clancy was born in Cincinnati, in ...
George Clancy (rugby union)
George Clancy is an Irish rugby union referee. Clancy refereed at the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups. He has also refereed in the Pro14, the European Rugby Champions Cup, the Six Nations Championship and the Rugby Championship. Clancy refereed ...
, Irish rugby union referee
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Gil Clancy
Gilbert Thomas Clancy (May 30, 1922 – March 31, 2011) was a Hall of Fame boxing trainer and one of the most noted boxing commentators of the 1980s and 1990s.
He worked with such famous boxers as Muhammad Ali, Jerry Quarry, Joe Frazier, a ...
(1922–2011), American boxing trainer and commentator
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Gordon Drummond Clancy
Gordon Drummond Clancy (11 May 1912 – 16 February 1996) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a pharmacist by career.
He was first elected at the Yorkton riding in the 1958 general elect ...
, Canadian politician
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Jack Clancy
Jack David Clancy (born June 18, 1944) is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Miami Dolphins in 1967 and 1969 and for the Green Bay Packers in 1970. He also played in college for the University of Michigan Wolverines fr ...
, American football player
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James Clancy (disambiguation) James Clancy may refer to:
* James Clancy (politician) (1844–1921), Ontario farmer, businessman and political figure
* James M. Clancy, warden of Sing Sing prison
* James T. Clancy
James T. Clancy (1833–December 1870) was a Sergeant in t ...
, several people
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Jim Clancy (baseball player)
James Clancy (born December 18, 1955) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Toronto Blue Jays (1977–88), Houston Astros (1989–91) and Atlanta Braves (1991). He batted and threw right-handed.
Texas Rangers
C ...
Joe Clancy
Joseph Patrick Clancy (born October 28, 1990) is a former American football quarterback and current Quarterback Coach at Merrimack College. He played college football at Merrimack College.
Early life
A three-sport letterman at Newburyport High ...
Joseph Clancy (Wisconsin)
Martin Joseph Clancy, Sr. (August 2, 1890 – July 26, 1970) was an American businessman and politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1933 to 1935 and a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1935 to 1939.
Born in R ...
, American politician
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J. J. Clancy (MP)
John Joseph Clancy (15 July 1847 – 25 November 1928), usually known as J. J. Clancy, was an Irish nationalism, Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the Un ...
, Irish member of the British Parliament
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Kendrick Clancy
Lakendrick Tridel Clancy (born September 17, 1978) is a former professional American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2000, having also played for the New York Giants, A ...
, American football player
* Kevin Clancy, Scottish football referee
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Kevin Clancy (Royal Mint)
Dr. Kevin Clancy is a numismatist and the Director of the Royal Mint Museum. Clancy is also Secretary to the ''Royal Mint Advisory Committee on the Design of Coins, Medals, Seals and Decorations''King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
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Laurence Clancy
Laurence Joseph Clancy (15 March 1929 - 16 October 2014) was an Education Officer in aerodynamics at Royal Air Force College Cranwell whose textbook ''Aerodynamics'' became standard.
He was born in Egypt to Alfred Joseph Clancy and Agnes Hunter. I ...
, British aerodynamicist, academic and author
* Liam Clancy (1935–2009), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
* Matthew Clancy, Irish Gaelic footballer
* Michael Clancy, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of St. Helena and Dependencies, husband of Claire Clancy
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Michael Martin Clancy
Father Michael Martin Clancy Order of Saint Augustine, OSA (1868–1931) was an Irish-Australian Roman Catholic priest. He was the first resident Parish Priest in Innisfail, Queensland, Geraldton, a town and parish in North Queensland, Austra ...
, Irish catholic priest in Australia
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Natalie Clancy
CBUT-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of CBC Television. It is part of a twinstick with Ici Radio-Canada Télé station CBUFT-DT (channel 26). Both stations share ...
, Canadian journalist
* Patrick Clancy, Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
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Patrick Clancy (Irish politician)
Patrick Clancy (17 March 1877 – 21 February 1947) was an Irish Labour Party politician.
Born in Bruff, County Limerick in 1877, to John Clancy and Bridget Clancy (née Farrell). He was educated at St Patrick's seminary, Bruff, and became car ...
, Irish politician for Limerick
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Patty Clancy
Patricia M. Clancy is a former Republican member of the Ohio General Assembly, representing the 8th District from 2005 to 2007. She is the daughter of former Cincinnati Mayor and U.S. Congressman Donald D. Clancy. Clancy first ran for the Ohio ...
, American politician
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Pauric Clancy
Pádraig Clancy is a Gaelic footballer from County Laois.
Playing career
Clancy plays with his local club Timahoe and won three Laois Intermediate Football Championships, in 2000, 2004 and 2010.
Clancy usually played at midfield for his coun ...
, Irish Gaelic football player
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Peadar Clancy
Peadar Clancy ( ga, Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha; 9 November 1888 – 21 November 1920) was an Irish republican who served with the Irish Volunteers in the Four Courts garrison during the 1916 Easter Rising and was second-in-command of the Dubl ...
, member of the Irish Republican Army
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Robert H. Clancy
Robert Henry Clancy (March 14, 1882 – April 23, 1962) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Clancy was born in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from the literary department of the University ...
, American Representative from Michigan (1923–25, 1927–33)
* Professor Robert Clancy, Australian scientist
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Sam Clancy
Sam Clancy (born May 29, 1958) is a former defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns, and Indianapolis Colts. He also played for the Pittsburgh Maulers and the Memphis Showboats ...
, American football and basketball player
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Sam Clancy Jr.
Sam Clancy Jr. (born May 4, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. He was signed with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers; however, he has never played a game for either team. He was injured as a member of ...
, American basketball player, son of the above
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Seán Clancy
Seán Clancy (7 July 1901 – 17 September 2006) was a veteran of Ireland's War of Independence. Clancy served in the war as a member of Irish Republican Army, and later as a commander of the Fifth Infantry Battalion in the Irish Defence Fo ...
, member of the Irish Volunteers
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Sean Clancy (disambiguation) Sean Clancy may refer to:
* Seán Clancy, member of the Irish Republican Army
* Seán Clancy (Irish general), Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces
* Seán Clancy (composer), Irish composer and lecturer
* Sean Clancy (American football), Am ...
, several people
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Susan Clancy
Susan A. Clancy is a cognitive psychologist and Associate professor in Consumer behaviour at INCAE as well as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard University. She is best known for her controversial work on repressed and recovered memories in her bo ...
, American psychologist and ufologist
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T. Frank Clancy
Thomas Frank Clancy (June 7, 1871 – November 18, 1936) was an American politician and businessman.
Born in Liberty Pole, Vernon County, Wisconsin, Clancy went to the public schools. He was in the well drilling business. Clancy was then invol ...
, American politician
* Taliqua Clancy (born 1992), Australian beach volleyball player
* Thomas Owen Clancy, American historian
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Tim Clancy
Tim Clancy (born 8 June 1984) is an Irish football manager of League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic, having previously managed Drogheda United. During his playing career, Clancy played for Millwall, Weymouth, AFC Hor ...
Willie Clancy (hurler)
William John Clancy (17 June 1906 – 14 December 1967) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Cork senior team.
Born in Mallow, County Cork, Clancy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one wh ...
, Irish hurler
Fictional characters
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Kanuka Clancy
, also known as ''Patlabor'' (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor"), is a Japanese science fiction media franchise created by Headgear (group), Headgear, a group consisting of manga artist Masami Yuki, Masami Yūki, director Mamoru Osh ...
, one of the main characters from the anime series Mobile Police Patlabor
* Chief Wiggum, Clancy Wiggum, character on ''The Simpsons''
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Clancy Freeman
This is a list of all recurring/semi-regular cast members over the Australian television programme ''Blue Heelers'' 13 season run between 1994–2006.
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Clive Adamson
Chief Superintendent Clive Adamson was a fictional character in the lo ...
, a recurring character in ''Blue Heelers''
* Clancy, the protagonist in US-band Twenty One Pilots's fifth studio album ''Trench''
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Clancy of the Overflow
"Clancy of the Overflow" is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in '' The Bulletin'', an Australian news magazine, on 21 December 1889. The poem is typical of Paterson, offering a romantic view of rural life, and is one of his best-known w ...
, the titular character in a Banjo Paterson poem, possibly based on Australian drover Thomas Gerald Clancy
See also
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Clancey Clancey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* George Clancey (1881–1921), American actor
* Julia Clancey (early 21st c.), London-based fashion designer
* Margaret Clancey (1897-1989), American film editor
* Phillip Clance ...
