Carty or Carthy is a surname likely to have originated from the Irish name Ó Cárthaigh ( Connacht and , ; anglicised as O'Coraic). It took its current form ''Carty'' during later historical events when many Gaelic Irish names were anglicised. It has been speculated that some Irish immigrants to America and/or their descendants added ''Mc'', changing their names to McCarty in the incorrect belief that they were returning the name back to its original form. The Carty name originates from the south of the island of Ireland

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and could have been a subclan of the much larger McCarthy clan, and a member of the Clan Eoghanachta. It has been recorded that the Carty clan was a scattered sept or clan in pre Norman Ireland which may have resulted from an event such as having come off the wrong end of a tribal dispute. Carty settlements can be found across Ireland sometimes in locations that were easy to defend such as Sligo's Coney Island which hosts the remains of a small Carty settlement (town and beach). Carty is a common name today in the Irish counties of:

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, Sligo,

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and

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. It is common in

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under the spelling of

Carthy Carthy is a surname, and may refer to: * Brian Carthy, Gaelic games correspondent and commentator * Deborah Carthy-Deu (born 1966), Puerto Rican actress * Eliza Carthy (born 1975), English folk musician * John Carthy (1972–2000), Irish citizen ...

until the last thirty years. Carty is recorded amongst the Irish travelling (tinker) community. There may also be an English version of the name Carty which could be derived from the English name Cartwright. Nicholas Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty, 8th Marquess of Heusden (born 1 May 1952) is an Irish peer, as well a nobleman in the Dutch nobility. He served as an elected Crossbench member of the British House of Lords.

Cartys outside Ireland

In Montserrat, Carty is a common name, due to the Irish settlers on the Island, and some of the African slaves were given the name, which was a common occurrence at the time. The same is true in

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, there are still European descendants on the island as well as those of African descent. In 1873, Paul Carty emigrated with his family from Sligo, Ireland to Canada in order to take up the position of Chief Inspector of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. Cartyville is named after his son Michael H. Carty who went on to become a famous Newfoundland lawyer and politician.

Cartys in County Down in Elizabethan times

According to an Elizabethan map of the 1500s, Carty was an important name in the Ards peninsula in Down in the 1500s. Little more is known of this sept at the time.

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* In Druí Ua Carthaigh, Chief Poet of Connacht, died 1097 *

Arthur Carty Arthur J. Carty, (born 12 September 1940), is a Canadian academic and former National Science Advisor to the Government of Canada. Carty was the inaugural director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Waterloo, s ...

, Canadian scientist *

Donald J. Carty Donald J. Carty, (born July 23, 1946) is a Canadian-American businessman who serves as chairman of Porter Airlines. Carty also serves as a director of VMWare, Hawaiian Airlines and Betterez. He was previously chairman and chief executive offic ...

, American Airlines chief *

E. Bower Carty Edward Bower Carty (24 April 1916 – May 23, 2001) was a Canadian public servant who served as the Chairman of the World Scout Committee. In 1975, Carty was awarded the 95th ''Bronze Wolf'', the only distinction of the World Organization of the ...

Elizabeth Carty The Miss North Carolina Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant and is part of the RPM Productions group. North Carolina has been moderately successful ...

Frank Carty Francis Joseph Carty (3 April 1897 – 10 September 1942) was a leader of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the Irish War of Independence, and a long-serving Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD). Early life He was born on 3 April 1897 in Clooncunny ...

, Old IRA leader *

Germán Carty Luis Germán del Carmen Carty Monserrate (Born July 16, 1968 in Cañete) is a former Peruvian professional football (soccer) player. Club career Carty most prominently played for Cienciano. He was the top goalscorer as Cienciano won the 2003 C ...

, professional football player *

Jay Carty Jay J. Carty Jr. (July 4, 1941 – May 4, 2017) was a basketball player, public speaker, church consultant, and ministry leader. He played collegiate basketball for Oregon State Beavers, Oregon State University, and was selected by the St. Louis ...

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Mayo FF TD *

John Carty (musician) John Carty is an Irish musician. Considered by many as one of Ireland’s best traditional musicians, Carty plays fiddle, tenor banjo, tenor guitar and occasionally the flute. He is very interested in the North Connacht traditional music sty ...

John J. Carty John Joseph Carty (April 14, 1861 – December 27, 1932) was an American electrical engineer and a major contributor to the development of telephone wires and related technology. He was a recipient of the Edison Medal. As Chief Engineer of AT& ...

, American electrical engineer *

Johndale Carty Johndale Edward Carty (born August 27, 1977) is a former American football defensive back who played four seasons with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round of the 19 ...

, American football player *

Keacy Carty Keacy Uydess Carty (born 19 March 1997) is a Sint Maarten cricketer who represents the Leeward Islands in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman. He made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team i ...

Michael Carty Michael Carty (16 December 1916 – 23 April 1975) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. Born in Loughrea, County Galway to Lawrence and Josephine Carty, he was the eldest of seven children. A schoolteacher by profession, he was elected to Dái ...

Mother Praxedes Carty Mother Mary Praxedes Carty (born Susan 1854 - December 16, 1933) was an Irish American educator and member of the Roman Catholic order of the Sisters of Loretto. Mother Praxedes worked throughout the Southwestern and Western areas of the United ...

, Irish American educator and religious sister *

Paddy Carty Paddy Carty (1929–1980) was a three-time all-Ireland champion Irish flute player from Loughrea, County Galway. He was well known for his flowing rhythm and his virtuoso skill on his Radcliff System flute, on which he could play freely in key ...

, Irish musician *

Rico Carty Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty (born September 1, 1939), nicknamed "Beeg Boy", is a People of the Dominican Republic, Dominican former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1963 to 1979, most prominen ...

Todd Carty Todd Carty also known as Todd John Jennings (born Todd Robert Carty; 31 August 1963) is an English actor and director who has grown up on television screens in a variety of roles. His stage appearances have ranged from pantomime to serious dram ...

, Irish actor

References

Carty, ó Cárthaigh
at freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Carty of Hy Many
clan page {{surname, Carty

Cartys outside Ireland

Cartys in County Down in Elizabethan times

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See also

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