Fogarty is a surname of Irish origin. The name Fogarty in Ireland is derived from the native Irish Ó Fogartaigh Sept who were located in
County Tipperary
County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (tow ...
where the name is still very prevalent to this very day.
According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Fogartys were one of the chiefly families of the
Erainn
The Iverni (, ') were a people of early Ireland first mentioned in Ptolemy's 2nd century ''Geography'' as living in the extreme south-west of the island. He also locates a "city" called Ivernis (, ') in their territory, and observes that this se ...
who were the second wave of Celts to settle in
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
between about 500 and 100 BC.
The barony of Eliogarty that still exists was named after them. This name, with variant spellings (O) Fogerty, Foggarty, Fogaty, Gogarty and Go(g)erty, is an Anglicized form of the old Irish "Ó Fogartaigh". The Irish prefix "Ó" indicates "male descendant of", plus the personal byname "Fogartach" meaning "banished" or "exiled". The Fogartys are of the ancient population group, Dál gCais, otherwise known as the Dalcassians, who inhabited county Clare with adjacent parts of counties Limerick and Tipperary. Eliogarty, the name of a barony in Co. Tipperary, locates the sept, and indicates their importance. The majority of present-day namebearers are found in county Tipperary and Malachy O' Fogarty, of the University of Paris, who flourished in 1700, was born at Castle Fogarty in that county. Another notable namebearer was Archbishop Fogarty (1858 - 1955), who for fifty-one years was Bishop of Killaloe. A Coat of Arms granted to the family depicts two gold lions rampant on a blue shield supporting a gold sheaf of corn, the latter denoting plenty and the Harvest of One's Hopes. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of O' Fogarty, King of Ely, County Tipperary, which was dated 1072, "The Annals of Ulster", during the reign of High King of Ireland, "with opposition", 1022–1166.
Notable people with the surname include:
Aidan Fogarty (Kilkenny hurler)
Aidan Fogarty (born 20 July 1982) is an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Urlingford, County Kilkenny, Fogarty first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty-one when he firs ...
(born 1982), Irish hurler
* Alan Fogarty, Irish water polo player
* Amby Fogarty (1933–2016), Irish football player
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Bryan Fogarty
Bryan Charles Fogarty (June 11, 1969 – March 6, 2002) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played for the Quebec Nordiques, Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens. He set several records while in the junior leagues and was a high draft ...
(1969–2002), Canadian ice hockey player
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Carl Fogarty
Carl George Fogarty (born 1 July 1965), often known as Foggy, is an English former motorcycle racer and one of the most successful Superbike World Championship, World Superbike racers of all time. He also holds the third highest number of rac ...
(born 1965), British World Superbike racer
* Chris Fogarty (1884–1915), Australian football player
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Conor Fogarty
Conor Fogarty (born 12 May 1990) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club Erin's Own and at previously at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He currently lines out as a right wing-back.
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(born 1990), Irish hurler
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Damien Fogarty
Damien Fogarty (born 19 October 1985) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a substitute forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
Fogarty made his competitive debut for the team during the 2008 National League, however, since then he has r ...
(born 1985), Irish hurler
* Denis Fogarty (born 1983), Irish rugby player
* Darcy Fogarty (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
* Jamal Fogarty (born 1993), Australian rugby league player
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Jim Fogarty
James G. Fogarty (February 12, 1864 – May 20, 1891) was an American professional baseball outfielder.
Career
Fogarty was born in San Francisco, California, in 1864. In 1883, he started his professional baseball career in the minor leagues.
Lyndsie Fogarty
Lyndsie Fogarty (born 17 April 1984 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. She won a bronze medal in at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, p ...
(born 1984), Australian sprint canoeist
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Martin Fogarty
Martin Fogarty is an Irish hurling coach and former player, whom the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) named as its first National Hurling Development manager in June 2016, a role he filled from the end of that August. The role, according to Fogar ...
, Irish hurler
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Richard Fogarty
Richard Fogarty (12 December 1891 – 9 September 1980) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was a member of the All Blacks in 1914, playing in the loose forward and hooker positions.
Early life
Born in the Central Otago gold-mining set ...
, rugby player
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Tom Fogarty (hurler)
Fr. Thomas Fogarty (born 1951) is a Roman Catholic priest and former hurler who played as a left corner-back at senior level for the Tipperary county team.
Born in Templetuohy, County Tipperary, Fogarty first played competitive hurling in his ...
(born 1952), Irish hurling manager
* Tom Fogarty, Australian football player
Patrick Fogarty
Patrick J. Fogarty (died 2 May 1947) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served for ten years as a member of Dáil Éireann.
An insurance broker and bookmaker, Fogarty first stood for election to the Dáil at the 1937 general election for ...
(died 1947), Irish politician
* Ray Fogarty (1957-2018), American politician
* William "Bill" Fogarty (1922-2001), Australian politician
Other people
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Anne Fogarty
Anne Fogarty (February 2, 1919 – January 15, 1980) was an American fashion designer, active 1940–1980, who was noted for her understated, ladylike designs that were accessible to American women on a limited income.Brian Fogarty, English novelist, short story writer, poet, painter, and printmaker.
* Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen (1891–1940), Victoria Cross recipient
* Francis Fogarty (1899–1973), Air Chief Marshal of the Royal Air Force
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Frank Joseph Fogarty
Frank Joseph Fogarty (1878–1925) was a vaudeville comedian, actor and singer, nicknamed "the Dublin minstrel". While being among the best known vaudeville artists of his time, he is now mostly remembered for his association with the Last Word ...
Lionel Fogarty
Lionel Fogarty (born 1958), also published as Lionel Lacey, is an Indigenous Australian poet and political activist.
Early life
Fogarty was born in 1958 on an Aboriginal reserve at Barambah (now called Cherbourg) in Queensland, where he grew up. ...
(born 1958), Indigenous Australian poet and political activist
* Mignon Fogarty (born 1967), podcaster and former science writer
* Nelson Wellesley Fogarty (1871–1933), first Anglican Bishop of Damaraland (Namibia)
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Shelagh Fogarty
Shelagh Fogarty (born 13 January 1966) is a British radio presenter, journalist and former television presenter. She presents the afternoon programme on LBC, having previously co-hosted the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show with Nicky Campbel ...
(born 1966), radio and television presenter and journalist
* Thomas J. Fogarty (born 1934), American surgeon
* Thomas J. Fogarty (born 1962), American business executive
Éile
Éile (; , ), commonly anglicised as Ely, was a medieval petty kingdom in the southern part of the modern county of Offaly and parts of North Tipperary in Ireland. The historic barony of Eliogarty was once a significant portion of the kingdom.
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Irish clans
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