McCaughey is an

Irish surname A formal Irish name consists of a given name and a surname. In the Irish language, most surnames are patronymic surnames (distinct from patronymic, patronyms, which are seen in Icelandic names for example). The form of a surname varies according ...

. Spelling variations include: McHaughey, MacCaughey, McGaughey and O'Coffey, among others. Modern spelling comes from the original Mac hEochaidh. The McCaugheys are descendants of the ancient

Dál Fiatach Dál Fiatach was a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic dynastic-grouping and the name of their territory in the north-east of Ireland, which lasted throughout the Middle Ages until their demise in the 13th century at the hands of Normans in Ireland, Normans ...

dynasty, rulers of the

Ulaid (Old Irish, ) or (Irish language, Modern Irish, ) was a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic Provinces of Ireland, over-kingdom in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages made up of a confederation of dynastic groups. Alternative names include , which ...

. They trace their descent from Fiatach Finn mac Dáire, a

King of Ulster The King of Ulster (Old Irish: ''Rí Ulad'', Modern Irish: ''Rí Uladh'') also known as the King of Ulaid and King of the Ulaid, was any of the kings of the Irish provincial over-kingdom of Ulaid. The title rí in Chóicid, which means "king of ...

and

High King of Ireland High King of Ireland ( ) was a royal title in Gaelic Ireland held by those who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over all of Ireland. The title was held by historical kings and was later sometimes assigned anachronously or to leg ...

in the 1st century AD. The McCaughey Family originated from Ireland in the 19th century as a travelling family, part of the traveling community that were spread around Ireland in County Louth, County Limerick, County Cork, and County Antrim.

People

* Billy McCaughey (1950–2006), convict * Cecil McCaughey (born 1909), English footballer * Davis McCaughey (1914–2005), scholar, administrator and politician * Gerald T. McCaughey (born 1956), executive * John McCaughey (1840–1928), Irish-born Australian pastoralist, brother of Samuel and namesake of the John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize * Martha McCaughey (born 1966), academic * Martin McCaughey (1967–1990), Irish Republican Army member * McCaughey septuplets (born 1997), septuplets born in Des Moines, Iowa * Patrick McCaughey (born 1942) * R. H. McCaughey (1860–1906), politician * Samuel McCaughey (1835–1919), Irish-born Australian pastoralist, politician and philanthropist, brother of John * Scott McCaughey, singer * Seán McCaughey (1915–1946), Irish Republican Army leader * William McCaughey (1929–2000), American sound engineer * Winsome McCaughey (born 1943)

People

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