McCloskey ()
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 ...
.
The MacCloskeys were the foremost sept of the
O'Cahans, Lords of
Keenaght, one of the leading clans of
Cenél nEógain
Cenél is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Cenél Conaill, the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall Noígiallach defined by oral and recorded history
* Cenél nEógain (in English, Cenel Eogan) is ...
before the
16th century Scottish plantation. The progenitor of the clan was Bloscadh Ó Catháin,
slayer of Muircheartach Ó Lochlainn, heir to the
High Kingship 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 1196. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be in Gaelic, that of ''Mac bhLoscaidh'', from the All Ireland Census in 1659, conducted during the reign of Cromwell.
A typical variant spelling is that of ''
McCluskey''.
Notable McCloskeys
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McCloskey (baseball), a 19th-century baseball player
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Bernard McCloskey
Sir John Bernard McCloskey, , is a Northern Ireland judge, who has been a Lord Justice of Appeal since September 2019.
Legal career
McCloskey was called to the bar in 1979, and made a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1999. He was appointed a High Court ...
, Northern Ireland judge
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C. John McCloskey, Catholic priest and member of Opus Dei
*
Country McCloskey (
fl.
''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1841–1850), American bare-knuckle boxer
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Deirdre McCloskey (born 1942), American economist
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Delamere Francis McCloskey (1897–1983), Canadian-born Los Angeles City Councilman
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Frank McCloskey (1939–2003), Indiana politician
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Gloria McCloskey (born 1935), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
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Helen McCloskey, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
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Henry John McCloskey (1925–2000), Australian moral philosopher
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Jack McCloskey (1925–2017), American basketball coach
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John McCloskey
John McCloskey (March 10, 1810 – October 10, 1885) was an Catholic Church in the United States, American Catholic prelate who served as the first American-born Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Archbishop of New York from 1864 until his ...
(1810–1885), Catholic archbishop
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Leigh McCloskey (born 1955), American actor
*Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a married couple, both attorneys, involved in the
St. Louis gun-toting controversy
*
Matthew McCloskey (1893–1973), Democratic Party fundraiser and US Ambassador to Ireland, father of
Thomas McCloskey
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Paul McCloskey (born 1979), Irish boxer
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Pete McCloskey
Paul Norton "Pete" McCloskey Jr. (September 29, 1927 – May 8, 2024) was an American politician who represented San Mateo County, California, as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983.
Born in Loma Linda, Californi ...
(1927–2024), American politician
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Robert McCloskey (1914–2003), American author and illustrator
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Robert J. McCloskey (1922–1996), American statesman and ambassador
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Thomas McCloskey (1924–2004), Philadelphia construction magnate, son of
Matthew McCloskey
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William George McCloskey (1823–1909), American Catholic Bishop
See also
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McCloskey critique of economics
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McCluskey
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O'Cahan
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McCroskey
References
{{surname, McCloskey
Surnames of Irish origin
Anglicised Irish-language surnames