Raftery is a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
originating in
Ireland
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, predominantly in
County Mayo
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,
County Galway
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and
County Roscommon
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.
Edward MacLysaght
Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght (; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986) was a genealogist of twentieth-century Ireland. His numerous books on Irish surnames built upon the work of Rev. Pat ...
observes that 'Raftery, sometimes confused with Rafferty, is quite a different name', originating as 'O'Reachtaire', 'reacht' meaning 'decree'.
[Irish Families: Their Names, Arms and Origins, Edward MacLysaght, Irish Academic Press, 1985, p. 141]
Famous Rafterys
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Adrian Raftery
Adrian E. Raftery (born 1955 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish and American statistician and sociologist. He is the Boeing International Professor of Statistics and Sociology, and founding Director of the Center for Statistics and Social Scie ...
(born 1955), Irish and American statistician and sociologist
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Adrian Raftery (author) (born 1971), Australian author, journalist, businessman and lecturer
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Andrew Raftery (born 1962), American contemporary printmaker, painter and arts educator
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Antoine Ó Raifteiri
Antoine Ó Raifteirí (also Antoine Ó Reachtabhra, or Anthony Raftery; 30 March 1779 – 25 December 1835) was an Irish language poet who is often called the last of the wandering bards.
Biography
Antoine Ó Raifteirí was born in Killedan, n ...
(Anthony Raftery) (blind Irish language poet)
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Barry Raftery (1944–2010), Irish archaeologist and Celtic scholar
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Bill Raftery
William Joseph Raftery (born April 19, 1943) is an American basketball analyst and former college basketball coach.
Early life and playing years
Born William Joseph Raftery in Orange, New Jersey, and raised in nearby Kearny, Raftery grew up i ...
(born 1943), American basketball analyst and former college basketball coach
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Mary Raftery
Mary Frances Thérèse Raftery (21 December 1957 – 10 January 2012) was an Irish investigative journalist, filmmaker and writer.
Raftery was born in Dublin. She started her investigative journalism career with '' In Dublin'' magazine in t ...
(1957–2012), Irish investigative journalist, filmmaker and writer
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Pat Raftery (disambiguation), several people with this name
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Peter Raftery (1929–1996), High Commissioner to Botswana
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Ronan Raftery
Ronan Raftery is an Irish actor in television, film and stage.
Television
Film
Theatre
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raftery, Ronan
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Male actors from Dublin (city ...
, Irish actor
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Tom Raftery
Tom Raftery (born 15 August 1933) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician and university professor. He was elected to the European Parliament at the 1984 European election for the Munster constituency. He lost his seat at the 1989 European e ...
(born 1933), Irish politician
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Tom Raftery (baseball) (1881–1954), American baseball player
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W. C. Raftery (1887–1965), American football, basketball and baseball coach
References
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Anglicised Irish-language surnames