Garvey

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Garvey and O'Garvey are Irish surnames, derived from the Gaelic Ó Gairbhith, also spelt Ó Gairbheith, meaning "descendant of Gairbhith".[1][2] Gairbhith itself means "rough peace".[3]

There are three distinct Ó Gairbhith septs in Ireland:

The similar name MacGarvey, which derives from the Mac Gairbhith sept located in present-day County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, is not usually anglicised as Garvey.[1]

People

Fictional characters

  • Quinn Garvey, in the American TV series How I Met Your Mother
  • The Garvey family, in the British TV series Benidorm. The family consists of Mick, Janice, Michael and Chantelle (Telle).

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bell (2003), p. 159.
  2. 2.0 2.1 John O’Hart, Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, 5th edition, in two volumes, originally published in Dublin in 1892, reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, Vol. 1, pp. 466-467 (Heremon Genealogies) and p. 819 (Principal Families of Ulster)
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  4. 4.0 4.1 Ireland's History in Maps - Uí Nialláin
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