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Clancy Language(s) Irish Meaning "(son of the) red warrior" Region of origin Ireland Variant form(s) Mac Fhlannchaidh
Clancy is an Irish name coming from the Gaelic Mac Fhlannchaidh/Mac Fhlannchadha , meaning "Son of the red/ruddy warrior" (Mac being for sons, Ní Fhlannchaidh/Ní Fhlannchadha would be for daughters),
[1]
[2] or as a
hypocorism for
Clarence . The surname originated from two different families, one in
Thomond and one in the present day
County Leitrim .
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Notable people with the name include:
As a first name
Clancy Barone (born 1963), American football coach
Clancy Brown (born 1959), American actor and comedian
Clancy Chassay , English journalist
Clancy Cooper (1906–1975), American actor
Clancy Eccles (1940–2005), Jamaican reggae singer
Clancy Edwards (born 1955), American track and field sprinter
Clancy Fernando (1938–1992), Sri Lankan admiral
Clancy Hayes (1908–1972), American singer
Clancy O'Connor (born 1982), American actor
Clancy Pendergast (born 1967), American football coach
Clancy Rudeforth (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
Clancy Sigal (1926–2017), American writer
Clancy Smyres (1922–2007), American baseball player
Clancy Williams (1942–1986), American footballer
As a last name
Abigail Clancy , English model
Al Clancy , American baseball player
Bobby Clancy , Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
Boetius Clancy , Irish MP
Claire Clancy , Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales, and first woman to be Registrar of Companies for England and Wales
Conor Clancy (Clare hurler) (born 1971), Irish hurler
Conor Clancy (Offaly hurler) (born 1993), Irish hurler
Cummin Clancy (1922–2013), Irish discus thrower
Daniel J. Clancy , American computer scientist
Dara Clancy, Irish musician, frontman of Soundstrand
Dave Clancy , British ice hockey player
Donald D. Clancy , American politician
Edward Clancy (disambiguation) , several people
Finbarr Clancy , Irish folk musician, member of the High Kings
Frank Willey Clancy , American lawyer and politician
George Clancy (politician) , Irish teacher and politician
George Clancy (rugby union) , Irish rugby union referee
Gil Clancy (1922–2011), American boxing trainer and commentator
Gordon Drummond Clancy , Canadian politician
Jack Clancy , American football player
James Clancy (disambiguation) , several people
Jim Clancy (baseball player) , American baseball player
Jim Clancy (journalist) , American broadcast journalist
Joe Clancy , American football player
John Clancy (disambiguation) , several people
Joseph Clancy (Wisconsin) , American politician
J. J. Clancy (MP) , Irish member of the British Parliament
Kendrick Clancy , American football player
Kevin Clancy , Scottish football referee
Kevin Clancy (Royal Mint) , British numismatist
King Clancy , Canadian ice hockey defenceman
Laurence Clancy , British aerodynamicist, academic and author
Liam Clancy (1935–2009), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
Mary Clancy (born 1948), Canadian politician
Matthew Clancy , Irish Gaelic footballer
Michael Clancy , Governor and Commander-in-Chief of St. Helena and Dependencies, husband of Claire Clancy
Michael Martin Clancy , Irish catholic priest in Australia
Natalie Clancy , Canadian journalist
Patrick Clancy , Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
Patrick Clancy (Irish politician) , Irish politician for Limerick
Patty Clancy , American politician
Pauric Clancy , Irish Gaelic football player
Peadar Clancy , member of the Irish Republican Army
Robert H. Clancy , American Representative from Michigan (1923–25, 1927–33)
Professor Robert Clancy , Australian scientist
Sam Clancy , American football and basketball player
Sam Clancy Jr. , American basketball player, son of the above
Seán Clancy , member of the Irish Volunteers
Sean Clancy (disambiguation) , several people
Susan Clancy , American psychologist and ufologist
T. Frank Clancy , American politician
Taliqua Clancy (born 1992), Australian beach volleyball player
Thomas Owen Clancy , American historian
Tim Clancy , Irish footballer
Tom Clancy (1947–2013), American author
Tom Clancy (singer) , Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
William Clancy , Irish missionary
Willie Clancy (musician) , Irish Uilleann pipes player
Willie Clancy (hurler) , Irish hurler
Fictional characters
Kanuka Clancy , one of the main characters from the anime series Mobile Police Patlabor
Chief Wiggum , Clancy Wiggum, character on The Simpsons
Clancy Freeman , a recurring character in Blue Heelers
Clancy, the protagonist in band
Twenty One Pilots ' 4th-7th albums (
Blurryface ,
Trench ,
Scaled and Icy , and
Clancy )
Clancy of the Overflow , the titular character in a
Banjo Paterson poem, possibly based on Australian drover Thomas Gerald Clancy
See also
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