McCluskey
McCluskey or McCloskey (Irish: Mac Bhloscaidh) is an Irish surname. It evolved as a branch of the Ó Catháin clan in County Londonderry.[1]
History
The McCluskey sept are a branch of the O'Cahans, the former Lords of Keenaght. The McCluskey family was one of the leading Clans of Ulster before the 16th century Scottish colonisation. The MacCloskeys are from County Londonderry and descend from one Bloskey O'Kane, slayer of Murtagh O'Loughlin heir to the Irish Throne in 1196. The names as McCloskey or McCluskey are well known in America and have been used in popular culture. The first recorded spelling of the family name McCluskey is shown to be that of Mac Bhloscaidh from the All Ireland Census in 1659, conducted during the reign of Richard Cromwell. Surnames became necessary in the Celtic Isles when governments introduced personal taxation.
It was first found in what is modern County Londonderry where they were a branch of the O'Kanes. It originates from Gaelic Ireland in the North and the South.[1]
People with the surname
- Andy McCluskey (born 1959), singer
- Conn McCluskey (1914–2013), Irish civil-rights activist
- C. Wade McClusky (1902–1976), American admiral
- Edward J. McCluskey (1929–2016), electrical engineer
- George McCluskey (born 1957), Scottish football player
- Harold McCluskey (1912–1987), radiation survivor
- Jamie McCluskey (born 1987), Scottish football player
- Jill McCluskey, American economist
- Jim McCluskey (1950–2013), Scottish football referee
- Joe McCluskey (1911–2002), American athlete
- John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey (1929–2017), Scottish lawyer, judge and politician
- John McCluskey (boxer) (1944–2015), Scottish boxer of the 1960s and '70s
- Len McCluskey (born 1950), a British trade unionist
- Pat McCluskey (born 1952), Scottish football player
- Roger McCluskey (1930–1993), American race-car driver
- Ronnie McCluskey (1936–2011), Scottish football player
- Stuart McCluskey (born 1977), Scottish football player
Fictional characters
- Karen McCluskey, Desperate Housewives character
- Mona McCluskey, American sitcom
- Mrs. Bridget McCluskey, Grange Hill character played by Gwyneth Powell
- Captain Mark McCluskey, corrupt Irish-American police captain played by Sterling Hayden in The Godfather
- Gator McKlusky, character played by Burt Reynolds in the movies White Lightning and Gator
See also
References
- "McCluskey Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". houseofnames.com. Retrieved 2020-04-14.