Lavery
Lavery, also spelled Lowry, Lowrie, Lory, and Lowery, is an Irish surname derived from the Gaelic Ó Labhradha, meaning the "descendants of Labhradha".[1]
The Ó Labhradha descend from Labhradh, who was the father of Etru, chief of the Monagh, a people belonging to the Irish over-kingdom of Ulaid.[1] At the time of Etru's death in 1056, the sept was located in the area of Magh Rath (present-day Moira, County Down).[2] It is in this area as well as the adjoining part of County Antrim where the surname is still most common.[2] A strong concentration of them can also be found in the Montiaghs district of County Armagh, where many moved to during the Plantation of Ulster.[2]
Due to the number of Laverys in these areas they had to adopt monikers to distinguish between them, as such there were three distinct branches: the Baun-Laverys, from the Irish word bán, meaning "white"; the Roe-Laverys, from the Irish word rua, meaning "red"; and the Trin-Laverys, from the Irish word tréan, meaning "strong".[2] The Trin-Laverys often mistranslated their name into English as Armstrong.[3] An example of the adoption of Armstrong is Dr. John Armstrong who was born Trenlavery.[2]
Some of those who are Lowrys may descend from the Mac Labharaigh of Galloway, Scotland.[2] Many of the Lowrys and Lowries in Ulster descend likewise from Scotland, where their names are variants of Laurie, a diminutive of Lawrence, common in Dumfriesshire.[2] Notable amongst these Lowrys are the Earls of Belmore in County Fermanagh, who descend from the Lauries of Maxwelltown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.[2]
Notable people
Laverys
- Bryony Lavery
- Cecil Lavery
- Dave Lavery
- Emmet Lavery
- Emmet G. Lavery, Jr.
- Fred Lavery
- Sir John Lavery
- Hazel Lavery
- John Lavery
- Philip Lavery
- Ryan Lavery
- Father Sean Lavery
- Sean Lavery (dancer)
- William Edward Lavery
- William J. Lavery
Lowrys
- Calvin Lowry, American football player
- Dave Lowry, ice hockey player
- Hiram Harrison Lowry, American Methodist missionary to China
- Heath W. Lowry, historian
- Henry Berry Lowrie, Confederate outlaw
- Henry Dawson Lowry, English journalist
- James Lowry, Jr., mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Joseph Wilson Lowry, 18th century engraver
- Kyle Lowry, American basketball player
- L. S. Lowry, British artist/painter
- Leonard Lowry (1884–1947), New Zealand politician
- Lois Lowry, author
- Malcolm Lowry, author and poet
- Mark Lowry, comedian
- Martin Lowry, chemist
- Michael Lowry, Irish politician
- Noah Lowry, baseball pitcher
- Oliver Lowry, a biochemist
- Ray Lowry, cartoonist, musician
- Rich Lowry, editor and columnist
- Robert Lowry (governor) (1831–1910), American politician, governor of Mississippi
- Robert Lowry (hymn writer) (1826–1899), American professor of literature, Baptist minister and composer of gospel hymns
- Robert Lowry (Indiana) (1824–1904), American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Robert Lowry (writer) (1919–1994), American novelist, short story writer and independent press publisher
- Robert Lowry, Baron Lowry (1919–1999), Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
- Robert Lowry (Royal Navy officer) (1854-1920), British admiral
- Robert William Lowry, printer
- Shane Lowry (footballer), Australian/Irish footballer
- Shane Lowry (golfer), Irish golfer
- Sylvanus Lowry, American politician
- Thomas Lowry, businessman
Lowery
- Bill Lowery (politician) (born 1947), U.S. Republican politician from California
- Bill Lowery (record producer) (1924–2004), American music entrepreneur
- David Lowery
- Evelyn G. Lowery
- Fred L. Lowery (born 1943), Southern Baptist clergyman and author
- Hugh Lowery (1892-1972), American football player
- Joan Lowery Nixon
- John Lowery
- Joseph Lowery (born 1921), minister and civil rights leader
- Justin Blayne Lowery (born 1982), Actor, Godzilla (2014)
- Lillian M. Lowery, Superintendent of the Maryland State Department of Education
- Mark Lowery (born 1957), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Robert G. Lowery, Sr., a politician from Florissant, Missouri
- Robert O. Lowery, the first African-American New York City Fire Commissioner
- Savannah Lowery, New York City Ballet soloist
- Tony Lowery, English footballer
- Tony Lowery (American football), American football player
- Vaughn Lowery, actor and model
See also
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 Woulfe, Rev. Patrick (1923). "Ó Labhradha". Irish Names and Surnames. Retrieved September 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bell, Robert (2003). The Book of Ulster Surnames. The Blackstaff Press. pp. 118–9. ISBN 9-780856-406027.
- 1 2 3 4 Bell, Robert (2003). The Book of Ulster Surnames. The Blackstaff Press. p. 11. ISBN 9-780856-406027.