Quealy

Quealy
Gender	Unisex
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	Irish
Word/Name	Ó Cadhla
Meaning	"descendant of Cadhla"

Quealy is a surname in the English language. It is derived from one of several names in Irish: Ó Cadhla ^[1] and Ua Caollaidhe of Uí Bercháin (Ibercon) in Osraige.

Notable people with the surname

Michael Quealy, former Fine Gael politician in Ireland
Gerit Quealy, American writer, editor, Shakespearean scholar, and actor

References

↑ Ó Cadhla, Library Ireland (www.libraryireland.com), retrieved 15 December 2010 which is a transcription of: Woulfe, Patrick (1923), Irish Names and Surnames

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