Haughey is an Irish surname. Spelling variations include: Hoey

Hoey

Hoey is an Irish surname. Spelling variations include: Haughey, McCaughey and McKeogh, among others. Modern spelling comes from the original Ó hEochaidh.The Hoeys are descendants of the ancient Dál Fiatach dynasty, rulers of the Ulaid...

, McCaughey

McCaughey

McCaughey is an Irish surname. Spelling variations include: McHaughey, MacCaughey, McGaughey and O'Coffey, among others. Modern spelling comes from the original Mac hEochaidh....

 and McKeogh

McKeogh

Mckeogh is an Irish surname. Spelling variations include: MacKeogh, McKeough, Kehoe, McCaughey and Hoey, among others. Modern spelling comes from the original Mac Eochaidh.The McKeoghs are descendants of the ancient Dál Fiatach dynasty, rulers of the Ulaid...

, among others. Modern spelling comes from the original Ó hEochaidh.

The Haugheys are descendants of the ancient Dál Fiatach

Dál Fiatach

The Dál Fiatach were a group of related dynasties located in eastern Ulster in the Early Christian and Early Medieval periods of the history of Ireland.-Description:...

 dynasty, rulers of the Ulaid

Ulaid

The Ulaid or Ulaidh were a people of early Ireland who gave their name to the modern province of Ulster...

. They trace their descent from Fiatach Finn mac Dáire

Fiatach Finn

Fiatach Finn mac Dáire, a distant descedant of Óengus Tuirmech Temrach, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a king of the Ulaid, later a High King of Ireland, and the eponymous ancestor of the early Medieval Ulster dynasty of the Dál Fiatach...

, a King of Ulster and High King of Ireland

High King of Ireland

The High Kings of Ireland were sometimes historical and sometimes legendary figures who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over the whole of Ireland. Medieval and early modern Irish literature portrays an almost unbroken sequence of High Kings, ruling from Tara over a hierarchy of...

 in the 1st century AD.

People with the surname Haughey:

• Charles Haughey
  Charles Haughey
  Charles James "Charlie" Haughey was Taoiseach of Ireland, serving three terms in office . He was also the fourth leader of Fianna Fáil...
  
  
• Chris Haughey
  Chris Haughey
  Christopher Francis Haughey is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who appeared in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943. At 18 years of age, the 6'1", 180 lb...
  
  
• Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond
  Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond
  Edward Enda Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, OBE is an entrepreneur and politician. With an estimated personal wealth of £500m, he is the richest person in Northern Ireland, 9th richest in Ireland 250 member list and is joint 132nd richest person in the United Kingdom.-Biography:Edward Haughey was...
  
  
• Matthew Haughey
  Matthew Haughey
  Matthew Haughey is an American programmer, web designer, and blogger best known as the founder of the community weblog MetaFilter, where he is known as mathowie.- Life and career :...
  
  
• Maureen Haughey
  Maureen Haughey
  Maureen Haughey is the widow Charles Haughey, who served as Taoiseach of Ireland for three terms.Maureen Lemass was born in Dublin in 1925. The eldest daughter of Seán Lemass and his wife Kathleen, she received her primary and secondary education in Dublin...
  
  
• Seán Haughey
  Seán Haughey
  Seán Haughey is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Dublin North Central constituency from 1992 to 2011 and is a former Minister of State....
  
  
• Seán Ó hEochaidh
  Seán Ó hEochaidh
  Seán Ó hEochaidh, Irish folklorist, born February 9, 1913 - died January 18 2002.-Biography:A native of Teelin, County Donegal, Ó hEochaidh worked as a fisherman in his youth. Despite a basic education, from an early age he made a written record of the oral folklore of his area...
  
  

Other:

• Haughey (TV series)
  Haughey (TV series)
  Haughey is a four-part mini-series documenting the life of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey which was first broadcast on Irish television channel, RTÉ One in June and July 2005...
  
  , a series broadcast by RTÉ
  RTE
  RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
  
   in 2005 about Charles Haughey

See also

• Hoey (disambiguation)
• McCaughey
  McCaughey
  McCaughey is an Irish surname. Spelling variations include: McHaughey, MacCaughey, McGaughey and O'Coffey, among others. Modern spelling comes from the original Mac hEochaidh....
  
  
• Kings of Ulster
  Kings of Ulster
  The Kings of Ulster were of the Ulaid, and up till about AD 450, ruled as over-kings of the ancient cóiced of Ulster. Ptolemy's map shows them as the Voluntii and adjacent Darini. They were joined in the kingship by the later attested Cruithne...
  
  
• Dál Fiatach
  Dál Fiatach
  The Dál Fiatach were a group of related dynasties located in eastern Ulster in the Early Christian and Early Medieval periods of the history of Ireland.-Description:...
  
  
• Ulaid
  Ulaid
  The Ulaid or Ulaidh were a people of early Ireland who gave their name to the modern province of Ulster...