Hickey (surname)
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Hickey is a common surname
of Irish
origin. The original form is Ó hÍceadha
, which is still used in Ireland.
clan. Their traditional home was in the north of County Clare, where there is still an area called Ballyhickey ("Baile O hIcidhe" , or O Hickey's settlement). They are also associated with the neighbouring townland of Drim, and other townlands around Quin
, Co. Clare.
Before the invasion of the Anglo-Normans at the end of the 12th century, the home of the family was located near Killaloe
in County Clare.
Documents held in the British Museum (Collectanea de Rebus Hibernies Vol 1 p641) record that "in the last year of the reign of Connor O'Brien - na Srona - (of the nose) King of Thomand an obstinate battle was fought ...against Gerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, the Lord Deputy of Ireland
near the castle of Ballyhickey." (C.E. 1496). The Earl of Kildare first used artillery in 1485 and it is assumed he later obliterated Ballyhickey Castle as no trace of it is shown in the Down Survey
map of the County of Clare from 1658.
can be described as Lion passant guardant
Or (that is, a gold lion walking, with the right forepaw raised and facing the viewer), on an Azure background, ensigned or crowned with an ermine fur of sable
(that is, black) fleur de Lys
with a sable bent. The less familiar motto
is the Latin "Honour virtutis praemium", roughly translated as "Honour is the reward for virtue".
An Ancestral coat-of-arms for Hickey is a shield divided into eight triangles, all meeting at a point in the center of the shield. The triangles are colored alternately black and gold: upon each black triangle is a golden acorn and upon each golden triangle is a black oak leaf.
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
origin. The original form is Ó hÍceadha
Ó hÍceadha
-Overview:Ó hÍceadha is a surname especially associated with the Kingdom of Thomond, where bearers of the name were in successive generations a medical family who were physicians to the clans of the Dál gCais, as well as other premier families of Munster and Leinster.By tradition, the O'Hickeys...
, which is still used in Ireland.
Ó hÍceadha
The Ó hÍceadha's were court physicians to the powerful Kings of Thomond, part of the Dál gCaisDál gCais
The Dál gCais were a dynastic group of related septs located in north Munster who rose to political prominence in the 10th century AD in Ireland. They claimed descent from Cormac Cas, or Cas mac Conall Echlúath, hence the term "Dál", meaning "portion" or "share" of Cas...
clan. Their traditional home was in the north of County Clare, where there is still an area called Ballyhickey ("Baile O hIcidhe" , or O Hickey's settlement). They are also associated with the neighbouring townland of Drim, and other townlands around Quin
Quin
Quin may refer to:* Dugall Quin, a character in the folk ballad Dugall Quin* Mr. Quin, a character in the short story collection The Mysterious Mr...
, Co. Clare.
Before the invasion of the Anglo-Normans at the end of the 12th century, the home of the family was located near Killaloe
Killaloe, County Clare
Killaloe is a large village in east County Clare, Ireland, situated in the midwest of Ireland. The village is on the south end of Lough Derg, while the settlement spreads across the River Shannon, with the County Tipperary side known as Ballina...
in County Clare.
Documents held in the British Museum (Collectanea de Rebus Hibernies Vol 1 p641) record that "in the last year of the reign of Connor O'Brien - na Srona - (of the nose) King of Thomand an obstinate battle was fought ...against Gerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, the Lord Deputy of Ireland
Lord Deputy of Ireland
The Lord Deputy was the King's representative and head of the Irish executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and later the Kingdom of Ireland...
near the castle of Ballyhickey." (C.E. 1496). The Earl of Kildare first used artillery in 1485 and it is assumed he later obliterated Ballyhickey Castle as no trace of it is shown in the Down Survey
Down Survey
The Down Survey, also known as the Civil Survey, refers to the mapping of Ireland carried out by William Petty, English scientist in 1655 and 1656....
map of the County of Clare from 1658.
The Hickey crest and motto
The generally accepted form of the Hickey family crestCrest (heraldry)
A crest is a component of an heraldic display, so called because it stands on top of a helmet, as the crest of a jay stands on the bird's head....
can be described as Lion passant guardant
Lion (heraldry)
The lion is a common charge in heraldry. It traditionally symbolises bravery, valour, strength, and royalty, since traditionally, it is regarded as the king of beasts.-Attitudes:...
Or (that is, a gold lion walking, with the right forepaw raised and facing the viewer), on an Azure background, ensigned or crowned with an ermine fur of sable
Sable (heraldry)
In heraldry, sable is the tincture black, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures, called "colours". In engravings and line drawings, it is sometimes depicted as a region of crossed horizontal and vertical lines or else marked with sa. as an abbreviation.The name derives from the black fur of...
(that is, black) fleur de Lys
Fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys is a stylized lily or iris that is used as a decorative design or symbol. It may be "at one and the same time, political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic, and symbolic", especially in heraldry...
with a sable bent. The less familiar motto
Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
is the Latin "Honour virtutis praemium", roughly translated as "Honour is the reward for virtue".
An Ancestral coat-of-arms for Hickey is a shield divided into eight triangles, all meeting at a point in the center of the shield. The triangles are colored alternately black and gold: upon each black triangle is a golden acorn and upon each golden triangle is a black oak leaf.
Arts and entertainment
- Cheryl HickeyCheryl HickeyCheryl Hickey is host of ET Canada, an entertainment news magazine for Global Television Network which launched on September 12, 2005....
, born 1976, entertainment reporter for the Global Television NetworkGlobal Television NetworkGlobal Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division... - Dale HickeyDale HickeyDale Hickey is an Australian artist.Born in Melbourne, Hickey studied art at Swinburne College of Technology and then held various teaching positions including Senior Lecturer in painting at Phillip Institute of Technology from 1973-89, before devoting himself full-time to painting...
born 1937, Australian artist - Dave HickeyDave HickeyDavid Hickey is an American art and cultural critic. He has written for many American publications including Rolling Stone, Art News, Art in America, Artforum, Harper's Magazine, and Vanity Fair...
, American art critic, author of Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy (1998) - Earl Hickey, fictional character in the NBC show My Name Is EarlMy Name Is EarlMy Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...
- Randy Hickey, fictional character in the NBC show My Name Is EarlMy Name Is EarlMy Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...
- Eddie HickeyEddie HickeyEdgar S. "Eddie" Hickey was a college men's basketball coach. He coached at his alma mater of Creighton University , St. Louis University and Marquette University , compiling a 436-231 record...
, US sportsman - Ersel HickeyErsel HickeyErsel Hickey , born in Brighton, New York was a rockabilly singer best known for his hit song "Bluebirds over the Mountain".-Early life:...
, rockabilly singer - James Harden-HickeyJames Harden-HickeyJames Harden-Hickey was a Franco-American author, newspaper editor, duellist, adventurer and self-proclaimed Prince.-Early life:James Aloysius Harden was born in San Francisco, California on December 8, 1854...
, 19th century American writer - Kenny HickeyKenny HickeyKenneth Shaun Hickey is an American heavy metal musician. He was the guitarist for the gothic metal band Type O Negative. He is also the vocalist and guitarist for heavy metal band Seventh Void, and the touring guitarist for Danzig...
, US musician - Magee HickeyMagee HickeyMagee Hickey is a reporter for WPIX in New York City.Hickey attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, an elite, all-girls school in Manhattan, before graduating from Brown University in 1977....
, US television reporter - Michael HickeyMichael HickeyMichael Hickey, originally of Manhasset, New York, is a screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night...
, US screenwriter - Tom HickeyTom HickeyTom Hickey is an Irish actor who has appeared in stage plays, films, and TV series.Born in Kildare, Hickey began his career in 1963 at Deirdre O'Connell's Stanislavski Studio in Dublin where he trained in Stanislavski's 'system' of acting. In 1965 he joined the cast of RTÉ television's new rural...
, Irish actor, famous for his role in The RiordansThe RiordansThe Riordans was the second Irish soap opera made by Raidio Telefís Éireann . It ran from 1965 to 1979 and was set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny... - Thomas HickeyThomas Hickey (painter)Thomas Hickey was an Irish painter.Born in Dublin, Hickey was the son of Noah, a confectioner in Capel Street, and Anne Hickey. A younger brother was John Hickey, the sculptor. He was trained at the Royal Dublin Society schools under Robert West....
, 1741-1842, Irish painter - William Hickey (actor)William Hickey (actor)William Edward Hickey was an American actor. He was best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston 1985 film Prizzi's Honor, as well as the voice of Dr...
- William Hickey (memoirist)William Hickey (memoirist)William Hickey was an English lawyer, but is best known for his vast Memoirs, composed in 1808–10 and published between 1913 and 1925, which in their manuscript form cover seven hundred and forty closely written pages...
- HickeyHickey (band)Hickey was a "melodic" punk band from San Francisco's Mission District, the band recorded, released and distributed their own music. Elaborate and very personal artwork was the style used for the band's records.-Founding members:...
was also the name of a melodic punk rockPunk rockPunk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band from San Francisco in the mid 1990s.
Sport
- Colin HickeyColin HickeyColin Edward Hickey was an Australian speed skater. He represented Australia at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics. His seventh place in the 1956 Winter Olympics was Australia's best result until 1976....
, Australian speed skater - Denis HickieDenis HickieDenis Anthony Hickie born 13 February 1976 in Dublin, Ireland is a retired professional rugby union footballer employed by the Irish Rugby Football Union. He played his club rugby for Leinster. His primary position was on the wing. He is also known as Disco Denis as a result of his quick feet...
, Irish international Rugby UnionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand... - Jarrad HickeyJarrad HickeyJarrad Hickey is a rugby league player for Harlequins RL in the European Super League.Previously with Canterbury Bulldogs he played several games for the club in 2006 off the bench. He is eligible for Ireland. Hickey has been given the nickname OAF, Hickman and Luva by Bulldogs supporters.He used...
, born 1985, Australian Rugby League player - Jim Hickey (American football)
- Jim Hickey (baseball coach)
- Miriam HickeyMiriam HickeyMiriam Hickey was the first head coach of the LSU women's soccer team. Hickey went 22-17-1 in two years at LSU, posting a 7-9 record in the SEC....
, US Soccer player - Noah HickeyNoah HickeyNoah Hickey is a association football player from New Zealand who plays for Gisborne City in the Central Premier League and last played professionally for the New Zealand Knights in the Hyundai A-League...
, New Zealand football (soccer) player - Noel HickeyNoel HickeyNoel Hickey is an Irish hurler who played currently plays as a full-back for the Kilkenny senior team.Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Hickey made his first appearance for the team during the 2000 championship and immediately became the first-choice full-back...
, Irish sports man - Pat HickeyPat HickeyPatrick Joseph Hickey is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 10 seasons in the NHL for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Quebec Nordiques and St. Louis Blues.-Playing career:...
, born 1953, Canadian Ice Hockey player - Red HickeyRed HickeyHoward Wayne "Red" Hickey was an American football player and coach who played for two teams and served as head coach for the San Francisco 49ers, where he was most famous for creating the shotgun formation in 1960....
, 1917 - 2006, athlete, played American Football. - Reg HickeyReg HickeyReg Hickey was a player, and later coach, of the Geelong Football Club. Between 1926 and 1959 he led the club to four premierships....
, player and coach for GeelongGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
in Australian rules footballAustralian rules footballAustralian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either... - Thomas HickeyThomas Hickey (ice hockey)Thomas Hickey is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League . He is a prospect for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League ....
,professional hockey player, L.A. Kings
Politics and law
- Bonnie HickeyBonnie HickeyPatricia "Bonnie" Hickey was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997.She was elected in the 1993 federal election at the St. John's East electoral district for the Liberal party...
, Canadian politician - James Hickey (Irish politician)James Hickey (Irish politician)James Hickey was an Irish Labour Party politician who joined the short-lived breakaway National Labour Party.Hickey first stood for the Dáil in the 1937 general election in the Cork Borough constituency, but narrowly missed being elected...
- John J. HickeyJohn J. HickeyJohn Joseph Hickey was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming.Born in Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, Hickey attended public schools and graduated with a law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1934, and practiced law in Rawlins...
, American politician - Maggie HickeyMaggie HickeyMargaret Anne "Maggie" Hickey is a former Australian politician. She represented the electoral division of Barkly for the Australian Labor Party in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2001...
, Australian politician
History and current affairs
- Colonel James Hickey (soldier)James Hickey (soldier)Colonel James Hickey was the US Army leader of Operation Red Dawn which captured Saddam Hussein near Tikrit, Iraq.-Early life & Military Career:...
, in charge of the US Special forces team which captured Saddam Hussein - Elizabeth HickeyElizabeth HickeyElizabeth Hickey was a well-known Meath historian and author who lived at Skryne Castle near Tara. The doyenne and best known of Meath historians, she wrote on a variety of topics...
historian and writer - Jim Hickey (weather presenter)
- Mary Augusta Hickey, Kennedy familyKennedy familyIn the United States, the phrase Kennedy family commonly refers to the family descending from the marriage of the Irish-Americans Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald that was prominent in American politics and government. Their political involvement has revolved around the...
matriarch - Thomas Hickey (soldier), executed for mutiny during the American Revolutionary WarAmerican Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
- Brian C. Hickey, a captain in the FDNY, killed on September 11th, 2001 due to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.
Religion
- J.S. Hickey, Cistercian Abbot, author of a "Summula Philosophiae" first published 1915