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

The McCaugheys 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

• Betsy McCaughey (born 1948), politician
• Billy McCaughey
  Billy McCaughey
  William "Billy" McCaughey was a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary's Special Patrol Group and the illegal Ulster Volunteer Force in the 1970s. He was imprisoned for 16 years for murder from 1980 to 1996...
  
   (1950-2006), convict
• Davis McCaughey
  Davis McCaughey
  John Davis McCaughey, AC was a bible scholar, church and university administrator, and was Governor of Victoria from 1986–1992.-Working life:...
  
   (1914-2005), scholar, administrator and politician
• Gerald T. McCaughey
  Gerald T. McCaughey
  Gerald T. McCaughey is the president and CEO of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.-Early years:...
  
   (born 1956), executive
• Martha McCaughey
  Martha McCaughey
  Martha McCaughey, PhD, is the director of Women's Studies at Appalachian State University. Her research and writings have dealt extensively with evolutionary psychology as applied to gender. Her most recent book is "The Caveman Mystique: Pop-Darwinism and the Debates over Sex, Violence, and...
  
   (born 1966), academic
• Martin McCaughey
  Martin McCaughey
  Gerard Patrick Martin McCaughey was a volunteer in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army from Aughnagar, Galbally, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. McCaughey was killed by undercover British Army soldiers in County Armagh on October 1990 along with fellow IRA volunteer,...
  
   (1967–1990), Irish Republican Army member
• Samuel McCaughey
  Samuel McCaughey
  Sir Samuel McCaughey was an Irish-born pastoralist, politician and philanthropist in Australia.-Early life:McCaughey was born at Tullyneuh, near Ballymena, Ireland, the son of Francis McCaughey, farmer and merchant, and his wife Eliza, née Wilson.McCaughey came to Australia with an uncle, Charles...
  
   (1835–1919), pastoralist, politician and philanthropist
• Scott McCaughey
  Scott McCaughey
  As a singer and songwriter, Scott McCaughey is the leader of the Seattle and Portland-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5.He is also bassist for Robyn Hitchcock's most recent touring band, The Venus 3, along with Bill Rieflin and Peter Buck....
  
  , singer
• Seán McCaughey
  Seán McCaughey
  Seán McCaughey was an Irish Republican Army leader in the 1930s and 1940s, and hunger striker....
  
   (1915–1946), Irish Republican Army leader
• Nathan McCaughey pornstar

See also

• McCaughey Prize
  McCaughey Prize
  The McCaughey Prize is an Australian art prize awarded to an artist or artists, under which the National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of New South Wales acquire work by the winning artist....
  
  , an Australian art prize awarded to an artist or artists.
• McCaughey septuplets
  McCaughey septuplets
  The McCaughey septuplets are a set of septuplets born to Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.-Biography:...
  
  
• Haughey
  Haughey
  Haughey is an Irish surname. Spelling variations include: Hoey, McCaughey and McKeogh, among others. Modern spelling comes from the original Ó hEochaidh.The Haugheys are descendants of the ancient Dál Fiatach dynasty, rulers of the Ulaid...
  
  
• 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:...