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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
. They trace their descent from Fiatach Finn mac Dáire
, a King of Ulster and High King of Ireland
in the 1st Century AD.
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...
, 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 Hoeys 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
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- Aoife HoeyAoife HoeyAoife Hoey is an Irish bobsledder who has competed since 2004. She finished 22nd out of 23 in the two-woman event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary.At , she was the tallest woman at the 2010 Winter Olympics....
- Charles Ferguson HoeyCharles Ferguson HoeyCharles Ferguson Hoey VC MC was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
- Clyde Roark Hoey (1877–1954), Governor of North Carolina
- Dennis HoeyDennis HoeyDennis Hoey was a British film and stage actor, best known for playing Inspector Lestrade in Universal's Sherlock Holmes series. He played the Master of Harrow in The Foxes of Harrow and appeared in Tarzan and the Leopard Woman. After a career as a singer, Hoey moved to acting on the stage in...
- Evelyn HoeyEvelyn HoeyEvelyn Hoey was a Broadway theatre torch singer and actress.- Career :Hoey was noted for her performances in Fifty Million Frenchmen and Good News. She began performing at the age of 10 in Minneapolis. As an adult she appeared in London, England and Paris, France...
- Gary HoeyGary HoeyGary Hoey is a surfer-rock musician.- Early life and early career :At fourteen, Hoey often lingered outside Boston's renowned Berklee College of Music, making friends and offering to pay for lessons. To devote his time to music, he dropped out of high school and began playing Boston's local clubs...
- Iris HoeyIris HoeyIris Hoey was a British actress in the first half of the twentieth century, both on stage and in movies. She married twice, first to Max Leeds, then the actor Cyril Raymond but divorced on both occasions....
- James Hoey (disambiguation), several people
- Kate HoeyKate HoeyCatharine Letitia Hoey is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Vauxhall since 1989. She served in the Blair Government as Minister for Sport from 1999 to 2001.-Background:...
- Marty HoeyMarty HoeyMarty Hoey was a mountain climber who took part in the 1982 expedition to Mount Everest. During an attempted ascent that would have made her the first American woman to summit Everest, she plunged over the edge of the Great Couloir and died. The cause of her death was an unsecured climbing...
(1851–1982), American mountaineer - Michael Hoey (disambiguation), several people
- Robert HoeyRobert HoeyRobert Alexander Hoey was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1921 to 1925, served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936, and was a cabinet minister in the government of John Bracken.Hoey was born in Enniskillen, County...