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The Mahoney surname is an Irish Celtic one. In Ireland the name is usually spelt O'Mahony, but in the native Irish (Gaelic) language it is spelt Ó Mathúna. The surname when translated means the decendent of the bear-calf. The man who gave his name to this family/clan was a great warrior who died during the battle of Clontarf in which the legendary High King of Ireland, Brian Ború defeated the Vikings of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man in 1014. This man Mathúna was the son of Brian Ború's daughter Sadbh. The O'Mahony clan were part of the powerful Eoghanacht tribe that also includes the O'Sullivan clan and the Mc'Carthy clan who ruled one of the four provinces of Ireland called Munster for hundreds of years. The O'Mahony clan like lots of other Irish Celtic clans defended their territory which was in west county Cork for centuries against the English invaders until it was finally taken from them in the seventeenth century.
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- Brett Mahoney - (famous cricketer from Australia)
- Éoin O'Mahony - ((1904-1970) Éoin was known as the Pope. He was a barrister, genealogist, lecturer, raconteur, a world traveller and a Knight of Malta. It was Éoin who founded the annual clan gathering of the O'Mahonys in 1955.)
- John Mahoney - (Actor on Frasier - NBC)
- Colonel John O'Mahony - (1815 - 1877) He was one of the leaders of the I.R.B. The I.R.B. or Irish Republician Brotherhood was the Irish Republician movement during the 19th century. It was a huge movement in both Ireland and the U.S.A. It was Colonel John who gave the American arm of the movement the famous "Fenian" name. As well as being the leader of the Fenians he was also a brillant scholar. )
- Mary Eliza Mahoney - (Born in 1845 in New England in the USA became the first Africian Americian nurse. She died in 1926)
- Raymond Mahoney - (a Famous maltese poet, and author. Wrote "Could It Be" & "Little Child" for the Eurovision Song Contest. Placed Malta 6th and 3rd.
Wrote many Musicals & Rock Operas such as "Gensna", "Bastilia", "Manwel, Manwel".)
- Suzanne Sommers - (her real surname is Mahoney: Actress)
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