O'Keeffe





Ó Caoimh.


O'Keeffe (Irish: Ó Caoimh), also O'Keefe, Keef, or Keefe, is the name of an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Cork, particularly around Fermoy and Duhallow. The name comes from caomh, meaning "kind" or "gentle"; some reformed spellings present it as Ó Cuív and the feminine form of the original is Ní Chaoimh. As the primary sept of the Eóganacht Glendamnach, the family were once Kings of Munster from the 6th to the 8th centuries.




Contents





  • 1 Naming conventions


  • 2 History


  • 3 Ó Caoimh


  • 4 People named O'Keeffe


  • 5 Fictional characters


  • 6 Other uses


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References

    • 8.1 Footnotes


    • 8.2 Bibliography



  • 9 External links




Naming conventions


Main article: Irish personal naming system









Male
Daughter
Wife (Long)
Wife (Short)
Ó Caoimh[1]Ní Chaoimh
Bean Uí Chaoimh
Uí Chaoimh


History




Coat of arms and motto forti et fideli nihil difficile on a stained glass window in Wexford by Harry Clarke


The original Caomh, from whom the family descend, lived in the early eleventh century, and was descended from Cathal mac Finguine, celebrated King of Munster and the most powerful Irish king of the first half of the 8th century. See the main article, Eóganachta, for more discussion, as well as Eóganacht Glendamnach, the specific sept of the family.


The O'Keeffes are famous for claiming descent from the goddess Clíodhna and have a beloved story about her marriage to Caomh (Franklin, pp. 81 ff). Her sister Aibell competed for his affections but Clíodhna ultimately triumphed using sorcery.


For all of their history the family has been strongly associated with County Cork. Originally the territory of the family lay along the banks of the Blackwater river, near modern Fermoy, and were active in the wars of the twelfth century between the O'Conors and the Eoghanacht dynasties of Munster.


However, the arrival of the Normans displaced them, like so many others, and they moved west into the barony of Duhallow, where their territory became known, and is still known, as Pobal O'Keeffe, where the senior branch of the family had their seat at Dromagh in Dromtarriff Parish.


The last chiefs of this branch were Domhnall O'Keeffe of Dromagh (d. c. 1655), who was prominent in the Catholic Rebellion of the 1640s, and his son Captain Daniel O'Keeffe, who was killed fighting for King James at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691. The family estates were confiscated in 1703, and sold to the Hollow Blades Company.


Even today, Pobal O'Keeffe is still the area in which the name is most common, with surrounding areas of County Cork also including many of the name. It remains relatively rare outside that county. In 1890, more than two-thirds of the births under the name are recorded in County Cork.


Like many of the dispossessed Irish nobility, the O'Keeffes were active in the service of the Catholic monarchs of Europe. In 1740 Constantine O'Keeffe (born c. 1670) was admitted to the French aristocracy on the basis of his Irish pedigree, and his long service. The bearers of the surname "Cuif", found in the Champagne district of northern France, are descendants of O'Keeffe soldiers.


The original spelling is with 2 ff's (O'Keeffe), and church officials recorded names as they were wrongly spelled, then often resulting in the name of a single person being recorded under several spelling variations, such as O'Keefe, Keefe, Keeffe, Keiffe, and others



Ó Caoimh



  • Brian Ó Cuív (Ó Caoimh)


People named O'Keeffe



  • Alfred Henry O'Keeffe (1858–1941), New Zealand artist and art teacher


  • Batt O'Keeffe, (born 1945), Irish politician


  • Ben O'Keeffe, (born 1989), Doctor and New Zealand Professional Rugby Referee


  • Bob O'Keeffe (1881–1949), Irish hurler


  • Ciarán O'Keeffe (born 1971), English psychologist specialising in parapsychology and forensic psychology


  • The Hon. Mr Justice Daniel O'Keeffe (born 1943) Eminent barrister and former Irish High Court judge[2]


  • Dan O'Keeffe (1907–1967), Irish footballer


  • Darren O'Keeffe (born 1978), Irish soccer player


  • David O'Keeffe, Irish jurist, professor of European law


  • David O'Keeffe (footballer) (born 1962), former Australian rules footballer


  • Declan O'Keeffe (born 1972), retired Irish footballer


  • Denis O'Keeffe, Irish hurler


  • Dennis O'Keeffe, British professor of social science


  • Eileen O'Keeffe (born 1981), Irish former international hammer and discus thrower


  • Eoin O'Keeffe (born 1979), Irish composer based in the UK


  • Frank O'Keeffe (1896–1924), Australian cricketer


  • Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), prominent American artist/painter


  • Ger O'Keeffe (born 1952), retired Irish footballer


  • Graham O'Keeffe, Irish football player


  • Irene O'Keeffe, Irish camogie player


  • James O'Keeffe (1912–1986), Irish Fine Gael politician


  • Jim O'Keeffe (born 1941), Irish politician

  • John O'Keeffe (disambiguation)

  • Jonathan O'Keeffe (born 1977), birth name of Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers


  • Kain O'Keeffe (born 1987), Australian actor


  • Kerry O'Keeffe (born 1949), Australian cricketer and sports commentator


  • Kevin O'Keeffe (footballer) (born 1952), former Australian rules footballer


  • Kristin Bair O'Keeffe (born 1966) American novelist


  • Laurence O'Keeffe (1931–2003), British diplomat, ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the 'Velvet Revolution'


  • Miles O'Keeffe (born 1954), American actor


  • Natasha O'Keeffe (born 1987), English actress


  • Ned O'Keeffe (born 1942), Irish politician


  • Paddy O'Keeffe (born 1864), Irish hurler


  • Padraig O'Keeffe (1887–1963), Irish traditional musician


  • Pat O'Keeffe (1883 - 1960), English Boxer


  • Patrick O'Keeffe (politician) (died 1973), Irish politician


  • Patrick O'Keeffe (writer) (born 1964), Irish-American short story writer


  • Rhys O'Keeffe (born 1990), Australian rules footballer


  • Sean O'Keeffe (born 1971), Emerging Markets Financier


  • Sean O'Keeffe (born 1982), Australian rules footballer


  • Susan O'Keeffe, Irish politician and journalist


  • Timothy O'Keeffe (1926–1994), Irish editor and publisher


  • Trevor O'Keeffe (1968–1987), Irish man who was murdered while hitchhiking in France


  • zac o’keeffe(1978-),Electrician


Fictional characters



  • Calvin O'Keefe, major character in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quartet series


  • Jimmy Keefe, cousin of Tommy Gavin from Rescue Me TV Series


  • Polly O'Keefe, protagonist of the Madeleine L'Engle novels


Other uses



  • Carling O'Keefe, a Canadian brewery


  • O'Keefe, an album by singer-songwriter Danny O'Keefe


  • The O'Keefes, a short-lived television series


See also


  • Clídna

  • Eóganachta

  • Eóganacht Glendamnach


  • His Majesty O'Keefe, a 1954 adventure film, as well as the 1952 book of the same name, from which the film derives

  • Irish nobility

  • Irish royal families


References



Footnotes




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  2. ^ http://www.clarechampion.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13075:high-court-judge-steps-down-from-the-bench&catid=55:ennis&Itemid=56




Bibliography


  • Byrne, Francis J., Irish Kings and High-Kings. Four Courts Press. 2nd edition, 2001.

  • Charles-Edwards, Thomas M., Early Christian Ireland. Cambridge University Press. 2000.

  • Franklin, D., "Cliodhna, the Queen of the Fairies of South Munster", in Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Volume III, Second Series. 1897. pp. 81 ff

  • MacLysaght, Edward, Irish Families: Their Names, Arms and Origins. Irish Academic Press. 4th edition, 1998.


External links



  • O'Keefe Clan at OKeefeClan.org


  • O'Keeffe at Irish Times


  • O'Keeffe family pedigree at Library Ireland









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