Is There an O'Garvey Coat of Arms?

Ancestors listed as O'Garvey are often found as Garvey a generation earlier. The name is usually explained as “Descendant of Gairbhith ("rough peace")”.

Related forms: Garvie and MacGarvey. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The O' in front of the name is a particle that was often added to Garvey in records.

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