Geraghty Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Geraghty Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Geraghty

The origin of the name Geraghty was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Variants of Geraghty include McGeraghty and Geretty. There are no less than seventeen different synonyms of Geraghty in English, including McGerity, Gearty, Jerety, Enright and even Erraught. The original Gaelic form of Geraghty was O'Roduibh, taken from Oireachtach O'Roduibh who lived in the twelfth century. The Sept were of the Hy Many and were located in County Roscommon and in County Galway in O'Kelly's country. The Chief of the Name, called McGiriaght in the 'Composition Book of Connacht', was seated in the barony of Athlone in 1585. An analysis of the present population distribution indicates that, apart from the main urban centres, the Geraghtys are mainly found in County Galway . Enright is an anglicized variant from the Irish form of Geraghty, Mac Oireachtaigh. The Gaelic word 'oireachtach' from which these names are taken means 'assembly'. The Irish Parliament is known as the 'Oireachtas'.