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Where did the Irish McCarthy family come from? What is the Irish coat of arms/family crest? When did the McCarthy family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

The many Irish surnames in use today have long rich histories behind them. The name McCarthy originally appeared in Gaelic as Mac Carthaigh, which is derived from the word "carthach," which means "loving."

Lacking standardized spellings, scribes and church officials recorded people's name according to how they sounded. This practice often led to the misleading result of one person's name being recorded under several different spellings. Numerous spelling variations of the surname McCarthy are preserved in the archival documents of the period. The various spellings of the name that were found include MacCarthy, MacCarty, MacArty, MacArthy and others.

First found in county Cork, where they were seated from ancient times.

Many Irish Families boarded ships bound for North America in the middle of 19th century to escape the conditions of poverty and racial discrimination at that time. Although these immigrants often arrived in a destitute state, they went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations of the United States and Canada. An inquiry into many immigration and passenger lists has revealed many early immigrants to North America bearing the McCarthy family name: Daniel McCarty, who came to Boston in 1742; David McCarty, who settled in Maryland in 1755; Alexander McCarthy, recorded in the New York Colonial Muster Rolls in 1760.

For more information on the last name McCarthy, the PDF Surname History is available for purchase as well as other products.


Suggested Readings for the name McCarthy
  • The Lindner & McCarthy Families of Hoboken, Newark, and Elizabethport, New Jersey by Florence Lindner McCarthy.

Some noteworthy people of the name McCarthy
  • Charles McCarthy (1873-1921), American political scientist and author
  • Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957), American politician, US senator from Wisconsin, known for his rabid anti-communist views
  • Mary Therese McCarthy (1912-1989), American novelist
  • Joseph Vincent "Marse Joe" McCarthy (1887-1978), American, Major League, baseball manager
  • Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933), American winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007
  • Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), Irish politician
  • Justin Huntly McCarthy (1860-1935), Irish Nationalist


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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist


We have researched the McCarthy family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline


Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements


In the McCarthy coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate


We encourage you to study the McCarthy genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The McCarthy Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The McCarthy Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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