Clancy

Clancy is an Irish name coming from the Gaelic Mac Fhlannchaidh/Mac Fhlannchadha, meaning "Son of the red/ruddy warrior" (Mac being for sons, Ní Fhlannchaidh/Ní Fhlannchadha would be for daughters), or as a hypocorism for Clarence. The surname originated from two different families, one in Thomond and one in the present day County Leitrim.

Notable people with the name include:

As a first name

 * Clancy Barone (born 1963), American football coach
 * Clancy Brown (born 1959), American actor and comedian
 * Clancy Chassay, English journalist
 * Clancy Cooper (1906–1975), American actor
 * Clancy Eccles (1940–2005), Jamaican reggae singer
 * Clancy Edwards (born 1955), American track and field sprinter
 * Clancy Fernando (1938–1992), Sri Lankan admiral
 * Clancy Hayes (1908–1972), American singer
 * Clancy O'Connor (born 1982), American actor
 * Clancy Pendergast (born 1967), American football coach
 * Clancy Rudeforth (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
 * Clancy Sigal (1926–2017), American writer
 * Clancy Smyres (1922–2007), American baseball player
 * Clancy Williams (1942–1986), American footballer

As a last name

 * Abigail Clancy, English model
 * Al Clancy, American baseball player
 * Bobby Clancy, Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
 * Boetius Clancy, Irish MP
 * Claire Clancy, Chief Executive and Clerk to the National Assembly for Wales, and first woman to be Registrar of Companies for England and Wales
 * Conor Clancy (Clare hurler) (born 1971), Irish hurler
 * Conor Clancy (Offaly hurler) (born 1993), Irish hurler
 * Cummin Clancy (1922–2013), Irish discus thrower
 * Daniel J. Clancy, American computer scientist
 * Dara Clancy, Irish musician, frontman of Soundstrand
 * Dave Clancy, British ice hockey player
 * Donald D. Clancy, American politician
 * Edward Clancy (disambiguation), several people
 * Finbarr Clancy, Irish folk musician, member of the High Kings
 * Frank Willey Clancy, American lawyer and politician
 * George Clancy (politician), Irish teacher and politician
 * George Clancy (rugby union), Irish rugby union referee
 * Gil Clancy (1922–2011), American boxing trainer and commentator
 * Gordon Drummond Clancy, Canadian politician
 * Jack Clancy, American football player
 * James Clancy (disambiguation), several people
 * Jim Clancy (baseball player), American baseball player
 * Jim Clancy (journalist), American broadcast journalist
 * Joe Clancy, American football player
 * John Clancy (disambiguation), several people
 * Joseph Clancy (Wisconsin), American politician
 * J. J. Clancy (MP), Irish member of the British Parliament
 * Kendrick Clancy, American football player
 * Kevin Clancy, Scottish football referee
 * Kevin Clancy (Royal Mint), British numismatist
 * King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
 * Laurence Clancy, British aerodynamicist, academic and author
 * Liam Clancy (1935–2009), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
 * Mary Clancy (born 1948), Canadian politician
 * Matthew Clancy, Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Michael Clancy, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of St. Helena and Dependencies, husband of Claire Clancy
 * Michael Martin Clancy, Irish catholic priest in Australia
 * Natalie Clancy, Canadian journalist
 * Patrick Clancy, Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
 * Patrick Clancy (Irish politician), Irish politician for Limerick
 * Patty Clancy, American politician
 * Pauric Clancy, Irish Gaelic football player
 * Peadar Clancy, member of the Irish Republican Army
 * Robert H. Clancy, American Representative from Michigan (1923–25, 1927–33)
 * Professor Robert Clancy, Australian scientist
 * Sam Clancy, American football and basketball player
 * Sam Clancy Jr., American basketball player, son of the above
 * Seán Clancy, member of the Irish Volunteers
 * Sean Clancy (disambiguation), several people
 * Susan Clancy, American psychologist and ufologist
 * T. Frank Clancy, American politician
 * Taliqua Clancy (born 1992), Australian beach volleyball player
 * Thomas Owen Clancy, American historian
 * Tim Clancy, Irish footballer
 * Tom Clancy (1947–2013), American author
 * Tom Clancy (singer), Irish folk musician, one of the Clancy Brothers
 * William Clancy, Irish missionary
 * Willie Clancy (musician), Irish Uilleann pipes player
 * Willie Clancy (hurler), Irish hurler

Fictional characters

 * Kanuka Clancy, one of the main characters from the anime series Mobile Police Patlabor
 * Chief Wiggum, Clancy Wiggum, character on The Simpsons
 * Clancy Freeman, a recurring character in Blue Heelers
 * Clancy, the protagonist in band Twenty One Pilots' 4th-7th albums (Blurryface, Trench, Scaled and Icy, and Clancy)
 * Clancy of the Overflow, the titular character in a Banjo Paterson poem, possibly based on Australian drover Thomas Gerald Clancy