Gildea

Gildea is a surname.

Although spelled "Gildea", the name is pronounced "gill-day", rhyming with the Irish surname "O'Shea".

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Damien Gildea, (born 1969), Australian mountaineer and Antarctic explorer
 * the Gildea Glacier is named after him
 * Harry Gildea (1890–1917), Scottish footballer
 * James Gildea, (1838–1920), British Army officer and philanthropist
 * James H. Gildea, (1890–1988), American newspaperman and Democratic member of the US House of Representatives
 * John Gildea, Irish Gaelic footballer
 * Johnny Gildea, (1910–79), American football player
 * Lorie Skjerven Gildea, (born 1961), attorney and Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
 * Peter Gildea (1883–1940), Scottish footballer
 * Robert Gildea, (born 1952), professor of Modern History at Oxford University
 * Tom Gildea, (born 1939), Irish independent politician
 * Willie Gildea, (born 1888), Scottish footballer