The Mulcahy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,595 people carried this name — #5,279 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,444 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Mulcahy surname

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolchathaigh (“descendant of the devotee of (Saint) Cathach”), a byname from cathachyss (“warlike”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mulcahy» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 76 births for the Mulcahy name in 1890.

Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 3,400 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born, 1890

Munster 72
Leinster 3
Ulster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Mulcahy in American newspapers,
1899–1913.

Newspaper page from The True Northerner carrying the name Mulcahy
The True Northerner 1899-05-31
Newspaper page from Douglas Island News carrying the name Mulcahy
Douglas Island News 1911-05-24
Newspaper page from The Review carrying the name Mulcahy
The Review 1913-12-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 29,724 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mulcahy in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

43,417 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mulcahy. The most, 11,119, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 4.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 12,028
Queensland 7,935
New South Wales 7,921
Victoria 7,248
Western Australia 6,270
South Australia 1,652
ACT (Canberra) 284
Northern Territory 26

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mulcahy.

Who carried it

People named Mulcahy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edward Mulcahy
    Edward Mulcahy 1850–1927 · politician
  • Daniel Mulcahy
    Daniel Mulcahy 1857–1932 · politician
  • Dan Mulcahy
    Dan Mulcahy 1882–1953 · politician
  • Richard Mulcahy
    Richard Mulcahy 1886–1971 · politician
  • Hugh Mulcahy
    Hugh Mulcahy 1913–2001 · baseball player
  • Jeremiah Hodges Mulcahy 1804–1889 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 79 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mulcahy,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,185 records

2,185 records of the Mulcahy name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 697
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 685
  • Other U.S. records 803
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Edwin Charle Mulcahy

    Born 1947; from Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record David M. Mulcahy

    Born 1901 in California. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco; conductor from San Francisco County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1957, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget Mulcahy

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 22; servant. From Limerick, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 2,185 records for Mulcahy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia983 records

983 records of the Mulcahy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 321
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 256
  • Other Australian records 406
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Mulcahy

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the London, sailing from Kingston in 1850. Native of Waterford. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1854.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Henry Mulcahy

    Born 1862 in Hobart, Tasmania. Married 1886 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 23.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Henry Mulcahy

    Born 1886 in Hobart, Tasmania. Died 1916 in Tasmania, aged 29.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 983 records for Mulcahy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada132 records

132 records of the Mulcahy name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 114
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • Other Canadian records 11
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Joseph Gerald Mulcahy

    Buried in 1980 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 20.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Annie Teresa Mulcahy

    Died 1932 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Edward Joseph Mulcahy

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 132 records for Mulcahy in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

New Zealand7 records

7 records of the Mulcahy name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 4
  • Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 2
  • Marlborough District cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Cornelius Mulcahy

    Died 1998, aged 72; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jessie Margaret Mulcahy

    Buried in 1968 at Totara Memorial Park Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 78.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Edward Mulcahy

    Died 1884, aged 50; buried at Havelock Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Mulcahy in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Mulcahy name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record D. Mulcahy

    Leinster Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Mulcahy

    London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record M. Mulcahy

    Royal Munster Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Mulcahy in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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