# 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
* 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