Uí Chléirigh

Clann léannta Ghaelach ba ea ** Uí Chléirigh, ** de mhuintir Uí Fhiachrach a bhí i réim sna Connachta le dhá mhíle aois.  De shliocht Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne ba ea Uí Chléirigh féin, a bhí i réim sa tuath le 800 bliain.

Is é a sinsear ná Fiachrae mac Eochaid Mugmedon, deartháir níos sine le Niall Naoighiallach.  De réir seanscéal, rianaítear a sinsearacht siar chuig na Fir Bolg agus Míl Easpáine dís, agus dá mba fhíor chuig Japheth mac Naoi.

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Is é Ó Cléirigh an sloinne is sine atá taifeadta san Eoraip, ag dul siar go dtí 916, ainmnithe as Cléireach mac Ceadaigh.

Le linn ionradh na Normannach ar Éirinn, cuireadh an ruaig orthu as a gcuid críoch, agus a ngaoil Uí Sheachnasaigh curtha ina n-ionad. Ón 11ú nó 12ú haois ar aghaidh, bhíodar lonnaithe i dTír Chonaill, áit a bhí agat i mbun seirbhíse mar filí agus staraí Uí Dhomhnaill.  Scríobh siad mar shampla idir Leabhar Ginealach Uí Chléirigh agus Annála na gCeithre Máistrí.

Feictear géaga Uí Chléirigh in Albain de thairbhe na naisc stairiúla idir an dá thír (cosúil le Clann Chaimbéil).

## Daoine
### Ó Cléirigh
* Mac Comhaltáin Ua Cléirigh, rí Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne, beo 964
* Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh (beo 1595–1630)
* Mícheál Ó Cléirigh (ca. 1590–1643), príomhúdar Annála na gCeithre Máistrí
* Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh (bás 1664)

### O'Clery
* Keyes O'Clery, dlíodóir polaiteoir Éireannach
* Conor O'Clery, iriseoir Éireannach 

### Cleary

* Bernard Cleary (rugadh 1937), Canadian politician
* Beverly Cleary (1916–2021), American author
* Bill Cleary (born 1934), American hockey player
* Brendan Cleary (rugadh 1958), Irish poet
* Brian P. Cleary (rugadh 1959), American humorist, poet and author
* Daniel Cleary (rugadh 1978), Canadian hockey player
* Gabriel Cleary, Irish engineer
* Ivan Cleary, rugby league footballer and coach
* Joe Cleary (1918–2004), Irish baseball player
* Jon Cleary (rugadh 1917), Australian author
* Jon Cleary (musician) (born 1962), American musician
* Mark Cleary (professor) (rugadh 1954), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bradford
* Nikki Cleary (rugadh 1988), American singer
* Paul Cleary (rugadh 1976), Australian middle-distance runner 
* Phil Cleary (born 1952), Australian commentator 
* Patrick Roger Cleary, founder of Cleary University
* Sean Cleary (footballer) (rugadh 1983), Irish football player
* Sean Cleary, Irish rugby league footballer
* Thomas Cleary, American author and translator
* William J. Cleary (1870–1952), American politician

### Clarke
* Austin Clarke (1896–1974), file Éireannach
* Harry Clarke, ealaíontóir Éireannach 
* Henry Edward Clarke (1829–1892), businessman and politician in Ontario, Canada
* Henry Joseph Clarke (1833–1889), Premier of Manitoba, Canada, 1874–1878
* Peter Clarke (tennis) (rugadh 1979), Irish tennis player
* Philip Clarke (politician) (born 1933), Irish Republican Army member and politician
* Tom Clarke (Irish republican) (1857–1916), executed for his part in the 1916 Rising

## Féach freisin
* Rítheaghlaigh Ghaelacha

## Foinsí
* *Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature*, Robert Walsh, 1996. 
* *Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, His Associates and St Anthony's College Louvain*, Nollaig Ó Muraíle (eag), Four Courts Press, Baile Átha Cliath, 2007. 

## Naisc sheachtracha
*O'Clery family pedigree le John O'Hart ar Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann
*Ó Cléirigh ancestor search  at *Irish Times*
*Clan Ó Cléirigh DNA Project ar Family Tree DNA
*The O’Clerys: hereditary historians and poets at History Ireland

## Tagairtí

Catagóir:Connachta