What rhymes with carty?
car·ty

Or see Kart (disambiguation).The name Carty originated from the Irish name Ó Cárthaigh or O'Coraic. It most likely took the form 'Carty' during Cromwellian times when many Gaelic Irish names were Anglicised. The name Carthy could sometimes have derived from the name Carty. Carty is pronounced, whereas Carthy is pronounced . It has been speculated that some Irish immigrants to America and/or their descendants added 'Mc' changing their names to McCarty in the incorrect belief that they were returning the name back to its original form. The Irish is [oːˈkarhiː] in Connacht and Ulster, and [oːˈkarhəɟ] in Munster. The Carty name originates from the south of the island of Ireland Wexford and could have been a subclan of the much larger Mac / Mc Carthyclan, and a member of the Clan Eoghanachta. It has been recorded that the Carty clan was a scattered sept or clan in pre Norman Ireland which may have resulted from an event such as having come off the wrong end of a tribal dispute. Carty settlements can be found across Ireland sometimes in locations that were easy to defend such as Sligo's Coney Island which hosts the remains of a small Carty settlement (Carty's Town & Carty's beach). Carty is a common name today in the Irish counties of: Wexford, Cork, Sligo, Galway and Roscommon. It is common in Longford under the spelling of Carthy until the last thirty years. Carty is recorded amongst the Irish travelling (tinker) community. There may also be an English version of the name Carty which could be derived from the English name Cartwright. Nicholas Le Poer Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty, 8th Marquess of Heusden (born 1 May 1952) is an Irish peer, as well a nobleman in the Dutch nobility. He serves as an elected Crossbench member of the British House of Lords.

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