McCarty
McCarty is a surname of Irish origin, an anglicized spelling of the Gaelic Mac Cárthaigh.
It appears as a family name across the English-speaking world, with variant spellings including McCarthy and MacCarthy.
Like many Irish surnames beginning with "Mc" or "Mac," it indicates descent from an ancestor named Cárthach.
The McCartys settled in Kentucky in the early 1800s.
Of the Emerald Isle
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
family · lineage · immigration · Ellis Island · census · records · descendants · roots
Fugitive from justice
- WilliamMale given name
- HenryGermanic masculine name
- aliasAdopted false name
- gunfighterSkilled frontier marksman
Wild West · legend · notorious · fugitive · Garrett · bounty · New Mexico · frontier
Long-barreled shoulder weapon
- lever-actionFirearm cycling mechanism
- gunsmithFirearms repair specialist
- carbineShort-barreled lightweight firearm
- WinchesterLever-action repeating rifle
Old West · frontier · patent · mechanism · repeater · collector · antique · firearm
Slow-moving ice mass
- AlaskaAmerica's frozen northwest
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- geologyStudy of Earth's composition
- geoscienceStudy of Earth's systems
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Irish
Of the Emerald Isle
heritage · family · lineage · immigration · Ellis Island · census · records · descendants · roots · Gaelic
outlaw
Fugitive from justice
gunfighter · Wild West · legend · notorious · fugitive · Garrett · bounty · New Mexico · frontier · desperado
rifle
Long-barreled shoulder weapon
- lever-actionFirearm cycling mechanism
- gunsmithFirearms repair specialist
- carbineShort-barreled lightweight firearm
Winchester · Old West · frontier · patent · mechanism · repeater · collector · antique · firearm · design
glacier
Slow-moving ice mass
- AlaskaAmerica's frozen northwest
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- geologyStudy of Earth's composition
geoscience · professor · university · scientist · publication · fellowship · institute · scholar · citation · fieldwork
- Melissa McCarthy
- Jenny McCarthy
- Joseph McCarthyAnti-communist inquisitor senator
- Joe McCarthyAnti-communist senator, fifties
- Kevin McCarthyDeposed GOP Speaker
- Cormac McCarthy