McCloskey

McCloskey ({{Langx|ga|Mac Bhloscaidh}}){{Cite web |last=Woulfe |title=Mac Bhloscaidh - Irish Names and Surnames |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/macb/mac-bhloscaidh.php |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=www.libraryireland.com}} is an Irish surname.

The MacCloskeys were the foremost sept of the O'Cahans, Lords of Keenaght, one of the leading clans of Cenél nEógain before the 16th century Scottish plantation.{{Cite web |last=Woulfe |first=Patrick |date=1923 |title=Ó Catháin - Irish Names and Surnames |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/oc/o-cathain.php |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=www.libraryireland.com}} The progenitor of the clan was Bloscadh Ó Catháin, slayer of Muircheartach Ó Lochlainn, heir to the High Kingship of Ireland in 1196. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be in Gaelic, that of Mac bhLoscaidh, from the All Ireland Census in 1659, conducted during the reign of Cromwell.{{Cite web |title=Mac Bhloscaidh listed in Pender's 'Census' of 1659 |url=https://www.johngrenham.com/surnamescode/penderchartfull.php?surname=Mac%20Bhloscaidh&search_type=full |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=www.johngrenham.com}}

A typical variant spelling is that of McCluskey.{{Cite web |title=Mccluskey Name Meaning & Mccluskey Family History at Ancestry.co.uk® |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=mccluskey |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=www.ancestry.co.uk}}