Slattery

Slattery is a surname of Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish: Ó Slatara or Ó Slatraigh, meaning 'descendant of slatra' meaning 'robust', 'strong', 'bold'.^[1] The name originated in the townland of Ballyslattery in the barony of Tulla Upper in east County Clare, Ireland.^[2]

The Slattery coat of arms which shows three red submissive lions against a white background indicates a family that are magnanimous in warfare and yet kind and warm in peacetime.^[3][4]

Notable people named Slattery include:

• Bevan Slattery, Australian technology entrepreneur
• Brian Slattery, Canadian academic
• Edward James Slattery, American Roman Catholic bishop
• Fergus Slattery, Irish rugby union player
• Francis Slattery, American naval submarine commander
• Harry A. Slattery, American lawyer and statesman
• Henry Slattery, Australian football player
• Jack Slattery, American baseball player
• James M. Slattery, United States Senator
• Jim Slattery, United States politician
• Jimmy Slattery, New York boxer
• John Henry Slattery, Colorado businessman
• John Slattery, American actor
• Joseph Patrick Slattery, Australian physicist, radiologist, Catholic priest
• Martin Slattery, British musician
• Michael Slattery (archbishop), Irish priest
• Michael Slattery (hurler), Irish hurler
• Michael Slattery (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Michael Slattery (admiral), Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Judge Advocate General of the Australian Defence Force
• Mike Slattery (baseball), Major League Baseball player
• Mike Slattery (politician), Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives
• Richard X. Slattery, American actor
• Ryan Slattery, American film and television actor
• Tadhg Slattery, South African swimmer who competed in six Paralympic Games
• Tony Slattery, English actor and comedian
• Troy Slattery, Australian rugby league footballer

Fictional characters with the name Slattery include:

• Trevor Slattery, a character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
• Mike Slattery, a recurring character in The Last Ship, played by Adam Baldwin

• Slattery Report, 1939–40 report into Alaskan development through immigration
• Slattery's Hurricane, 1949 American film
• Slattery's People, 1964–65 American television series
• "Slattery's Mounted Foot", 1889 comic song by the Irish musician Percy French

Surname list

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