• Source: Galvin (surname)

Galvin (Gallivan) is a name of Irish extraction which originated as a Clare sept of the Dál Cais dynasty. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Galvins were one of the chiefly families of the Dal gCais or Dalcassians who were a tribe of the Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland between about 500 and 100 BC.
Notable people with the surname include:

Bob Galvin (1922–2011), Chairman and CEO of Motorola
Connor Galvin (born 2000), American football player
Elliot Galvin, British musician
Fred Galvin, American mathematician
John Galvin (soldier), American general and academic administrator
John Galvin (Irish politician), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
Keith Galvin, Gaelic footballer
Kevin Galvin, business activist
Martin Galvin, Irish-American lawyer and political activist
Mick Galvin Irish footballer
Noah Galvin, American actor
Pat Galvin (1911–1980), Australian politician
Pat Galvin (public servant) (born 1933), Australian public servant
Patrick Galvin, Irish writer and poet
Patrick Galvin (footballer) (1882–1918), English footballer
Paul Galvin (businessman), founder of Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, later renamed Motorola
Paul Galvin (Gaelic footballer), Irish footballer
Pud Galvin, American baseball player
Sheila Galvin Irish politician
Tony Galvin, Irish soccer player
William Francis Galvin (b. 1950), Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth




See also


Irish clans




References

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