From Ó Luasaigh, likely ‘swift’ or ‘speedy’ — a west Cork name, most common around Bantry and Skibbereen.
The Lucey certificate.
Digital €19.99 · Printed €39.99 · Framed €89.99. 20% off at checkout.
Gaelic Origin · Root meaning ‘swift’
Lucey comes from Ó Luasaigh, probably built on luas, ‘speed’. The family were concentrated in west Cork, particularly the stretch of country around Bantry and Skibbereen, and the name remains strongly regional there today — a name for quickness that, fittingly, never travelled very far from where it started.
A name for quickness, still standing on the same stretch of west Cork coastline it started on.
Irish form: Ó Luasaigh
