The McCluskey last name or surname is of Irish origin that evolved from the Irish Gaelic names O Cathain or Mac Cathain.
The McCluskey sept are a branch of the O'Cahans, the former Lords of Keenaght. The McCluskey family was one of the leading Clans of Ulster before the 16th century Scottish colonisation. The MacCloskeys are from County Londonderry and descend from one Bloskey O'Kane, slayer of Murtagh O'Loughlin heir to the Irish Throne in 1196. The names as McCloskey or McCluskey are well known in America and have been used in popular culture. The first recorded spelling of the family name McCluskey is shown to be that of Mac Bhloscaidh from the All Ireland Census in 1659, conducted during the reign of Richard Cromwell. Surnames became necessary in the British Isles when governments introduced personal taxation.
It was first found in what is modern County Londonderry where they were a branch of the O'Kanes. It originates from Gaelic Ireland in the North and the South.
Andy McCluskey (1959-) - Singer
Conn McCluskey (1914-2013) - Irish civil rights activist
C. Wade McClusky (1902–1976) - American Admiral
Edward J. McCluskey (1929-) - Electrical Engineer
George McCluskey (1957-) - Scottish football player
Harold McCluskey (1912–1987) - Radiation survivor
Jamie McCluskey (1987-) - Scottish football player
Jim McCluskey (1950–2013), Scottish football referee
Joe McCluskey (1911–2002) - American athlete
John McCluskey (boxer), Scottish boxer of the 1960s and '70s
Pat McCluskey (1952-) - Scottish football player
Roger McCluskey (1930–1993) - American race car driver
Ronnie McCluskey (1936–2011), Scottish football player
Stuart McCluskey (1977-) - Scottish football player
Gerard McCluskey (1964-) - Blue stone artist/Landscape designer
Ross C. McCluskey (1904-1984), Senior Editor Field and Stream Magazine
Karen McCluskey - Desperate Housewives Character
Mona McCluskey - American sitcom
Mrs. McCluskey - Grange Hill Character
Gator McKlusky- White Lightning character played by Burt Reynolds
Captain Marc McCluskey - fictional corrupt Irish-American police captain played by Sterling Hayden in The Godfather
