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
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