O'Farrell
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O'Farrell is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 of Irish Gaelic origin. Bearers include:
  • Barry O'Farrell
    Barry O'Farrell
    Barry Robert O'Farrell MP, is an Australian politician and is the 43rd Premier of New South Wales, Minister for Western Sydney, Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party and a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Ku-ring-gai for the Liberal Party since 1999.Born in...

     - Australian politician
  • Bob O'Farrell
    Bob O'Farrell
    Robert Arthur "Bob" O'Farrell was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for 21 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants. O'Farrell also played for the Cincinnati Reds, albeit briefly...

     - Baseball player
  • Frank O'Farrell
    Frank O'Farrell
    Francis 'Frank' O'Farrell is an Irish former football player and manager.-Early:Frank O'Farrell started his playing career with Cork United, but followed his former Cork teammate, Tommy Moroney to West Ham United in January 1948. A quietly spoken, but nonetheless determined and talented wing-half,...

     - Former Irish soccer player and manager
  • Henry James O'Farrell
    Henry James O'Farrell
    Henry James O'Farrell is infamously recorded as the first person to attempt a political assassination in Australia. In 1868, he shot and wounded HRH The Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria.-Biography:...

     - Australian/Irish attempted assassin
  • Jasper O'Farrell, Irish-American surveyor and politician
  • John O'Farrell
    John O'Farrell
    John O'Farrell is a British author, broadcaster and comedy scriptwriter.-Early life:O’Farrell grew up in Maidenhead, Berkshire the youngest of three children, attending Courthouse Primary School and then Desborough Comprehensive...

    - British author, broadcaster and comedy script writer
  • Maggie O'Farrell
    Maggie O'Farrell
    Maggie O'Farrell is a British author of contemporary fiction, who features in Waterstones' 25 Authors for the Future It is possible to identify several common themes in her novels – the relationship between sisters is one, another is loss and the psychological impact of those losses on the lives...

     - British novelist
  • Maureen O'Farrell
    Maureen O'Farrell
    Maureen O'Farrell is a British actress, probably best known for her role as Linda Perelli in the 1980s television drama Widows.Other TV credits include: Minder, Dempsey and Makepeace, C.A.T.S. Eyes, The Bill and Coronation Street....

    - British actress
  • Patrick O'Farrell
    Patrick O'Farrell
    Patrick O'Farrell was a historian known for his histories of Roman Catholicism in Australia, Irish history and Irish Australian history...

     - Australian/Irish Roman Catholic historian
  • Patrick H. O'Farrell
    Patrick H. O'Farrell
    Patrick H. O'Farrell received his B.Sc. in 1969 from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He then went on to graduate school at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he worked with Jacques Pène. To optimize the resolution of the Electrophoresis of the proteins, he needed to separate the...

     - Inventor of the two dimensional electrophoresis.


As a place name, O'Farell can refer to:
  • O'Farrell, Texas - A town in Cass County, Texas
    Cass County, Texas
    As of the census of 2000, there were 30,438 people, 12,190 households, and 8,654 families residing in the county. The population density was 32 people per square mile . There were 13,890 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...

    , in the United States
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...


See also

  • Farrell clan
    Farrell clan
    The Farrell or O'Farrell clan is an Irish clan that traces its origins back to the battle of Clontarf in 1014. The descendants of Fearghal, who fought alongside Brian Boru at the battle of Clontarf, took the surname of Uí Fhearghail...

  • Farrell
    Farrell
    Farrell may refer to:* Farrell, Pennsylvania, a US city;* Monsignor Farrell High School, an all-boys private Catholic High School in Staten Island, New York, USA;* Farrell , people with the surname Farrell including...

  • O'Ferrall
  • Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater
  • O'Farrell Community School
    O'Farrell Community School
    O'Farrell Community School or O'Farrell Middle commonly referred to as O'Farrell is a charter school in the Southeast San Diego neighborhood of Encanto serving grades 6-9 in the K-12 American education system. The school opened its doors in the San Diego Unified School District in 1959 with its...

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