Malachy (given name)

Malachy (/ˈmæləki/ MAL-ə-kee) is a given name of Irish origin. Notable people with the name include:

People

Saint Malachy (1095–1148), Archbishop of Armagh and first native-born Irish saint
Malachy of Ireland (fl. 1279–1300), theologian and archbishop
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid, 9th-century High King of Ireland, also known as Malachy I
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland in the late 10th and early 11th centuries, also known as Malachy II
Malachy Carey (1956–1992), Irish republican
Malachy Coney, Northern Irish comics writer and cartoonist
Malachy Conlon (d. 1950), Northern Irish politician
Malachy Bowes Daly (1836–1920), Canadian politician
Malachy John Goltok (1965–2015), Nigerian Catholic bishop
Malachy Higgins (born 1944), Northern Irish Lord Justice of Appeal
Malachy Hitchins (1741–1809), Cornish astronomer and cleric
Malachy Kilbride, Irish-American activist
Malachy "Mal" Loye, English cricket player
Malachy E. Mannion (born 1953), American judge
Malachy McCourt (1931–2024), Irish-American actor, writer and politician
Malachy McGurran (1938–1978), Irish republican
Malachy Ó Caollaidhe (d. 1645), Irish Catholic archbishop
Malachy Ikechukwu Okwueze (born 1962), Nigerian professor of religion and ethics
Malachy O'Rourke, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager
Malachy Postlethwayt (1707–1767), British economist and lexicographer
Malachy Salter (1715–1781), Nova Scotian merchant and office-holder convicted of sedition
Malachy Sheridan (1966–2002), Irish bobsledder
Malachy Sullivan (1893–1967), American Catholic priest, collegiate instructor, and football coach
Malachy Tallack (born 1980), Shetland singer-songwriter, journalist and author
Malachy Travers, Irish hurler

Fictional characters

Malachy Costello, from the Irish soap opera Fair City
Malachy Fisher, from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
Malachy Malone, from the American soap opera Ryan's Hope

Dogs

Palacegarden Malachy, winner of the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show