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{{Infobox surname
| name            = Quealy
| pronunciation   =
| gender          =
| language        = [[English language|English]]
| languageorigin  = [[Irish language|Irish]]
| origin          = [[Ó Cadhla]]
| meaning         = "descendant of ''Cadhla''"
}}
'''Quealy''' or '''Quealey''' is a [[surname]] in the [[English language]]. It is derived from one of several names in [[Irish language|Irish]]: ''[[Ó Cadhla]]'' <ref name="Woulfe-o-cadhla">{{citation |title=Ó Cadhla |url=http://www.libraryireland.com/names/oc/o-cadhla.php |publisher=Library Ireland (www.libraryireland.com) |access-date=15 December 2010 }} which is a transcription of: {{citation |last1=Woulfe |first1=Patrick |title=Irish Names and Surnames |year=1923 }}</ref> and ''Ua Caollaidhe'' of Uí Bercháin (Ibercon) in [[Kingdom of Ossory|Osraige]].
==Notable people with the surname==
* [[Chelsea Quealey]] (1905–1950), American jazz trumpeter
* [[Gerit Quealy]] (born 1960), American writer, editor, Shakespearean scholar and actor
* [[Jim Quealey]] (1917–?), Australian professional rugby league footballer
* [[Michael Quealy]] (fl. 1980s), former Fine Gael politician in Ireland
* Patrick Quealy (1857&ndash;1930), founder of [[Kemmerer, Wyoming]]
* [[William H. Quealy]] (1913–1993), judge of the United States Tax Court
==See also==
* [[Queally]]
==References==
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