Cassidy (surname)


Cassidy is a common Irish surname and is sometimes used as a given name. The surname translates to "descendant of Caiside". Variations include: Cassady, Cassiday, Cassedy and Cassedey. The family was originally a Munster sept called Uí Chaisín but in the 12th century a branch moved to Devenish Island in County Fermanagh, where they became a medical and poetic family, hereditary physicians to the Maguires.
Cassidy may refer to the following:

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