(0) CANTY O'Encantie, An early anglicized forms of this name found in
sixteenth century records, gives a link between the modern Canty and the Irish original Ó
an Cháintigh. An unusual type of surname, since those formed from professions and
occupations usually have the Mac not the 0 prefix. In this case it denotes descendant of
the satirist, an cháintigh being the genitive of an cáinteach. It is the name of a
bardic family belonging to west Cork; Canty is given in the "census" of 1659 as
one of the principal names in the barony of Kinalmeaky, Co. Cork. It produced some
well-known poets such as Fearfasa O'Canty (fl. 1610) who was concerned in the celebrated
"Contention of the Bards" in the early seventeenth century. His name in Irish is
usually spelt Ó an Chinte. The sept spread from Co. Cork into Co. Limerick where they
were numerous by the seventeenth century, then mainly under the name of O'Canty and at
times County: County,is found in Kerry and Limerick at thetoday. In the survey of Armagh
made in 1618 the name Canty occurs.
(0) CANTY O'Encantie, An early anglicized forms of this name found in
sixteenth century records, gives a link between the modern Canty and the Irish original Ó
an Cháintigh. An unusual type of surname, since those formed from professions and
occupations usually have the Mac not the 0 prefix. In this case it denotes descendant of
the satirist, an cháintigh being the genitive of an cáinteach. It is the name of a
bardic family belonging to west Cork; Canty is given in the "census" of 1659 as
one of the principal names in the barony of Kinalmeaky, Co. Cork. It produced some
well-known poets such as Fearfasa O'Canty (fl. 1610) who was concerned in the celebrated
"Contention of the Bards" in the early seventeenth century. His name in Irish is
usually spelt Ó an Chinte. The sept spread from Co. Cork into Co. Limerick where they
were numerous by the seventeenth century, then mainly under the name of O'Canty and at
times County: County,is found in Kerry and Limerick at thetoday. In the survey of Armagh
made in 1618 the name Canty occurs.