Tully is a surname of Irish origin. The surname itself and its variants include Tally, MacTully, Tilly and Flood, all of which can derive from several different unrelated Irish families, such as Ó Maoltuile, Taithligh, Mac Maoltuile, Ó Taithligh, and Mac an Tuile. Some MacTullys changed their name to Flood as tuile is Irish for 'flood'.
Tully is also an anglicised form of the Irish word tulach or tulaigh, meaning 'hill' or 'mound', and is used in various Irish place names.
Persons with the surname
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, sometimes anglicized as Tully, Roman orator and statesman
- Alice Tully (1902–1993), American philanthropist
- B. Joseph Tully (1927–2015), American politician
- Charlie Tully (1924–1971), footballer from Belfast
- Colin Tully (born 1945), Australian rules footballer
- Craig Tully (born 1976), Scottish football coach
- Darrell Tully (1917–1997), American football player and coach
- Darrow Tully (1932–2010), American newspaper publisher
- E. C. Tully, member of the 1859–1860 California State Assembly
- Fred Tully (1907–1969), English footballer
- George Tully (disambiguation), several people
- Grace Tully (1900–1984), private secretary to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Henri de Tully (1798–1846), French librettist and playwright
- Jack Tully (1885–1966), Australian politician
- James Tully (disambiguation), several people
- Jim Tully (1886–1947), American writer
- Joan Tully (1907–1973), Australian agricultural scientist
- John Tully (disambiguation), several people
- Kevin Tully (born 1952), English footballer
- Kivas Tully (1820–1905), American architect
- Laurie Tully (1917–1981), Australian politician
- Mark Tully (born 1935), British author and reporter
- Mary Rose Tully (1946–2010), American breastfeeding activist
- Michael J. Tully Jr. (1933–1997), New York politician
- Michael S. Tully (born 1967), Louisville Ky
- Mike Tully (born 1956), American pole vaulter
- Montgomery Tully (1904–1988), Irish film director
- Nicole Tully (born 1986), American distance runner
- Patrick Tully, Gaelic footballer and coach
- Peter Tully (1947–1992), Australian artist
- Pinckney R. Tully (1824–1903), American businessman and politician
- Pleasant B. Tully (1829–1897), U.S. Representative from California
- R. Brent Tully (born 1943), American astronomer
- Richard Walton Tully (1877–1945), American playwright
- Robert Tully, American football coach
- Roger Tully (born 1928), English dancer
- Russell Tully (1949–2013), Australian rules footballer
- Sean Tully, fictional character in Coronation Street
- Shawn Tully, (born in 1948), American Journalist and Special Correspondent at Fortune Magazine
- Steve Tully (born 1980), English footballer
- Susan Tully (born 1968), English TV director, former actress in EastEnders
- Sydney Strickland Tully (1860–1911), Canadian academic painter
- Tanner Tully (born 1994), American baseball player
- Ted Tully (1930–2003), Canadian football player
- Thomas Tully (1620–1676), English clergyman
- Tim Tully (born 1954), American neurobiologist
- Tom Tully (1908–1982), American actor
- Tom Tully (writer), British writer of Roy of the Rovers
- William Alcock Tully (1830–1905), Irish-born Surveyor-General of Queensland, Australia
- William J. Tully (1870–1930), New York politician
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See also
References
- O'Laughlin, Michael C. (2002). Tally & Flood. Irish Roots Cafe. p. 250. ISBN 9780940134096. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
Mac an Tuile, O Maoltuile, taithligh, MacTully, Mac Atilla, O'Tully and Flood
- MacLysaght, Edward (1982). More Irish Families. Irish Academic Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780716501268. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
"That name belongs to Tyronne and Fermanagh and appears to have no connection at al with Clare. Ó Taithligh is anglicized as Tally, Tilly and Tully. Tully it is true, is found in Galway, the county nearest to Clare, but there is always an abbreviated form of MacAtilla (see Irish Families, pp 278-279)
- Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence, Irish Place Names. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ISBN 0-7171-3396-6