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FLAHIVE Family History

This is an ancient Irish surname recorded in a number of spellings. These include Flahy, Flahive, now a very rare form, Lahive, Lahiff, Leahy, and Lahy. They are believed to derive from the 12th century Gaelic O'Laochda, meaning "The descendant of the hero". Quite who the hero was, and what deeds he performed, history has not recorded, or if it has, then the records have been lost. We know that he was the original chief of the clan, because 90% of Irish surnames have a similar chieftain origin. The clan was never numerous, but then hero's rarely are, if we were all hero's nobody would notice.