Malachy (given name)

Malachy is a given name of Irish origin. Notable bearers of the name include:

People

• Saint Malachy (1095–1148), Archbishop of Armagh and first native-born Irish saint
• Malachy of Ireland (fl. 1279–1300), theologian and archbishop
• Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid, 9th-century High King of Ireland, also known as Malachy I
• Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland in the late 10th and early 11th centuries, also known as Malachy II
• Malachy Carey (1956–1992), Irish republican
• Malachy Coney, Northern Irish comics writer and cartoonist
• Malachy Conlon (d. 1950), Northern Irish politician
• Malachy Bowes Daly (1836–1920), Canadian politician
• Malachy John Goltok (1965–2015), Nigerian Catholic bishop
• Malachy Higgins (born 1944), Northern Irish Lord Justice of Appeal
• Malachy Hitchins (1741–1809), Cornish astronomer and cleric
• Malachy Kilbride, Irish-American activist
• Malachy "Mal" Loye, English cricket player
• Malachy E. Mannion (born 1953), American judge
• Malachy McCourt (1931–2024), Irish-American actor, writer and politician
• Malachy McGurran (1938–1978), Irish republican
• Malachy Ó Caollaidhe (d. 1645), Irish Catholic archbishop
• Malachy Ikechukwu Okwueze (born 1962), Nigerian professor of religion and ethics
• Malachy O'Rourke, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager
• Malachy Postlethwayt (1707–1767), British economist and lexicographer
• Malachy Salter (1715–1781), Nova Scotian merchant and office-holder convicted of sedition
• Malachy Sheridan (1966–2002), Irish bobsledder
• Malachy Sullivan (1893–1967), American Catholic priest, collegiate instructor, and football coach
• Malachy Tallack (born 1980), Shetland singer-songwriter, journalist and author
• Malachy Travers, Irish hurler

Fictional characters

• Malachy Costello, from the Irish soap opera Fair City
• Malachy Fisher, from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Malachy Malone, from the American soap opera Ryan's Hope

Dogs

• Palacegarden Malachy, winner of the 2012 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show