Moriarty

Moriarty

The name Moriarty is an Anglicized version of the irish name Ó Muircheartaigh which orginated in County Kerry, Ireland. Ó Muircheartaigh can be translated to mean navigator or sea worthy, as the irish word muir means sea and cheart means correct. Several people have the Irish name Moriarty, mostly as a surname:

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In fiction

  • Professor Moriarty, the primary villain of the Sherlock Holmes series of mysteries
  • Count Jim Moriarty, character in The Goon Show
  • Dean Moriarty, character in the novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac
  • Jack Moriarty, a mostly-hallucinated nemesis of Gregory House on the Holmes-inspired television series House
  • Mark Moriarty, troublemaking character from the 1993 DOS game Eagle Eye Mysteries
  • Moriarty, Tank radio operator and engineer in the 1970 film Kelly's Heroes
  • Colin Moriarty, crime boss and owner of Moriarty's Saloon located in Megaton of the action role-playing game Fallout 3

In real life

With similar names

  • Gene Moriarity, Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Jay Moriarity, American surfer

Places

See also


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