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Coffey (surname)

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Coffey (/ˈkfi/, /ˈkɒfi/) is an Irish surname, from the gaelic irish Ó Cobhthaigh. Ó Cobhthaigh was the name of an Irish Brehon family from County Westmeath and County Longford. They were known as the chief ollamhs or filí of Uisneach, where there is a Tuar Uí Cobhthaigh, Toorcoffey (Coffey's Tower).

Notable people with the surname include:

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