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Fahey is a surname. Alternate spellings include Fahie, Fahy and Fay. Notable people with the surname include:

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Fahie is a surname derived from the Irish surname Ó Fathaigh. Alternative derivations include Fahey, Fahy and Fay. People named Fahie include:

O'Fahey is an anglicised form of Ó Fathaigh. The patronym means "descendant of Fathaigh", whose name means "base" or "foundation". Cormac Ó Fathaigh is the first recorded bearer with the surname and is the purported ancestor of any Ó Fathaigh descendants. The surname largely became Fahey, with many variations.

Fahy is a surname derived from the Irish surname Ó Fathaigh. Alternative spellings include Fahie, Fahey and Fay.