O'Dea (surname)

O'Dea (pronounced oh-dee), is an Irish surname approximately 1,000 years old belonging to a family descended from Déaghaidh, a tenth century AD Irish chieftain. The clan came originally from County Clare, Ireland. The English version of the name, O'Dea, is derived from Ó Déaghaidh or Ua Déaghaidh in [|Irish].