title: Shanley
text: # Shanley
  
  Shanley is a surname of Irish origin, anglicised from any of the following Gaelic phrases:
  
  * Mac Seanlaoich meaning 'son of Seanlaoch'
  * Ní Sheanlaoich possibly meaning 'descendant of a daughter Seanlaoch'
  * Nic Sheanlaoich meaning 'daughter of Seanlaoch'
  * Ó Seanlaoich possibly meaning 'descendant of a son of Seanlaoch'
  
  Those bearing it include the following:
  
  * American Catholic priests:
     * Brian J. Shanley, priest of the Order of Preachers & president of Providence College
     * Paul Shanley (1931–2020), defrocked priest and convicted child-rapist
  * Others:
     * Barry Shanley (born 1946), American news anchor and journalist
     * Bernard M. Shanley (1903–1992), associate of U.S. President Eisenhower
     * Charles Dawson Shanly (1811–1875), Irish-American writer and journalist
     * Eleanor Shanley, Irish vocalist
     * Frank Shanley (1889–1917), English footballer
     * Francis R. Shanley (1904 – 1968), professor of engineering at the University of California, developed a theory of the strength of inelastic columns
     * Gib Shanley (1931–2008), sports anchor/reporter
     * John Patrick Shanley (born 1950), American playwright
     * Mai Shanley (born c. 1963), beauty queen
     * Mary Shanley (1896–1989), New York City police detective
     * Mary Lyndon Shanley (born 1944), feminist legal scholar
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Cal Shanley on US television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, played by Timothy Busfield
  