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Slattery is a surname of Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish Ó Slatara or Ó Slatraigh, meaning 'descendant of slatra' meaning 'robust', 'strong', 'bold'. The name originated in the townland of Ballyslattery in the barony of Tulla Upper in east County Clare. The Slattery coat of arms which shows three red submissive lions against a white background indicates a family that are magnanimous in warfare and yet kind and warm in peacetime.
Notable people named Slattery include:
- Bevan Slattery, Australian technology entrepreneur
- Brian Slattery, Canadian academic
- Edward James Slattery, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Fergus Slattery, Irish rugby union player
- Harry A. Slattery, American lawyer and statesman
- Henry Slattery, Australian football player
- Jack Slattery, American baseball player
- James M. Slattery, United States Senator
- Jim Slattery, United States politician
- Jimmy Slattery, New York Boxer
- John Henry Slattery, Colorado businessman
- John Slattery, American actor
- Joseph Patrick Slattery, C.M., Australian physicist, radiologist, Catholic priest
- Martin Slattery, British musician
- Michael Slattery, Irish priest
- Richard X. Slattery, American actor
- Ryan Slattery, American film and television actor
- Tony Slattery, English actor and comedian
- Troy Slattery, Australian rugby league footballer
Usage examples of "slattery".
Before this was all over, Spence was going to meet this Slattery, this king of the underworld, face to face.
Ruby, Slattery stays out of sight most of the time, shows up in his casino once or twice a week.
She realized if it meant Slattery going free or something happening to Spence, she would choose the former.
Spence was deliberately trying to distract her from the threat they both knew Slattery held over their heads.
He would kill the man with his bare hands if Slattery had touched her.
He wanted Slattery to see the gun, to know Spence had come to kill him.
Becky said Olivia had discovered that Slattery was really someone in disguise.
Ben and three other men followed Spence into the room, each training their revolvers on Slattery, who held Torrie in front of him like a shield.
This move, in April 1949, was to prove significant, for it was in Santa Rosa that Herbert met Ralph and Irene Slattery, two psychologists who gave a crucial boost to his thinking.
Because of his background in philosophy Slattery also tried to relate psychological issues to broader questions of human nature and destiny.
Which was pretty much as close as Slattery ever got to real power in the bureau.
But because Slattery still loved the bureau, even after all these years, he knew that doing so was not only fair, it was good business.
Like everybody else working organized crime, Slattery had a body on his mind.
Initially Slattery had turned down their request to spend a second day investigating the link between the missing professor and the mob.
There had to be a way to convince Slattery that there was substantially more to this case than what had thus far surfaced.