Shanley is a surname of Irish origin, anglicised from any of the following Gaelic phrases:

• Mac Seanlaoich meaning 'son of Seanlaoch'

• Ní Seanlaioch possibly meaning 'descendant of a daughter Seanlaoch'

• Nic Seanlaioch meaning 'daughter of Seanlaoch'

• Ó Seanlaoich possibly meaning 'descendant of a son of Seanlaoch'

Surname

• Bernard M. Shanley (1903–1992), associate of U.S. President Eisenhower

• Brian J. Shanley (born 1958), American priest of the Order of Preachers, president of Providence College

• Doc Shanley (1889–1934), American baseball player

• Eleanor Shanley, Irish vocalist

• Frank Shanley (1889–1917), English footballer

• Gib Shanley (1931–2008), American sports anchor/reporter

• Helen Shanley (1920–2009), American politician

• James A. Shanley (1896–1965), American politician

• Jim Shanley (1854–1904), American baseball player

• Jim Shanley (American football) (1936–2019), American football player

• John Shanley (disambiguation), multiple people

• Mai Shanley (born c. 1963), American model

• Mary Shanley (1896–1989), New York City police detective

• Mary Lyndon Shanley (born 1944), feminist legal scholar

• Paul Shanley (1931–2020), American defrocked priest and convicted child-rapist

Fictional characters

• Cal Shanley on US television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, played by Timothy Busfield

Given name

• Shanley Allen, professor of linguistics

• Shanley Caswell (born 1991), American actress

• Shanley Del (born 1962), New Zealand musician

• Shanley Kane, American writer

See also

• Shanley High School

• Shanley's Restaurants

• Shanley v. Northeast Independent School District

• The medieval Sept and Town of Mac Shanley, mentioned in the Irish Annals