The Luby surname (O'Luby, Luby, lube, and Looby) was originally recorded in the gaelic as O'Lubaigh. It has the unusualmeaning of "The male descendant of the cunning one" referred to the original chief of the clan. The O'Lubaigh clan are believed to originate from county Tipperary in the baronies of Iffa and Offa. There is a place called Ballylooby or the place of the looby's where the name originated in ancient times. In 1663, there were 20 families called Looby or Luby recorded in the Hearth tax registers for Tipperary. There are some noted Looby's of County Kildare that joined the Army of King James 2nd in and around 1690 and were outlawed when the King was defeated at the battle of the Boyne. **Ballylooby in Irish is Beal Atha Lubaigh meaning mouth or pass of Looby's Ford a village near Waterford in Tipperary.