Ó an Cháintighe, an Irish Bardic family of west Cork. The medieval poet Fear Feasa Ó'n Cháinte was the composer of the following poems:
A shaoghail ón a shaoghail Bean dá chumhadh críoch Ealla Gluais a litir go Lunndain
The surname is derived from the Gaelic term cáinteach (satirical). The surname is today anglicised as Canty or O'Canty.
See also Tadhg Olltach Ó an Cháinte Graham Canty
External links http://www.ucc.ie/celt/itbardic.html#feasaonchainte
References
The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, Dublin, 1978, p. 36.