Proper noun
McLaverty (plural McLavertys)
A surname.
Sophia Hillan, New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Autumn, 2005), pp. 86–106 Wintered into Wisdom: Michael McLaverty, Seamus Heaney, and the Northern Word-Hoard. Source: Internet
McLaverty, Michael (2002) Collected short stories Blackstaff Press Ltd pxiii ISBN 0-85640-727-5 Heaney's poem Fosterage, in the sequence Singing School from North (1975), is dedicated to him. Source: Internet
Hillan describes how McLaverty was like a foster father to the younger Belfast poet. Source: Internet