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Clans and Families of Ireland (The Heritage and Heraldry of Irish Clans and Families) by John Grenham forword by Donal Begley (Chief Herald of Ireland) states:

(pg. 118) Hegarty: "In Irish the Surname is O hEigceartaigh, from
    eigceartach, meaning unjust'.  The name appears to have arisen first in
    the area now divided between counties Derry and Donegal, where the O
    hEigceartaigh were a branch of the Cinel Eoghaain, that large group of
    families calming descent from Eoghan, one of the sons of Niall of the
    Nine Hostages, the fifth-century monarch who supposedly kidnapped St
    Patrick to Ireland.  However, today the surname is much more common in
    Co. Cork (O') Hegartys were claimed as a branch of the more historically
    prominent northern family, but ecertach was a common personal name in
    Munster, and it seems more likely that the surname arose separately
    there.  At any rate, O'Hegartys are recorded in west Cork as early as
    the thirteenth century, and remain strongly associated with the area."

The Surnames of Ireland by Edward MacLysaght states:

(Pg. 142) " (O) Haggerty a variant of Hegarty" 
(pg. 153) "O Hegarty O hEigceartaigh (eigceartach, unjust).  Primarily
    an Ulster sept.  There was also one of the same name in Munster, a
    branch of the Eoghanacht."

(Co. Derry Tartan as background)

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