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Where did the Irish Davoren family come from? What is the Irish Davoren family crest and coat of arms? When did the Davoren family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Davoren family history?

All Irish surnames have a long, ancient Gaelic history behind them. The original Gaelic form of the name Davoren is O Dabhoireann, or also Dubhdabhoireann, derived from the words dubh, which means black, and an da Bhoireann, which means of the two Burrens.

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During the Middle Ages, a standardized literary language known by the general population of Ireland was a thing of fiction. When a person's name was recorded by one of the few literate scribes, it was up that particular scribe to decide how to spell an individual's name. So a person could have several spelling variations of his name recorded during a single lifetime. Research into the name Davoren revealed many variations, including Davoren, O'Davoran, O'Davoren, Davoran, Devoren and many more.

First found in County Clare, where they have been anciently seated as Chiefs of their territory at Cahirmacneaghty. They were anciently a Dalcassian sept of Brehons (Judges or Lawyers) and came down to Clare from the north probably sometime before the 10th century to settle in their north Clare barony at Noughaval, wherein this distinguished sept had their own mortuary chapel within the Church of Noughaval.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Davoren research. Another 458 words(33 lines of text) covering the years 1317, 1364, 1634, 1741, and 1746 are included under the topic Early Davoren History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Davoren Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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In the 18th and 19th centuries, thousands of Irish families fled an Ireland that was forcibly held through by England through its imperialistic policies. A large portion of these families crossed the Atlantic to the shores of North America. The fate of these families depended on when they immigrated and the political allegiances they showed after they arrived. Settlers that arrived before the American War of Independence may have moved north to Canada at the war's conclusion as United Empire Loyalists. Such Loyalists were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Those that fought for the revolution occasionally gained the land that the fleeing Loyalist vacated. After this period, free land and an agrarian lifestyle were not so easy to come by in the East. So when seemingly innumerable Irish immigrants arrived during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s, free land for all was out of the question. These settlers were instead put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Whenever they came, Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name Davoren or a variant listed above, including:

Davoren Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Maria Davoren, aged 60, who arrived at Ellis Island from Moycullen, Ireland, in 1923
  • Morgan Davoren, aged 30, who arrived at Ellis Island from Moycullen, Ireland, in 1923
  • John Anthony Davoren, aged 20, who arrived at Ellis Island from Dublin, Ireland, in 1924

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  • John Francis Xavier "Jack" Davoren (1915-1997), American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1955–1967
  • Iarfhlaith Davoren (b. 1986), Irish professional footballer
  • Mark Davoren, Irish Gaelic footballer
  • Westby James "Wes" Davoren (1928-2010), Australian politician


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The Davoren Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Davoren Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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