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Where did the Irish Donigan family come from? What is the Irish Donigan family crest and coat of arms? When did the Donigan family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Donigan family history? The Irish surnames in use today are underpinned by a multitude of rich histories. The name Donigan originally appeared in Gaelic as O Donnagain. The first portion of the name is probably derived from "donn," which means brown, while the second portion of the name is probably derived from and ancient Irish personal name.The recording of names in Ireland in the Middle Ages was an inconsistent endeavor at best. The many regional dialects and the predominate illiteracy would have made common surnames appear unrelated to the scribes of the period. Research into the name Donigan revealed spelling variations, including Donegan, Donnegan, Doneghan, Donneghan, Donagan, Donnagan, Donnaghan, Dunnegan, O'Donegan, O'Dunnegan, O'Donnaghan, Dongan, Donegin, Donnegin, Donnagen, Donagen, Donnegen, Donegen, Donnigan, Donigan, Dunnican, Dunican, Dunnigan, McDunnigan, McDonegan, Dongane, Dongin, Dongen and many more. First found in County Cork, where they held a family seat at Muskerry, later moving to Limerick, Kildare and Dublin. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Donigan research. Another 227 words(16 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1300, 1395, 1412, 1413, 1634 and 1715 are included under the topic Early Donigan History in all our PDF Extended History products. Another 125 words(9 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Donigan Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. In the late 18th century, Irish families began emigrating to North America in the search of a plot of land to call their own. This pattern of emigration grew steadily until the 1840s when the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s cause thousands of Irish to flee the death and disease that accompanied the disaster. Those that made it alive to the shores of the United States and British North America (later to become Canada) were, however, instrumental in the development of those two powerful nations. Many of these Irish immigrants proudly bore the name of Donigan: Donigan Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
The Donigan Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Donigan 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. This page was last modified on 17 January 2013 at 15:59. ©2000-2013 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Sign Up
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