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Doyle Family Crest and Name History

Origins Available: English, Irish

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

The spelling and overall form of Irish names often vary considerably. The original Gaelic form of the name Doyle is O Dubhghaill, derived from the words dubh, which means black, and ghall, which means foreigner, or "dubhgall," which meant "dark and tall."

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Doyle Early Origins

Names written in official documents were generally spelt as they sounded, leading to the problem of one name being recorded under several different variations, creating the illusion in records of more than one person. Among the many spelling variations of the surname Doyle that are preserved in documents of the family history are Doyle, O'Doyle, Doyill, Doill, Doile, Doyel and others.

First found in Leinster, where they held a family seat from very ancient times. Although at least one historian gives their descent from Dubhgilla, King of Idrone in Leinster, more evidence points to descent from King Conn of the "Hundred Battles." His name comes from the hundreds of battles he fought and won, before his death in the 2nd century.

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Doyle Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Doyle research. Another 250 words(18 lines of text) covering the years 1786, 1797, 1834, 1868, and 1873 are included under the topic Early Doyle History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Doyle Early Notables

Another 38 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Doyle Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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The Great Migration

Irish families began to immigrate to British North America and the United States in the 18th century, but the greatest influx of Irish immigrants came during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. The earlier settlers came to North America after a great deal of consideration and by paying relatively high fees for their passage. These settlers were primarily drawn by the promise of land. Those later settlers that came during the 1840's were trying to escape the conditions of poverty, starvation, disease, and death that had stricken Ireland. Due to the enormity of their numbers and the late date of their arrival, these immigrants primarily became hired laborers instead of homesteading settlers like their predecessors. An exhaustive search of immigration and passenger lists has revealed many Irish immigrants North America bearing the name Doyle:

Doyle Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century

Edward Doyle who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as early as 1683

Ed Doyle, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1683

Doyle Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century

Owen Doyle, who arrived in Maryland in 1711

Elizabeth Doyle, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1716

Eliza Doyle settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1716

Thos Doyle, who arrived in Virginia in 1717

Elizabeth Doyle settled in Virginia in 1723

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Doyle Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century

Lawrence Doyle, who landed in America in 1800

Walter Doyle, who landed in America in 1801

Patk Doyle, aged 20, landed in New York, NY in 1803

Michl Doyle, aged 27, landed in New York, NY in 1804

Margt Doyle, aged 34, landed in New York, NY in 1804

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Contemporary Notables of the name Doyle

Laurance R. Doyle (b. 1953), American principal investigator and astrophysicist for SETI
Major-General John Paul Doyle (1904-1988), American Director of Transportation, Headquarters US Air Force (1952-1955)
Brian Doyle (b. 1955), American former Major League Baseball player
Brian J. Doyle (b. 1950), former Press secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
David Fitzgerald Doyle (1929-1997), American actor, best remembered for his role as detective John Bosley on the television series Charlie's Angels
Jack Doyle (1869-1958), American Major League Baseball player
Roddy Doyle (b. 1958), Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter and winner of the Booker Prize in 1993
Richard James "Dic" Doyle (1923-2003), Canadian journalist, editor, and Senator made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1983
John Doyle AC, QC (b. 1945), Chief Justice of South Australia and Rhodes Scholar
Alan Thomas Doyle (b. 1969), Canadian Genie nominated musician and actor, best known as one of the lead singers of Celtic band Great Big Sea

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Motto

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Fortitudine Vincit
Motto Translation: He conquers by fortitude.

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References

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Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
Magnusson, Magnus. Chambers Biographical Dictionary 5th edition. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1990. Print.
MacLysaght, Edward. Mores Irish Familes. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-0126-0).
Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. Print.
Woulfe, Rev. Patrick. Irish Names and Surnames Collected and Edited with Explanatory and Historical Notes. Kansas City: Genealogical Foundation, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-940134-403).
Vicars, Sir Arthur. Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1970. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
Land Owners in Ireland. Genealogical Publishing. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1203-3).
McDonnell, Frances. Emigrants from Ireland to America 1735-1743 A Transcription of the report of the Irish House of Commons into Enforced emigration to America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1331-5).
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The Doyle Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Doyle 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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