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

Before Irish names were translated into English, Driskill had a Gaelic form of O hEidersceoil, from the word eidirsceol, which means an intermediary.

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Within archives, many different spelling variations exist for the surname Driskill. Ancient scribes and church officials recorded names as they were pronounced, often resulting in the name of the single person being recorded under several different spellings. Different spellings that were found include Driscoll, O'Driscoll and others.

First found in County Cork, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Driskill research. Another 341 words(24 lines of text) covering the years 1460, 1698, and 1707 are included under the topic Early Driskill History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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The 18th and 19th centuries saw many Irish families immigrate to North America in search of land and opportunities. The largest influx of Irish immigrants to the United States and British North America came during the 1840s when the Great Potato Famine laid waste to their homeland. Hundreds of thousands left the island in an attempt to escape the starvation and disease it brought. Although the arrival of such a large number of destitute Irish was not welcomed by the established population in the United States and what would become known as Canada at the time, these Irish were an essential element to the rapid development of these growing industrial nations. They filled the demand for the cheap labor needed for the work in factories and in the construction of bridges, roads, canals, and railways. An examination of passenger and immigration lists has revealed many immigrants bearing the name of Driskill or one of its variants:

Driskill Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Daniel Driskill, who landed in New England in 1714

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  • Travis Corey Driskill (b. 1971), retired American Major League Baseball relief pitcher
  • Walter Scott Driskill (1913-1998), American professional football coach
  • Clive Driskill (b. 1978), English organist and the Sub-Organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
  • Jeff Driskill (b. 1975), Canadian professional hockey player


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The Driskill Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Driskill 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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