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Where did the Irish Dunnagan family come from? What is the Irish Dunnagan family crest and coat of arms? When did the Dunnagan family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Dunnagan family history? The Irish surnames in use today are underpinned by a multitude of rich histories. The name Dunnagan 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 Dunnagan 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 Dunnagan research. Another 226 words(16 lines of text) covering the years 1172, 1300, 1395, 1412, 1413, 1634, and 1715 are included under the topic Early Dunnagan History in all our PDF Extended History products. Another 71 words(5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Dunnagan 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 Dunnagan: Thomas Donegan, the Earl of Limerick, who became Governor of New York from 1683 to 1691. Patrick Donegan settled in Maryland in 1742; Andrew, Charles, Christopher, John, Mathew, Patrick, Phillip, Thomas Donegan, all arrived in Pennsylvania between 1839 and 1878.
The Dunnagan Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Dunnagan 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 27 October 2010 at 13:31. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
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