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

The surname Durack is an Anglicization of the Irish Gaelica name O Dubhraic.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Durack, Durach, O Dubhraic and others.

First found in County Clare, where the O Dubhraic family were a sept of the great O' Briens who were kings of Thomond and who claimed descent from Brian Boru, High King of Ireland.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Durack research. Another 319 words(23 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Durack History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Durack Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • John Durack, who became a citizen in Missouri in 1839
  • John Durack, aged 37, arrived in Missouri in 1839
  • Frank Durack, who was naturalized in Texas between 1850 and 1906
  • Frank Durack, who landed in Texas in 1850-1906
  • Walter Durack, who landed in New York in 1881


Durack Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • John Durack, aged 30, who settled in America from Scauff, Ireland, in 1910
  • Dan Durack, aged 20, who emigrated to the United States from Mt. Shannon, Ireland, in 1915
  • Dan Durack, aged 20, who landed in America from Scarriff, Ireland, in 1915

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  • Elizabeth Durack (1915-2000), Australian artist and writer
  • Fanny Durack (1894-1960), Australian swimmer, who was the holder of eleven world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1912
  • Lucy Durack (b. 1982), Australian musical theatre performer
  • Peter Drew Durack (1926-2008), Australian Rhodes Scholar, politician, and Attorney-General of Australia from 1977 to 1983


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  2. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
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  4. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  5. Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
  6. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  7. Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1970. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
  8. Hickey, D.J. and J.E. Doherty. A New Dictionary of Irish History form 1800 2nd Edition. Dublin: Gil & MacMillian, 2003. Print.
  9. MacLysaght, Edward. Irish Families Their Names, Arms and Origins 4th Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2364-7).
  10. O'Hart, John. Irish Pedigress 5th Edition in 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0737-4).
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The Durack Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Durack 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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