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Where did the Irish O'Donald family come from? What is the Irish O'Donald family crest and coat of arms? When did the O'Donald family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the O'Donald family history? The original Gaelic form of O'Donald was O Domhnaill, which means descendant of Domhnall or descendant of Donal. Before widespread literacy came to Ireland, a name was often recorded under several different variations during the life of its bearer. Accordingly, numerous spelling variations were revealed in the search for the origin of the name O'Donald family name. Variations found include O Donnell, O'Donald, O'Donle, O'Donall, O'Donnell and others. First found in County Galway, where records show this distinguished Irish Clann were directly descended from Connell, son of King Niall of the Nine Hostages who died in 371. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our O'Donald research. Another 202 words(14 lines of text) covering the years 1571, 1575, 1601, 1602, and 1608 are included under the topic Early O'Donald History in all our PDF Extended History products. Another 82 words(6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early O'Donald Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. During the 19th century thousands of impoverished Irish families made the long journey to British North America and the United States. These people were leaving a land that had become beset with poverty, lack of opportunity, and hunger. In North America, they hoped to find land, work, and political and religious freedoms. Although the majority of the immigrants that survived the long sea passage did make these discoveries, it was not without much perseverance and hard work: by the mid-19th century land suitable for agriculture was short supply, especially in British North America, in the east; the work available was generally low paying and physically taxing construction or factory work; and the English stereotypes concerning the Irish, although less frequent and vehement, were, nevertheless, present in the land of freedom, liberty, and equality for all men. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Research into passenger and immigration lists has brought forth evidence of the early members of the O'Donald family in North America: O'Donald Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
The O'Donald Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The O'Donald 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 22 November 2010 at 08:01. ©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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