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![Show Contents]() Dooney History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Gaelic, otherwise known as Early Modern Irish, was used in Ireland from around the year 1200 until the 18th century. It is from this language that we found the first references to the name Dooney as Ó Dúnadhaigh. The name is essentially derived from the word dún which means fort. 1 Early Origins of the Dooney familyThe surname Dooney was first found in the twelfth century. Early History of the Dooney familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dooney research. Another 189 words (14 lines of text) covering the year 1420 is included under the topic Early Dooney History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Dooney Spelling VariationsMany spelling variations of the surname Dooney can be found in the archives. One reason for these variations is that ancient scribes and church officials recorded names as they were pronounced, often resulting in a single person being recorded under several different spellings. The different spellings that were found include O'Downey, Dawney, MacDowney, MacEldowney, Muldowney and many more. Early Notables of the Dooney familyNotable among the family name at this time was the O'Dunadhaigh sept found in Luchair, the old name of a region that lay on the borders of...
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 Dooney migration to the United States | + |
In the 19th century, thousands of Irish left their English-occupied homeland for North America. Like most new world settlers, the Irish initially settled on the eastern shores of the continent but began to move westward with the promise of owning land. The height of this Irish migration came during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. With apparently nothing to lose, Irish people left on ships bound for North America and Australia. Unfortunately a great many of these passengers lost their lives - the only thing many had left - to disease, starvation, and accidents during the long and dangerous journey. Those who did safely arrive in "the land of opportunities" were often used for the hard labor of building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. The Irish were critical to the quick development of the infrastructure of the United States and Canada. Passenger and immigration lists indicate that members of the Dooney family came to North America quite early:
Dooney Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Dooney, who arrived in New York, NY in 1816 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Dooney (post 1700) | + |
- Michael Dooney, American comic book writer and artist, known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
- Tom Dooney (b. 1939), New Zealand sprint canoeist at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- MacLysaght, Edward, The Surnames of Ireland. Ireland: Irish Academic Press, sixth edition, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2366-3)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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