Doran

Doran households in mid-nineteenth century Ireland


Household numbers by county in Griffith's (1847-64), as on the map

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Antrim:10Armagh:35Belfast city:10Carlow:40
Cavan:5Cork:9Derry:4Donegal:14
Down:193Dublin:47Dublin city:26Fermanagh:9
Galway:1Kerry:23Kildare:68Kilkenny:129
Laois:75Leitrim:21Limerick:21Limerick city:2
Longford:10Louth:18Mayo:5Meath:44
Monaghan:11Offaly:10Roscommon:24Sligo:4
Tipperary:68Tyrone:36Waterford:18Westmeath:17
Wexford:139Wicklow:47

Surname Dictionary

Doran Very numerous: Midlands, Ulster, Dublin etc. Ir. Ó Deoráin, deoraí, wanderer, exile and by extension, a pilgrim. A noted brehon family of Laois and one of the "Seven Septs" there. Also a grouping in Down. IF & SGG.
Ó Deoradháin Doran, Dorrian: an-líonmhar: Oir-deisceart & Lár na Tíre ach Dorrian i dTír Conaill. Ceann de "Seacht gClann Laoise" agus clú orthu mar bhreithiúna i gCúige Laighean. An bhrí: deoradh = eachtrannach nó oilithreach. IF.

The surname

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