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The donnelly Surname

donnelly Name Meaning and History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donnghaile ‘descendant of Donnghal’, a personal name composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + gal ‘valor’. It is claimed that most bearers of this surname in Donegal descend from Donnghal O’Neill, 17th in descent from Niall of the Nine Hostages; there were also other families of the same name in Sligo and Cork.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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donnelly Family Facts

Distribution of donnelly Families in the US in 1920
Number of donnelly families
 733-1463
 245-732		 1-244
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