Donnelly Family History
Donnelly Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Donnelly Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Donnelly families
 525 - 1,048  176 - 524 |
 1 - 175  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Donnelly families
|
603 - 1,204 202 - 602 |
1 - 201 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Donnelly Family Origin
Donnelly Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Donnelly Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Donnelly Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Donnelly
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