O'Dubhgaill
From Ireland migrated to Scotland then England settled in Bedford name then became anglicised to odell as in village Any info please
Mintoe
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From Ireland migrated to Scotland then England settled in Bedford name then became anglicised to odell as in village Any info please
Kindly provide more detail...names, years, etc. Thanks.
glanvil3@aol.com
Mintoe,
Are you certain about that spelling of O'Dubghaill? I popped that surname and some variations of it into the Roots Ireland program, and received the reply that "the surname that you entered is either misspelt or it does not occur at all in any of our databases".
Regards,
Carolyn
My understanding is that [Ó] Dubhghaill/Dubgaill eventually became the surname Doyle - a very common surname.in the East of Ireland, mainly Leinster. The original meaning was something like 'dark foreigners' - dubh is the Irish for the colour black . Said to have been descendants of Danish 'Vikings'
shanew147IrelandXO Volunteer
Mintoe,
The surname O'Dubhgaill is still used today. An internet search provides information about the surname.
Cóilín Ó Dubhghaill - Wikipedia
There is an acting family with the surname O'Dubhgaill from Connemara.
Regards- Mary
mtvrdk@gmail.com
Hi Patricia from what I gathered from another site is that the name migrated in the 12 th century to Scotland to Bedford England and became anglicised to odell and established the village there of same name ,I read also that it became Doyle,and a few other anglicised names
Mintoe
Thanks to all who help and reply it's extremely appreciated
Kind regards Mark
Mintoe
Hi Shane yes it became Doyle but from what I've gathered it became a lot of names we have today like mine .maybe other site is wrong but I'm willing to wait n see as an O'Dell. I know my names been in in Ireland 500 years but my family aren't irish why ?
Mintoe