Dougherty Doherty

Hi Tom,

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All the best,

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I am from Omagh and I could tell you about the Doherty surname in Londonderry/Derry. There is a Protestant Doherty family and a Catholic Doherty family - surname spelt the same - it's how they pronounce it - Dougherty for the Protestants and Dawherty for the Catholics. So it is inaccurate to say the shortened form of Doughherty is Doherty and was used as time went on.

I know this is not the topic, but I noticed that someone said there were Protestant and Catholic Doherty's. We are Protestant here and pronounce as they do. I am from the US and we spell our name totally different from the original or known spelling of Doherty. Our spelling is Dhority. We believe in the 1700's a census worker in the US changed the spelling from Doherty to Dhority. I am having a hard time finding this information as fact though as to the change in spelling. If anyone has any information it would be appreciated.

Sincerely,

Donna C. Dhority

Wynne, Arkansas, USA.

dcdhority@yahoo.com