Last name: DONNELLY

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All you have to know about the last name DONNELLY

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DONNELLY : This last name is indexed 154,641 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

DONNELLY : Irish: shortened 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.

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