The Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 surname

Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

 Donough originally appeared in Gaelic as O Donnchadha, which means son of Donnchadh or son of Donagh, a personal name composed of the elements donn = ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + cath = ‘battle’.

Spelling variations of this family name include: Donoghue, Donaghoe, Donaho, Donahoe, Donough, Donahue

Donahue

Donahue is the Americanized version of Irish surname Donohoe, which, in turn, is an Anglicized version of the ancient Irish name "Donnchadh" ....

, Donahow, Doneghoe, Donehue, Donighue, Donohoe

Donohoe

Donohoe or O'Donohoe is an Irish surname, reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donnchadha ‘descendant of Donnchadh’, a personal name , composed of the elements donn = ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + cath = ‘battle’.Spelling variations include Donoghue, Donaghoe,...

, Donahugh, Donohough, Donohow, Donohue

Donohue

Donohue is an originally an Irish surname which is abbreviated from O Donohue. .It may refer to:* Adam Donohue , Australian rules footballer* David Donohue , American race car driver...

, Donaughue, O'Donoghue

O'Donoghue

Donoghue or O'Donoghue is an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó Donnchadha or Ó Donnchú ‘descendant of Donnchadh’, a personal name composed of the elements donn = ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘lord’ + cath = ‘battle’....

, Dunphy, Donaghie, Donaghy and many more.

First found in county Kerry

County Kerry

Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...

, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Bridget Donaghue who settled in Boston Mass. in 1850; along with Catherine, Charles, Dennis, Ellen, John, Mary, Michael, Patrick, Thomas, and many more who settled in Philadelphia, and New York State.