Dawdy
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Dawdy
Dawdy is an anglicised spelling of Ó Dubhda, common among descendants of north-Connacht emigrants to North America. The family is the same family.
The spelling Dawdy
The surname Dawdy is one of several phonetic renderings of the Irish Ó Dubhda. Early 19th-century census-takers on both sides of the Atlantic wrote the name as they heard it, and the results branched into Dowdy, Dawdy, Doody, Duddy, Dowd and O’Dowd. All trace back to one north-Connacht clan.
The form Dawdy is especially attested in the United States and Canada, where it was often settled on descendants of Ó Dubhda emigrants who left Sligo and Mayo in the 19th century. If you are a Dawdy, your family is part of this clan — welcome home.
The original Irish spelling, Ó Dubhda, and the modern reunion name O’Dubhda, are the forms we use at clan gatherings and on our seal.
You are a Dawdy. You are a member of the O’Dubhda clan.
Genealogical research
Records, parish books, emigrant lists, and how to trace your own descent.
The Clan DNA Project
The O’Dubhda Y-DNA and autosomal study — are you a genetic match?
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If you have family records, photographs, or an oral tradition connected to this spelling — especially any record of the Irish emigrants the name came from — we would love to hear from you. Our clan-keepers are volunteers, and every scrap of evidence helps piece together the scatter of the diaspora.
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