Doran Family

Doran is an Irish surname that derives from Ua Deoráin (Ó Deorain), a shortened version of Ua Deoradháin (Ó Deoradhain). "Deoradh" is a Gaelic word that means "exile", "wanderer" or "stranger".

The O'Doran family are known as the chief Brehon (law-makers) of Leinster. They are said to be one of the Seven Septs of Loígis, an off-shoot of the Red Branch who travelled South to defeat a Munster invasion of western Leinster. In thanks they were given the lands that would become Loígis, which is now part of County Laois, which gets its name from the old kingdom. The sept was said to have been led by the O'Moore (O'More/O'Modha) and also included O'Lalor, O'Dowling, O'Devoy (O'Deevy), O'Kelly and McEvoy.

The Dorans eventually gave up their lands in County Laoix and were moved to County Kerry. Today the majority of Irish Dorans are now found in County Wexford.

Aims

The project aims to bring together all the Doran family members, including those with variations of the surname like Dorran, Dorrian, Duran (where it can be shown to be a variation of Doran coming from the Irish immigration to Puerto Rico), etc.

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Resources

• Loígis, Wikipedia
• O'Doran, Ask About Ireland
• Seven Septs of Laois, Ask About Ireland
• The Lost Legal System: Pre-Common Law Ireland and the Brehon Law
• Doran, House of Names
• Doran, surnameDB
• Doran, Irish Surnames

DNA

There are a number of DNA projects at FTNDA that Comerfords could join:

• Doran project
• Ireland Y DNA Project
• County Wexford project

Notable Dorans

See Wikipedia

• The descendants of Major John Doran starting with his son:
  • General Sir John Doran, KCB and his sons:
    • Major-General Beauchamp Doran, CB
    • Brigadier General William Robert Butler Doran, CB, DSO and his son:
      • Major Desmond Doran