The name DOYLE

The Doyle or "Dubh-Ghaill" (pronounced Du-Gall) families take their surname from the Irish Gaelic words meaning "Dark/Evil Foreigner"; and this is just what the indigenous Celts called the Danish Vikings who started settling in Ireland and Scotland more than 1,000 years ago.The modern English language version of "Dubh-Ghaill" in Ireland today is "Doyle", "O’Doyle" or "Dowell", "McDowell", and in Scotland it is "Dougall" or "MacDougall" (the modern Scots pronunciation is closer to the original Gaelic). In Ulster and Roscommon, these names now exist as "McDowell" and "Dowell", and are carried on by the descendants of the original immigrant Irish/Scots/Norse Galloglass mercenaries.A more complete list of surname variants include all the following: Dougall, Dowell, Doyle, O'Doyle, DubhGhaill, MacDowall, MacDowell, McDougal, McDougall, McDoughall, McDowall, McDowel, McDowell.

County Down Doyles

Existing documentation establishes that the Doyle family was living in Kilkeel from the mid 18th Century.  A large branch of the Doyle family was also living in Drumgooland.  Whether and how these two families are related is yet unknown.
Other branches of the Doyle family are in Gaward and Rathfriland (Drumgath) and also in Newry.

Common names for male Doyles are:  Bernard, Felix, Henry, Hugh, James “Seamus”, John, Patrick and Thomas.
Common names for female Doyles are:  Ann, Catherine, Mary, Margaret and Sarah.

The Story of Harry Joe Doyle

A PDF file is available correlating my research on this Doyle family.  The document contains birth, marriages, death, memorial transcriptions, census data and more.

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The Clann O DubhGhaill/Clan Doyle exists to promote and strengthen a mutual interest and fellowship throughout the World between all persons bearing the family name of Doyle, Doyel, O'Doyle, or their relatives.