Dalhunty, Dulhanty, Delahunty etc Irish?

[7igerby7he7ail]

Are the surnames Dulhanty, Delhanty, Delahanty,Delahunty and vars., Irish surnames?

I am tracing some of my BARTLEY maternal [mostly Irish ] forebears. This particular  group with the above variations of the surname go back to the early 19th century in England. Then I lose them

Looking at various indexes  with these surnames lead me to various locations in Ireland.

[aghadowey]

Yes, they can be Irish surnames. If you do a search for 'delahunty' and 'ireland' into LDS site lots of entries will come up. If you are looking for a family in England you could check earliest census records you can find to see if any of them are listed as born in Ireland.

[7igerby7he7ail]

Yes

I had assumed that.

GGGF Michael b c 1841 Manchester has his name spelled 7 different ways in 4 census' and 3 certs, and he used 2 different forenames!!

Confusing and frustrating when you contact a distant 'cousin' who you know is related and they insist that you cannot be, because your spelling of the surname is different.

I assumed they were probably of Irish descent, as the rest of them[my mother's side] are, a case of Irish marrying Irish and them all living in an 'Irish' district of Manchester.

I will plod on with my Bartleys [Belfast], Whelans [Larne], Gallaghers [Dublin] and Bells [Dublin] amongst others and try and progress my maternal tree beyond c1835.

[indigo28]

How dd you get on tracing past Michael Dulhanty b c 1841according to 1881 census, although marriage cert says 1836.  I cant find any record of his birth or any record on censuses except 1881 & 1891 (where place of birth is stated as manchester)...we're descended from his son Owen.

I've managed to get back further with the ther branches of the famiy but this sides been a mystery.....

How can someone not be on censuses?...you say he used 2 dfferent forenames?

Any help gratefully received

[Blue70]

This surname has possibly got roots in the Anglo-Norman French settlers of Ireland. I knew a person here in Liverpool some years ago with this surname it was spelt Delahunty.

C

[Jack2227]

England/Wales census;
1861;

Denis Dulhanty; 26, Ireland, lodger, Labourer Iron works
7, Wesby Place, Stockton Yarm, Middlesborough Durham.
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Jack

[indigo28]

I went on the chatterbox on here and someone very kindly found my missing link....I knew that Michael Dulhanty b. 1841 in Manchester according to censuses and from his marriage cert I'd established that his father was James Dulhanty, Shoemaker.  Someone found James Delanty, Shoemaker, with son Michael on 1851 census for Manchester.  This states that James his wife and 6 of their children born 1831-1842 were born in Ireland (sadly no area listed) and that the 7th child was born in Manchester in 1850/51.  This meant that Michael had falsely given Manchester as place of birth on later documents.

I was pleased to finally find the link to Ireland although I dont hold much hope of finding where they were from etc.

xx

[Jack2227]

Had a look at the Eng/Wales census from 1841-1911 for Bartley, and most just give Ireland as home, but the 'others' read something like this,

Leitrim-16
Dublin-15
Sligo-7
Cavan-5
Tyrone-2
Cork-3
Monaghan-3
Donegal-1
Kildare-3
Mayo-1
Limerick-2
Roscommon-2
Wexford-2
Longford-1
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Jack

[scunscan]

This surname has possibly got roots in the Anglo-Norman French settlers of Ireland. I knew a person here in Liverpool some years ago with this surname it was spelt Delahunty.

C

Delahunty is not  Norman at all despite its appearance in English but Gaelic from Ó Dulchaointigh. It originates in Co Laois formerly called Queens County.