> I have mentioned this theme many times before on the list. For example > "O'Duinn" were originally Anglicized to Doyen, then Doyne, then Dunn, then > Dunne - so especially with emigrants leaving for the US or elsewhere, the > earlier the time of emigration, the earlier the Anglicized variant of their > name they will have. So I have matches with people called Doyen, so I can > say with some confidence that they emigrated 150 to 200 years ago. This is an old chestnut of the name and leads to the unanswered question why are the there so many M222+ Dunns in the southern half of Ireland? One possibility is that they are the displaced O'Dubhain, Lords of Cnodhbha. This would make Sil Aeda Slaine M222+ and we would expect to see other major members of this kinship also being M222+. Such surnames as: O'Kellys (kings of Bregia); O'Connolly ((possible related MacSherry sept) who are known to have moved into Ulster and settle on MacMahon's lands in Co. Monaghan); and fellow princes like the O'Regan.