18 SOME ANGLICISED SURNAMBS IN IRELAND. anJ it probably seems the name is a branch of the Clan Davison of the North of 8cotland. Phelim Reagh McDavitt was i:3ir Cahir 0 'Doherty 's right-hantl man at the taking and burning of the ''maiden 11 city of Derry, in 1608, and the families to whom Phelim Reagh belongs, were known by the nickname of ''The Burn-Derrys, 11 and many families of this branch migratetl later to Co. :Mayo and it has been said that the family from whom Michael Davitt sprang was of the ''Burn-Derry 11 families. Dormer.- 0 'Duibhdhiormaigh. See Darby. Dewar.-Dewar is the anglicised form of Mcindeor (Mac An Deoir). The Mcindeors were for generations the keepers of the Bachal or Staff of St. Finan. 11J clndewer is another form. The name is numerous in the counties of Perth and Stirling. Darragh.- 'rhis name in Ulster is of Scottish origin, and has been further anglicised Oaks, from the word dair, an oak, entering into its construction. The origin of the Darraghs arose through a branch of the J\l"cllwrnths, written in the 17th century Mclleraich, a sept of the McDonal<l, who used oak sticks in repelling a raid of the McLeods. The J\follwraths were in early ti!nes located in West County of Ross, :mcl later in the Isle of Jura, whose name in Gaelic is J\fac Giolla-riabhaigh. Darragh and Darroch in Gaelic is Darach, or, in full, Mac Giolla-rin bhaigh-Darach, as this Scottish name should be written. Dorman.-This is an anglicised form of O'Dornan (O'Dornain). Delahide, Delahoyde.- 'l'his name in Co. Cavan has been assumed by some of the old Co. Donegal sept of Skinnion (0 'Scingin), who were Historiographers to the O'Donnells before the 0 'Clerys. Dawson.-In the surrounding districts of Ballyshannon. on the borders of Fermanagh and Donegal, the name Durrian (0 'De6rain) has been anglicised Dawson. Dawson in Scotland is one of the anglicised forms of Davison, and Davy another. See Diwison. Darby.-Darby in Ulster is one of the anglicised forms of 0 'Dooyearma (O'Duibhdiorma), an old Donegal sept that was locat11d in the district of Bredagh, near Lough Swilly. 0 'Dugan, the Topographer, writes of them: "0 'Dooyearma of exalted famf' 11 ruled over BrC'ilach arnl belQnged to the Kine] Eoglrnin. Though the name is otherwise Dermott,
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