Durkin-Durkan

[jacquelineve]

Could someone please tell me,in which Irish counties the
surname Durkin-Durkan is more common, also surname
Illicote which was copied from a very faded bapt. reg. but
have been told this name is Ellicott.These are the names
of my g.g.grandparents,who came to England between
1849-1853, both were catholic.
             I would really appreciate any help.
                                 
                                Jacqueline.

[Donni]

I meant to post this ages ago but forgot, sorry. I had a look through the 1890 surnames of Ireland database it shows the surname Durkan being mainly in the province of Connaught - in particular counties Mayo and Sligo and Ellicot/Elliott mainly in province of Ulster - Fermanagh, Antrim and Donegal, province of Leinster - Dublin and also in Connaught - Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon and Galway

As both names are in Mayo and Sligo these maybe a good place to start.

[jacquelineve]

Donni

        Sorry to be so late thanking you for your reply
        Had started to give up with my Durkins -Ellicotts
       
                                        Jacquelineve.

[kated]

Hi,

If you enter the surname in this website
http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/index.cfm
It shows the distribution during the Griffiths Valuation and possible alternate spellings. Slido and Mayo for Durkin but only 2 Ellicotts, both in Mayo.

Go west!

Kate

[jacquelineve]

     Kated

              Thankyou,

                      Jacquelineve

[Ticker]

Durkan is numerous in north Connacht.

[jacquelineve]

           Ticker
                    Cheers!



                 Jacquelineve

[Windy]

Our Durkin branch came from Co Sligo. in the earliest church records in York (1850's) the name is spelt Durcan. The church clerk will have decided this spelling, we have sort of assumed he chose the spelling based on where they came from, there are other records in the same writing which use Durkin.  However by the 1870's our spelling had changed to Durkin. we think this happened through schooling. So beware of spellings the people themselves couldn't read or write and spelling was decided by others.

[jacquelineve]

Windy
               Thankyou for replying
 I agree re.spelling, the priests wrote Durkin on one
bapt entry and 2 yrs later Durkan, same family!

                         Jacquelineve