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DORGAN Family History

This name, with variant spellings Dorgan and Durgan, is an anglicized form of the Olde Gaelic O Deargain. The Gaelic prefix "O", indicates "male descendant of", plus the personal byname Deargain, from "dearg", meaning red, and originally given as a nickname to one with auburn hair or a ruddy complexion. The spelling Dargan is most wide-spread in the province of Leinster, whereas the form Durgan has long been associated with the midland counties. Dorgan is confined almost exclusively to County Cork where the place Ballydorgan in that county is named after the sept, the first element coming from the Gaelic "baile", a town...