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 In Ireland, the surname is usually spelt
Dunne, whilst in America, the spelling Dunn is more common. The sept
originated in County Laois (Queen's County) and formed one of the
principal families of Leinster, their chief being lords of Iregan in
that county. The sept is one of those specially mentioned in the
mid-sixteenth century official orders as hostile and dangerous to the
English interest. It is in that part of the country that Dunnes are,
approximately, not to be found in greatest numbers, though they have
spread far and wide. Nearly all those who spell the name Dunn came from
Ulster. This is a name to which the practice of recent times of resuming
the discarded prefixes Mac and O does not apply - the form O'Dunn or
O'Dunne is seldom, if ever, seen today.
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