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Hi all
Just purusing this debate in relation to Irish Dores in the US, I have followed many similiar lines of enquiry as you all but was directed to the correct origin of the Irish Dore surname by the distinguished Michael Dore. Michael posted a definitive response in 2001 which I would recommend that you read.
Hopefully if you copy this link it will take you to Michael's previous posting;
http://genforum.genealogy.com/dore/messages/223.html
If not here is a summary of his posting;
1. Irish Dores are "utterly gaelic" - anglicisation of O' Doghair
2. "name first appears in the Annals of the Gael and the Gaul dating from the 8th century as O'Doghair" (a clan involved in fighting raiding Vikings)
3. "Elizabethan English family called Dores settled in the area after the Elizabethan conquest - seem to have died out by the 19th century and so we simpy adopted the name"
I hope Michael doesn't mind me quoting him. I previously learned that the gaelic name O'Doghair is a deriviation of "doghra" which is similiar to "bronnach" translated into english as "sad". I may be incorrect with this but I definitely subscribe to Michaels historical account of the origin of the name Dore in the Munster area. I am a West Limerick native so Dore is a very common surname.
Hope this assists,
Best regards
Maurice Dore
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