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Douglas is an Irish word for Viking,Dubh-Gall/glas,black warrior/foreignor and was applied to the Danes.Downes in Irish is Dubh-ain,dark one.The black/dark is possibly a reference to being pagan.
The places in Ireland where downes's are most numerous were founded by the vikings,Dublin, Cork and Limerick and a lot also lived in the scottish isles and coastal areas
The Chester area, where the name is mentioned earliest in England,was in the
Danelaw and was the chief trading port
with Ireland.
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