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What is the meaning of Delaney? I've seen three different meanings, "from the adler grove," "enemy's child," and "offspring of the challenger." What is the correct meaning?
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I'm afraid I'm just going to muddy the waters.
MacLysaght's "Surnames of Ireland" (which I trust rather implicitly) derives Delaney as an Anglicized form of Ó Dubhshláinne. The rootwords are 'dubh' meaning 'black' and possibly 'Sláine' as in the river Slaney. This particular surname originates in Counties Leix and Kilkenny.
MacLysaght's "Surnames of Ireland" (which I trust rather implicitly) derives Delaney as an Anglicized form of Ó Dubhshláinne. The rootwords are 'dubh' meaning 'black' and possibly 'Sláine' as in the river Slaney. This particular surname originates in Counties Leix and Kilkenny.
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