D'Alton

D'Alton is both a surname and a given name of Norman origin found in Ireland and Britain and places where people from those backgrounds emigrated to. The Hiberno-Norman sept ruled over Rathconrath, previously known as D'Alton country,[1] and surrounding areas of Westmeath from the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169 until the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland in 1649.

Notable people with the name include:

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References

  1. ^ Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 (34 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I)); see Henry VIII Part 3. State Papers. Vol. 2. Murray. 1834. p. 7, fn.14.