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Families covered: Dillon (Dylon) of Drumrany

                               
Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Dillon', p284) starts with Thomas Delion of Aquitaine, shown as father of the following Sir Henry who was "broiught to England by Hen. II 1172".
Sir Henry De Leon (a 1185, bur 1244)
m. _ de Courcy (dau of Sir John de Courcy)
1. Sir Thomas Dylon
  m. Maud Butler (dau of Sir Edmund Butler, lord chief justice) @@ see here @@
  A. Henry Dylon
  m. Olivia Fitzgerald (dau of Maurice Fitzgerald)
  i. Thomas Dylon (priest)
ii. Sir Henry Dylon of Drumrany (a 1343)
  m. Bridget de Bermingham (dau of Peter de Bermingham)
  a. Robert Dylon, lord of Drumrany
  m. Anne le Poer (dau of Eustace le Poer, baron of Kells)
  (1) Gerald Dillon of Drumrany
  m. Emily Fitzgerald (dau of Earl of Kildare)
  (A) Sir Maurice Dillon of Drumrany
  m1. Anne Fitzgerald (dau of Earl of Desmond)
  (i) Thomas Dillon of Drumrany (2nd son)
  m. Jeane Dillon (dau of Sir Robert Dillon)
  (a) Edward Dillon of Drumrany
  m1. Anne Pettyt (dau of William Pettyt, baron of Mullingar)
  ((1)) Gerald Dillon of Drumrany (3rd son) had issue
  m. _Offaley (dau of Bryan O'Conor Offaley)
  ((2)) Jane Dillon
  m. _ Plunkett of Rathmore
  ((3)) Mary Dillon
  m. _ Darcy of Platten
((4))+ other issue - Maurice (Capuchin friar), Thomas (Franciscan friar), Robert (d unm, Colonel), John of Cappagh (had issue), Luke (dsp)
  m2. _ Plunkett (dau of Sir Christopher Plunkett)
  ((9)) Gerald Dillon of Dunimoney (a 1532)
  m. Ismay Tuite (dau of Sir Edward Tuite of Tuitestown)
  ((A)) Robert Dillon of Dunimoney had issue
  m. _ O'Farrell (dau of _ O'Farrell of Longford)
  ((B)) Sir James Dillon of Ballynakill
  m. Catherine Dalton (dau of Sir Christopher Dalton of Dalton's Country)
  ((C)) Catherine Dillon
  m. Sir Christopher Dalton
  ((D))+ other issue - William, Bridget (nun)
  (ii) Marian Dillon
  m. _ Poer of Curraghmore
(iii) Bridget Dillon
  m1. _ O'More
  m2. _ O'Mulloy
  (iv)+ other issue - Christopher (priest), Robert, William
  m2. Margaret MacCoghlan (dau of _ MacCoghlan, chief of MacCoghlan)
  (vii) Maurice Dillon of Low Baskin ancestor of Dillons of Mount Dillon
  m. Mary Fitzgerald (dau of Sir George Fitzgerald of Tecroghan)
  (viii) Edmund Dillon of Kilcornan Castle
  m. Anne Pettt (dau of William Pettyt, baron of Mullingar)
(a) Edmund Dillon of Kilcornan Castle
  (ix) Richard Dillon of High Baskin had issue
  (x) Alison Dillon
  m. _ O'Carroll (dau of _ O'Carroll, chief of O'Carroll)
  (xi) Joan Dillon
  m. _ Tuite
  (xii) Honora Dillon
  m1. _ Fitzpatrick, baron of Upper Ossory
  m2. _ Malone of Ballynahowna
  (B) Sir James Dillon of Proudstown (3rd son)
  m. Honora Darcy (dau of Sir John Darcy)
  (C) Catherine Dillon
  m. Sir John Nugent of Brackloon
  (D) Anne Dillon
  m. Delamar
  (E)+ other issue - Henry (prior of St. John's), John (a 1407)
  (2) Bridget Dillon
  m. Sir John Gee
  (3) Mary Dillon
  m. _ McCrola
  (4) Jane Dillon
  m. _ MacGeoghan
  (5)+ other issue - Henry (d young), John (to England), Thomas (Bishop of Kildare), Edmund (abbot of St. Thomas)
  b.+ other issue - John, William (priest), Gerald (priest)
  iii. Sir Maurice Dylon
  m. Letitia Tuite (dau of Sir Richard Tuite)
  iv. Mary Dylon
  m. Sir John Dalton of Dalton's country
  v. Bridget Dylon
  m. O'Ferral, Prince of Analy
  B.+ other issue - Dominick, James
2. daughter
  m. _ Pettyt (son of Sir William Pettyt of Mulingar)
3.+ other issue - Sir Robert (had issue), John (priest)

Main source(s): BP1934 (Dillon)
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