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could come from o'dea and been lost in migration.. like mcguire to maguire and such. Although O'Dea is pronounced O-DEE, a lot of irish immigrants had thick accents or were completely gaelic speaking and when asked their name, they would say it and the 'reception' at the port would write it down.. then.. that became their legal american name. However it was written.

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