THE NAME CONLON HAS BEEN CHANGED MANY TIMES THROUGHGOUT
THE CENTURIES AND AT LEAST FIVE TIMES BY MY FAMILY IN THE LAST
TWO CENTURIES ALONE ,IE, CONOLON ,CONLIN, CONLAND, CONLAN ,
CONLON.
THE REASON FOR THE CHANGES ARE MORE TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE
RECORDING THE NAMES RATHER THAN THE NAME ACTUALLY CHANGING.
USUALLY THE RECORDER WOULD SPELL THE NAME AS IT WAS BEING PRONOUNCED,AS MOST OFTEN THE PERSON WOULD BE ILLITERATE.
ONE EXAMPLE IS THE NAME QUINLEVAN ,IN SOME DIALECTS THE NAME
IS PRONOUNCED CUNNLAN ,THE QUIN IS CUNN,AND THE EV IS SILENT.
SO THE RECORDER WOULD PROBABLY WRITE THE NAME AS CONLAN.