Hi Mike,
I am also from Connecticut, New Haven area. My paternal grandmother was a Dee, Catherine Dee, daughter of Peter and Maggie Dee of Cullinagh, Kilmeaden, Co. Waterford Ireland. She, Catherine, ended up in Massachusetts where she met & married my grandfather, They lived for some time in Worcester where there were lots of others from the Waterford area, including a brother of hers named Maurice. I think Mautice Dee is a fairly common name. My Dee relatives all came over in the 1885-1900 period as far as I can make out.

There seem to be lots of Dees in, or from, the area between Waterford City and Dungarven for example.

Any connections?

Jim