RAINBOW FARMS AUSTRALIA
Mac
Donough - O Doocey Mac Donough. See Mac Donagh. Mac Donough. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Cork
in Des Mhumhain /
Desmond
/ Southern Munster
where they were
Kings. O Donovan
Owing to the ongoing
Viking disruptions
the Irish
Brehon Law
at that time
was thrown into turmoil and
104.Callaghan
/ Ceallachan
the great
Eoghanacht Chaisil
34th King
of Cashel
/ Munster
excelled during that period against the Vikings, but regrettably he was to leave no one of equal ability
from his male line and the
Eoghanacht
Tuathas
/ Family regions became destabilized by a rapid succession of weakened
Eoghanacht Kings, as did the long
running domination of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn
"southern"
and "northern"
Ui Niaill
Septs.
107.Donovan was married to a daughter of Ivor the Viking
Danish King in Limerick and along with his
Eoghanacht kinsmen,
109.Molloy / Maol Muaidh
the Eoghanacht Raithlind Cenel nAeda Cenel mBecce
King,
and Ivor the Viking King in Limerick he was involved in treachery, which brought
about the death of 105.Mahon
the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Turlough King of Thomond and 39th King
of Munster.
109.Molloy
then
became the 40th King of Cashel / Munster,
and for his involvement in the treachery gave his ally, 107.Donovan
9 townlands in Carberry in
Co. Cork in
Southern Munster, which he
was
to divide among his descendants, including the
Glean na Chroim
/ Fanlobish, Clan Loghlin / Kilfoghmabeg,
Gleana Mhuilinn / Kilmeen,
Garruidhe O Gearbe / Myross,
Clan Cathail / Drinoleague and
part of Drinagh.
*105.Brian
Boru, who was then 105.Mahon's
younger brother, and the outstanding
Heberian Dalcassian
King
of Thomond
/ Tuaisceart Mhumhain
/ Northern Munster
was to go into battle against 109.Molloy, 107.Donovan
and Ivor, who he defeated and they were killed in the conflict and
*105.Bria Boru re - gained the upper hand
for the Dal gCais Sept in the
Munster Province, not only becoming the 41st King
of Munster,
but eventually also the 175th High King of Ireland,
and in 1014 AD he was in a position to halt the Viking menace
in the Battle of Clontarf near Dublin.
During the long drawn out
battle
*105.Brian
Boru, along with his son, and his grandson, were killed, and
this left a big hole to
be filled by the remaining aristocratic warrior Heberian
Septs
in Munster. The other
Heberian
Munster
Septs began to realize that they too could also stand up and be
counted and the Irish Brehon Law was really in turmoil as
the fighting for overall superiority in
Munster
between the
Mac Carthys,
descended from 107.Carrthaig
- the Loving One who was an Eoghanacht
Chaisil Prince / Tanaiste,
who was also a great - great grandson of
104.Callaghan
and his personal descendants, the actual O Callaghans,
weakened the
Eoghanachta
Tuaths further. Later on the Ui Turlough Ui mBriain
Septs
descended from
*105.Brian
Boru
were to force the
O Donovans out to
Carbery in
Co. Cork
in Des Mhumhain
/
Desmond
/ Southern Munster
where they had
their main seat in Castle Donovan at Drimoleague. When the Anglo - Norman
Invasion occurred later on in earnest in 1169 - 1172 Ad they were further weakened, and in 1326
AD Fitz Gerald the
Anglo - Norman Earl of Kildare rebuilt their O Donovan Castle
on the Margue River in
Co. Limerick.
Just like so many other
Gaelic
Irish Septs
they were only to survive as a
Gaelic
Sept until the 17th Century AD when the English finally confiscated
all of their
remaining territory also.
Daniel O Donovan
at that time re - established the Family at Bawnlahan near Myross and at
Castlehaven, with their main fortress at Brurec in
Co. Limerick,
while at
Ballylickey in Co. Cork
was their Rahine Castle
west of Glandore.
Later on when the noted
Irish
historian Dr.
John O Donovan’s
father was dying he repeated his
Heberian Eoghanacht
male lineage
back to 1641 AD telling his sons not to forget that that they was descended from
84.Ailill
Oluimm
the Heberian 1st King of
Munster although his particular branch had by
this time migrated to
Co. Kilkenny,
from
where Dr. John O Donovan’s
brothers took him to
Dublin
to become better educated, and later, in and around
Co. Kilkenny
in the
south - west of Southern Leinster
he gained a greater knowledge of the
Gaelic
language and the ancient history of the
Irish
Gaelic Families. Born in 1809 AD he was to die in 1861
AD after
founding the Irish
Archaeological Society for the study and
history of the Irish
people,
and those of Irish
descent must in the future be forever
thankful for this. The
O Donovan
Chief is / or was
Daniel O Donovan
from Skibbereen
in
Co. Cork.
Ancestors: 128.Richard
O Donovan born 1764 AD died 1829 AD, 127.Donnell
married Anne Kearney of Garretstown, 126.Richard
O Donovan
married Eleanor Fitz Gerald the daughter of the Knight of
Kerry,
125.Donnell
Oge O Donovan, the son of
124.Donnell,
died in 1703 AD, who had previously petitioned
Charles 11
to restore his father's territory, but was only given a portion of Rahine Manor
and none of the territory of Castle Donovan and in 1684 AD he was put on trial
by the English for High Treason but was acquitted and later in 1690 AD joined
James 11
and became the Deputy Governor of Charles Fort situated at the mouth of the
River Bandon where he was attacked by the turncoat John Churchill who later
became the Duke of Marlborough who had changed sides and he was forced to
surrender. 124.Donnell O Donovan whose main
seat was at Myross in the Rahine Castle joined in with the Earl of Castlehaven
acting for the Stuarts against Oliver Cromwell, and in 1645
AD he was involved
in capturing the castles at Milton, Connaght and Rostellan all in the same year.
In 1652 AD his territories were confiscated by Oliver Cromwell who gave them to
his officers and soldiers. Drimoleague was divided among Butler,
Gilkes, Sandford, Tonson,
White, Wood etc while the territory at Myross was given to Henry Beecher, Samuel Jervois and Sampson Trige.
He married
Joanna the daughter of
Eoghan Mac Carthy and they
produced 5 sons and a daughter.
125.Donnell, 125.Denis of Fortnaught at Castlehaven who married
Mary the daughter of
Cormac Mac Donogh Mac Carthy na Mona
who had a son, 126.Donnell, 125.Keadagh Mor
the ancestor of of the O Donovans of Crookhaven, Knockduff
and Kinligh. 125.Teague
who also had a son 126.Donnell
whose son 127.Teague O Donovan
along with O Driscoll
and Mac an Crimeen Mac Carthy
were killed at Castle Townsend in 1690 AD. 125.Philip
and 125.Honoria who married Teague an Duna Mac
Carthy of Dunmanway, and later died in 1660 AD.
124.Edmund married a Miss Burke and was killed in the
Battle of Ballinvegga
on 18th March 1643 AD between James Butler the English Earl of Ormonde and
General Preston the Irish Confederacy
commander, 125.Richard his
son was the father of 126.Conn who married
Rose Cavanagh
the sister of Brian na Stroice
- of the Strokes Cavanagh
who fought in the Battle of
the Boyne, 127.William, his son, was the father of
128.Richard the father of 129.Edmund
who died in 1817 AD the father of Dr. 130.John O Donovan
who was born at Atateemore in
Co. Kilkenny on the 9th of July 1809 AD who became
a Barrister at Law after he translated the Annals of
the 4 Masters and was to die on the 9th of
December, 1861 AD aged 52 and was interred in
Glasnevin Cemetery.
After his father had died in 1817 AD his brother,
130.Michael took him to Dublin to be educated and under the
influence of his uncle, 129.Patrick O Donovan who was a
Gaelic scholar, in 1826 AD he began to study the
Irish language and history and
in 1829 AD joined the Ordinance Survey of Ireland and
worked with Petrie, O Curry and Mangan writing articles for the Dublin Penny
Journal until 1833 AD.
In 1836 AD he began compiling the
Irish Manuscripts
held in Trinity College and in 1847 Ad he was called to the Bar and begun
translating the work of the 4 Masters.
124.Teague was to be the father of 125.Morogh the
father
of 126.Conn
who
married
the daughter
of Donnell O Donovan
and produced
127.Morgan the
father
of 128.Morgan
the
father
of 129.Morgan the
father
of 130. Morgan William
who died in 1870 AD and William James
and Henry of Cahill from
Lios Ard
at Skibbereen in Co. Cork.
123.Donnell O Donovan married
Ellen the daughter of William Barry of Lislee in Barry Roe who was from James
Richard Barry / Lord Bane / Viscount Buttevant. 1607 AD Donnell
built Rahine
Castle and burnt down the non - Catholic Bishop's house at Ross previously
constructed there by William Lyon the non - Catholic Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and
Ross. 1592 AD February: his brother 123.Teague tried to depose him as being
illegitimate but failed, and he died in 1639 AD leaving 4
sons,
124.Donnell, 124.Teague, 124.Richard and
124.Edmund. 122.Donnel Na g GCroiceainn - of the Hides (Gained
his epithet from being wrapped in cow hides as an infant by
Ellen his mother to hide him
from the other claimants to the Chieftainship of the
Clann Cathail who were out to
do away with him and he was fostered by O Leary
of Carrigacurra / Castle Masters at Inchigeelah in Ibh Leary after his mother
took refuge there when his father was killed, and was to be eventually
installed as the Clan Cahill Chief
by Mac Carthy Reagh
in 1560 AD who handed him the White Wand of
Kingship.
He was supported by O Leary, Denis Meeney O Donovan, Mac Connolly
and their followers when he slew
Dermod an Bhaire at Rosscarbery, 1560 AD he built
Castle Donovan and married Ellen
the daughter of O Leary
at Drumali and they produced Dermod
who was killed in 1587 at
Lathach na n Damh
by
Donnell O Sullivan who was later to become
The O Sullivan Beare, and he had other sons who were
declared illegitimate by Adam Loftus in 1592 AD the English appointed Lord Chancellor.
His lawful sons were to be 123.Donnell
and 123.Teague, and he was
to
die in 1584 AD.
121.Teague of Dromasta married
Ellen the daughter of
Denis O Donovan of Meeny at
Drimoleague, and was slain by Deeren Tadhg O Donovan
on the Bank of the River Ilen that separates Meeny from Dromasta and his slayers
then killed the inhabitants of 13 houses of
the O Donovans of
Gurteen Flur to the east of Meeny with only Timothy
O Donovan escaping the mayhem.
120.Dermod O Donovan
the Clann Cathal King
was nominated as the Prince
of Carbery
by Mac Carthy Reagh
and is the ancestor of the O Donovan
Chiefs.
119.Randal / Raghnall
had a son
120.Toby
/ Tioboid
who is the ancestor of the O Donovans / Sliocht Tioboid
who had their territory near Skibbereen and
constructed the Gort na Clogh
Castle, which is now a ruin.
118.Conor O Donavan 117.Morogh
/ Murcha's second son
118.Aongus was given
28 plough lands at Gleanamhullin at Kilmeen, and a
residence at Clais a Rusheen,
which is now also a ruin. 116.Teague
O Donovan had
2 sons, 117.Murcha,
and 117.Lochlin Tancuste
who received 34 plough lands from his father between
the River Roury and Glandore Harbour, where he became the direct male line ancestor of the
Clan Loghlin O Donovan who
were to hold on to the territory there until the coming of Oliver Cromwell. 115.Cathal O Donovan,
the eldest son of 114.Crom,
had all of his territory in Co. Cork
in his father's time, and settled at Drimoleague in Carbery becoming the direct
male line ancestor of the Clan Cathail.
1607 AD
O Donyvane contained 21
plough lands and the Rahine Manor. The Clan Cathail
territory was 3 score
and 7 plough lands, running from the sea on the
south of the River Myalagh, and was bounded on the north by the
Clan Donnell Roe territory and
the Glean na Chroim,
with the Clandoghlin on the east, and the Clanermodie and the
Clan Teague on the west.
115.Cathal lived to a
great old age and was to see his territory in Co.
Limerick overrun, and Castle Crom was taken from
him by Maurice Fitz Gerald who was the Anglo - Norman second English Earl of Offaly
who was the first of that family in the Munster
Province who became the English appointed Lord
Justice in
Ireland,
In 1229 AD under Henry 111 he also took over their motto
Crom Aboo after his victory at
Crom Castle. 115.Cathal
had remained in his original territory, and did not have any of the territory
previously belonging to the
Ui Fidhgheinte / Ui Cairbre Aedhbha in
Co. Limerick, but had acquired a large territory on
the mountain in
Corca Luighe previously
belonging to the
Gaelic
Ithian O Driscolls where he transferred the name
of Ui Cairbre of his Sept , which now forms part of
4 Baronies in Co. Cork
in 1200 AD.
Mac Carthy Reagh
took possession of part of this territory in the later part of the 13th Century. Ui Cairbre Mor
were not an important
Sept
there, and it also applied to the
O Donovan territory and all
minor Cantreds annexed by him. 115.Cathal O Donovan
left 2 sons.
116.Ivar
of Castle Ivor / Ire in Myross,
which he erected in 1220 AD and was held by his descendants down to 122.Donnell na gCroiceainn,
and Teague. 114.Crom /
Ancrom constructed the Crom Castle on the
River Maigue in Co. Limerick
where
Turlough O Connor the King of
Connacht visited him in 1146 AD. Glean na
Chroim was named for him at Fanlobush in Carbery in
Co. Cork where his descendants were to hold onto the territory there
until 1290 AD when they were dispersed by the rising fortunes of the
Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Mac Carthys. Their
immediate kinsmen the
O Donovans then
gave the
Mac an Croim O Donovans territory at Kilmacbea composed of
7 town lands, which they were to hold onto until the
coming of the nefarious Oliver Cromwell. 114,Crom
was killed around 1254 AD at Inis Anbheil
/ Pheale
near Iniskeen to the west of Bandon by the O Mahony
Sept, and 114.Crom then
became the ancestor of all
of the O Donovan Septs
of Carbery, and also in
Southern Leinster. 113.Mulrooney / Maolruanaidh. 112.Ranal
/ Raghnall
is the ancestor of
the Mac Reynolds
/
Raghnaill of Carbery
and Kinalea in Co. Cork. 111.Aneisleis is
the ancestor of the Mac
Anesleys / Standish, and he assisted *106.Donogh mac
Brian, the son of *105.Brian Boru,
to gain back authority in Leath Mogha and
also defeat the Danes of Limerick in several battles. 110.Murcha / Morogh
was the Heberian Ui Fidhgheinte
King 109.Awley / Amhalghaidh
was involved in the Battle of Clontarf
in 1014 AD under 110.Cian the
Heberian Eoghanacht Raithlind Prince
of Kinalmeaky who was married to 106.Sadhbh
the daughter of *105.Brian Boru ancestors of the
O Mahonys. 108.Cathal O Donovan
was to be the first to use their surname,
107.Donamhan the direct male line ancestor of the
O Donovans / O and Mac Donamhain
who married the daughter of Ivor the Danish King of
Limerick who was defeated in 977 AD in battle although assisted by Amhlaff the
Dane against the Heberian Dal gCais
Sept under
*105.Brian Boru and his 2 elder
brothers.
107.Donovan was to be later killed in the
Battle of Croma by
105.Duncan / Donncuan a son of 104.Kennedy /
Cinaeda and ancestor of the O Kennedys. 105.Mahon another
of
*105.Brian Boru's older brothers, and
109.Molloy
/ Maol Muadh,
the Heberian Eoghanacht Raithlind Prince / Tanaiste
who was a son of 108.Bran, the son of 107.Cian,
who are the male line ancestors of the O Mahonys,
were both eligible
for the position of King of Cashel / Munster.
105.Mahon defeated
109.Molloy / Maol Muadh in 2 separate
battles and became the Heberian Dal gCais 39th King
of Cashel / Munster.
109.Molloy then carried out treachery,
involving the Bishop of Cork
and other members of the clergy who were to arrange a meeting in good faith
at 107.Donovan's residence in
Co. Kerry
to settle their dispute. 105.Mahon arrived at
107.Donovan's residence with only 12 of his nobles, while
109.Molloy arrived with a large contingent of
horsemen and captured 105.Mahon and took him as a
prisoner to Co. Cork where he was murdered
at Leacht Mahon near Macroom, and
109.Molloy was proclaimed the new 40th King
of
Cashel / Munster despite being cursed by the
clergy for his foul deed. For his part in it, 107.Donovan
received 9 score town lands in Carbery in the
south of Co. Cork later divided among his descendants.
Gleann na Chroim
/
Fanlobish, Clan Loghlin / Kilfoghmabeg,
Gleana Mhuilinn /
Kilmeen,
Garruidhe O
Gearbe
/ Myross,
Clan Cathail / Drimoleague and part of
Drinagh.
106.Awley, 105.Cathal, 104.Uamhach,
103.Cathal, 102.Ceannfaola, 101.Davoren / Dubhdabhoireann,
100.Aod, 99.Roin, 98.Eoghan who lived in 667 AD,
97.Cruinnmhaol, 96.Aodh, 95.Aongus, 94.Laipe who had a
brother, 94.Conneely / Caoinealadh the ancestor of the
O Conneelys / O Kinnealys, and the
O
Traceys / O Traseys of Munster.
93.Aililoll
/ Oilioll Ceannfhada who lived in 189 AD,
92.Erc, 91.Cairbre Aedhbha
who had a brother, 91.Conn the ancestor of the O
Keeleys, 90.Brian a contemporary of
*90.Niall
- of the Nine Hostages the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn 126th
King of Ireland, 89.Fiachu
Fidgennid
/ Fiachra Finnghinte
(Ui Fidhgheinte),
88.Daire Cearb / Maine Munchain the second son and
ancestor of the O Connells, 87.Ailill Fland Bec
/ Oilioll Flann Beag, 86.Fiachu Muilleathan
the 1st King of Southern
Munster
and
3rd King
of Munster,
85.Eoghan
Mor
the ancestor of all of the
Eoghanachta Septs. 84.Ailill Oluimm
the
Heberian
1st King
of Munster. Donworth. See Donarty. O Doocey. See
O Ducey.
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