The Donegal Library and Archive Service is a first point of call for anyone wishing to learn about life in the county past and present. New Letterkenny Cricket Club Joins North West League", "Bridie Lynch: She thumbed home carrying two Paralympic Silver Medals", Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Census 2006 Irish language stats for the county, Donegal County.com & Dn-na-nGall.com Bi-lingual County Site, On an Irish Jaunting Car through Donegal and Connemara (1902), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&oldid=1129684483, The typical native tree species found in Donegal are, Many species of terrestrial and flying mammals live in the county, including. (maybe Killaghtee) Parish, Donegal, Ireland DEATH 1798 Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland 5th great-grandfather. For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865. [31], The native Irish red deer in Donegal went extinct around 1860 and were re-introduced in the 1890s. The area south of Donegal town, where the River Eske flows into the bay, is an example of one of these outwash areas. The modern County Donegal was shired[9] by order of the English Crown in 1585. Donegal Diaspora Project, Donegal County Council, Local Enterprise Office, The Enterprise Fund Business Centre, Ballyraine, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland.Tel: +353 (0)74 9160735 - Email: info@donegaldiaspora.ie - Connect with us -Follow us on Facebook - Read our Privacy Policy, Flight of the Earls Monument, Rathmullan - Image courtesy of Michael McFadden. sent on a mission from his monastery in Donegal. There is a sizeable minority of Ulster Protestants in County Donegal, and most Donegal Protestants trace their ancestors to settlers who arrived during the Plantation of Ulster throughout the 17th century. County Donegal is served by both Donegal Airport, located at Carrickfinn in The Rosses in the west of the county, and by City of Derry Airport, located at Eglinton to the east. The Freedom of Donegal is an award that is given to people who have been recognised for outstanding achievements on behalf of the people and County Donegal. Please try again. By 1953, the Lough Swilly had closed its entire railway system and become a bus and road haulage concern. A Guide to Tracing Your Donegal Ancestors. Vast numbers of County Donegal's people emigrated at this time, chiefly through Foyle Port. It has been labelled the 'forgotten county' by its own politicians, owing to the perception that it is ignored by the government, even in times of crisis. That's according to Labour Party councillor Angela Feeney, who made her opinion known at the latest MD meeting, which was held on Friday, January 6. The marine macroalgae of County Donegal, Ireland. ", "Earthquake close to Irish border in County Donegal", "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: County Donegal", "Server Error 404 CSO Central Statistics Office", "A collection of British Historical Population Reports", "New Developments in Irish Population History, 17001850", "Donegal County Council - Local Election candidates", Electoral (Amendment) (Dil Constituencies) Act 2017, "Constituency Commission Report 2012 Introduction and summary of recommendation", "Even Donegal voted YES in the marriage referendum", "Closure of the 'Derry Road' a great loss to Ireland", Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, "Brexit and the border: Views of Donegal Protestants", "Donegal Gaelic football and hurling Clubs", "Howzat! Deeply regretted by her niece Aisling; nephews Michael, Patrick, Andrew and Eoin, grand-nieces, grand-nephews and all This book is not worth what you pay for it. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. The county suffered several bombings and assassinations. County Donegal was voted number one on The National Geographic Traveller (UK) 'cool list' for 2017,[71]. [48], As the ice sheet thinned, topography became the dominant force driving the direction of ice and meltwater flow. O'Donnell's royal or chiefly power was finally ended in what was then the newly created County Donegal in September 1607, following the Flight of the Earls from near Rathmullan. Derry, together with west Tyrone, was henceforward in a new, different jurisdiction which remained within the United Kingdom, a jurisdiction officially called Northern Ireland. The county may be informally divided into a number of traditional districts. Hugh O.F.M., Nuala and Siobhan. Mike descends from the OLoughlins of Kilfenora, County. Until 2014, there were town councils in Letterkenny, Bundoran, Ballyshannon and Buncrana. Siblings ; James, Hannah ( Honorah), Ellen, Charles and Anna, and Hannah's two children Charles and James McCarty, and Mary's daughter, Hannah McGinley, lived in the house down the road. St Johnston Cricket Club play in the North West Senior League, while Letterkenny Cricket Club play in the Derry Midweek League.[74]. Tel: +353 74 9172490. Finn Valley RFC and Tir Chonaill RFC both compete in the Ulster Minor League North. Like other areas on the western seaboard of Ireland, Donegal has a distinctive fiddle tradition which is of world renown. Donegal County Council wishes to appoint an historian to carry out research which will result in a booklet of four essays and two lectures on the history of the Famine in Donegal. The head of the O'Donnell family had the titles An Domhnaill (meaning The O'Donnell in English) and R Thr Chonaill (meaning King of Tr Chonaill in English). Donegal is the only county to have voted against the Treaty of Lisbon twice, in 2008 and 2009. The modern County Arms of Donegal (dating from the early 1970s) was influenced by the design of the old O'Donnell royal arms. The Ballymanus mine disaster occurred on 10 May 1943 on a beach at Ballymanus, County Donegal, when local villagers attempted to bring ashore an unexploded marine mine. Of these, 2 remained in Ireland, 5 . [35], The majority of Donegal has a temperate oceanic climate (Kppen climate classification: Cfb), with upland areas in the Derryveagh and Blue Stack ranges classified as oceanic subpolar (Kppen climate classification: Cfc). sport of Gaelic football is very popular in County Donegal. [13], Located in the northwest corner of Ireland, Donegal is the island's northernmost county. Many of Friel's plays are set in the fictional Donegal town of Ballybeg. Families of Co. Donegal, Ireland Library Binding - February 1, 2001 by Michael C. O'Laughlin (Author) 4 ratings Library Binding from $174.99 3 Used from $174.99 1 New from $194.43 This hardbound work is from the 32 volume series on Irish Families by the Irish Genealogical Foundation. County Donegal's ancient Celtic history, mysterious megalithic monuments. Train services along the BelfastDerry railway line run, via Coleraine railway station, to Belfast Lanyon Place and Belfast Great Victoria Street railway stations. Parks, H.M. 1958. The Garda Commissioner is urging people who may the subject of intimidation for so called drug debts in Donegal to contact Garda. Other courses of note are Murvagh (located outside Donegal Town) and Rosapenna (Sandy Hills) located in Downings (near Carrigart). With an area of 312,410 acres (1,264km2), Kilmacrennan is also the largest barony in Ireland, being roughly equal in size to County Monaghan. Have you ever wondered where these names came from? He was thought of as the original freethinker by George Berkeley. : 8. Finn Harps play in the League of Ireland and won promotion to the Premier Division in 2015 following a 21 aggregate win over Limerick F.C. You can reach the Irish Roots Cafe on Twitter; Facebook; www.IrishRoots.com; and by mail at our U.S. location: Leave a message on our Phone (816) 256-3360. for personal non-commercial use only. Over 1000 families are given in Donegal, continuing and expanding the information found in volume one of the series 'The Book of Irish Families, great and small'. Marriage Index 1843-45; Roman Catholic Parishes, Co. Donegal . A general survey of the marine algae of Mulroy Bay, Co. Donegal: II. Mary MCFadden. Donegal Irish has a strong influence on learnt Irish across Ulster. Despite a nearly 3% increase in votes, Fine Gael did not win any additional seats in 2019. A hugely important part of Donegals history and heritage is contained in the names of its people families such as ODonnell, Doherty, McGinley, Gallagher, ONeill and Sweeney. He was born in nearby Ramelton. 2) County Donegal, Ireland, genealogy. Now lets look at the birth family names I posted in, County Donegal, Ireland, genealogy and family, The 19th century finds the following families most, The number of births recorded is given in parenthesis, after the name. These family Clans are rooted back to pre Plantation days a time when society was organised around kinship groups. Unable to add item to List. Email: news@donegallive.ie. Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2014. Donegal is bounded on the west and north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by Lough (lake) Foyle and Northern Ireland, and on the south by Northern Ireland and the Irish county of Leitrim. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Visit Amazon's Michael C. O'Laughlin Page, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. The Gallaghers can trace their family roots back to the early centuries A.D.. "The O'Gallaghers are the senior and most royal family of all the Kinel-Connell (the ancient rulers of what is today the greater part of Co. Donegal, Ireland)", said John O'Donavan, the great Irish historian of the nineteenth century. - DAVIS Family Notes, Co. Donegal 1835-1869 - DICKEY Family Notes, Co. Donegal 1834-1873 - DUNLOP Dunlap Genealogy Notes, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1843-68 - DUNN & Dunne Genealogy Notes, Cos. Londonderry & Donegal 1778-1870 - ELDER Family Notes, Co. Donegal, 1845-68 - ELLIOTT Family Notes, Co. Donegal 1837-69 - ELLIOTT Marriages, Co. Tyrone & Co . Other acts to come out of Donegal include folk-rock band Goats Don't Shave, Eurovision contestant Mickey Joe Harte and indie rock group The Revs. (Debug. overlaps and coverage) Donegal is on Logainm.ie: Donegal. We research Donegal genealogy, family history, Donegal history, Donegal townlands and more. Despite its coastal location, Malin Head records an average of 20 days of snowfall per year. , ISBN-10 All families Gallagher family from Co. Mayo Gallagher Y-DNA and Royal Ancestry A genealogical Y-DNA 37 marker test by one of Edward's descendants reveals the expected Gaelic origins. [21] The Slieve League cliffs are among the highest sea cliffs in Europe, while Malin Head is the most northerly point on the island of Ireland. Contact details for Donegal County Archives Service are: Donegal County Archives Service, Donegal County Council, Three Rivers Centre, Lifford, County Donegal. . [40] The upland areas of Donegal will reliably receive some covering of snow every year. These include Ulster Qualifying League Two side Letterkenny RFC, whose ground is named after Dave Gallaher, the captain of the 1905 New Zealand All Blacks touring team, who have since become known as The Originals. Authors in County Donegal have been creating works, like the Annals of the Four Masters, in Irish and Latin since the Early Middle Ages. Popular music is also common, the county's most acclaimed rock artist being the Ballyshannon-born Rory Gallagher. The highest wind speed ever recorded in Donegal was 181km/h (112mph) on 16 September 1961, during Hurricane Debbie.[36]. It marked the destruction of Ireland's ancient Gaelic aristocracy following the Tudor re-conquest and cleared the way for the Plantation of Ulster. The county is in the MidlandsNorth-West constituency (4 seats) for elections to the European Parliament. After this so called Flight of the Earls, the English authorities in Dublin established real control over all of Ireland for the first time. Two permanently inhabited islands, Arranmore and Tory Island, lie off the coast, along with a large number of islands with only transient inhabitants. [20] The official figure used by Donegal County Council is 1,134km (705mi). In May 2018, Donegal was the only county in Ireland to vote against the repeal of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution which had acknowledged the right to life of the unborn. Approximately 11.4 per cent of the county is covered in forest, which is about average nationally. In absolute terms, Letterkenny has the largest number of Protestants (over 1000). You must be a member of the Ireland XO community to add content to the database. People from Donegal have also contributed to culture elsewhere. These weaves are known as donegal tweeds (with a small 'd') and are world-renowned. Donegal Genealogy Resources - free online genealogy resources for family research in County Donegal, Ireland. The thick ice sheet that once covered the region carved out deep basins in the Donegal uplands and many tarns or corrie lakes developed in these depressions after the ice had melted, including Lough Maam below Slieve Snaght and Lough Feeane under Aghla More. The park is a 170km2 (about 42,000acre) nature reserve with scenery of mountains, raised boglands, lakes and woodlands. The poet William Allingham was also from Ballyshannon. Don't miss world premiere of new musical "The Butcher Boy" at Irish Repertory Theatre NYC. 1) First Irish Genealogy podcast series on the web. From Michael OLaughlin at www.Irishroots.com, 1) Books on Donegal genealogy and history, 2) Top 19th century family names in Donegal, 3) Top Donegal families on the Map of the Four Masters, 4) Historical notes from The Irish Roots Cafe, _____________________________________________________, Perhaps the most famous book connected to Donegal, is The Annals of Ireland by the Four Masters. There are a number of golf courses such as Ballyliffin Golf Club, located in the Inishowen peninsula. To the south, the Drowes River forms a 9 km (6 miles) long natural boundary with County Leitrim. 18 Jan 2023 6:55 PM. Save your money. [63] Conversely, voters in the county have also supported several referendums which were not enacted. WATCH: When Beatlemania arrived to Dublin in 1963. The twenty-fifth amendment in 2002 to tighten the ban on abortion in Ireland received the most support in Donegal. Hugh, a Franciscan Friar, at present based in Killiney, is head of the O'Donnells. On the issue of abortion and right to life vs pro-choice, Donegal has consistently been the most conservative county in Ireland. The Great Northern Railway (the G.N.R.) Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time (Heritage Books, London, 1840) Charles Mosley (Ed. Donegal contains one of Ireland's three glacial fjords (or fjards) at Lough Swilly, the others being Carlingford Lough and Killary Harbour. [17], Council elections are held every 5 years, with the next election due to be held in May 2024. Instructions on how to trace and find your ancestors in Donegal are included, along with a helpful address list and bibliography. E-Mail: [email protected]. According to "A Topographical and Historical Map of Ancient Ireland," compiled by Philip MacDermott, M.D., the following were the names of the principal families [1] in Ireland, of Irish, Anglo-Norman, and Anglo-Irish origin, from the eleventh to the end of the sixteenth century: The last boundary change of a barony in Donegal was in 1851 when the barony of Inishowen was divided into Inishowen East and Inishowen West. Historically, the eastern boundary of the kingdom of Tr Chonaill was demarcated by the River Foyle. The patron of Clans of Ireland is President Michael D. Higgins. Established in 1866 as a drapers, this historic tweed company offers hand weaving demonstrations and a made-to-measure service, as well as countless traditional Irish tweed products made in colours inspired by Donegal's landscape - from purple heather to moss green. Dined alfresco in the . Modern exponents include the Inishowen playwright and poet Frank McGuinness and the playwright Brian Friel. Next in seniority is Hugo O'Donnell, Duke de Tetuan, Madrid, Spain. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. Many Donegal students also attend the Limavady Campus of the North West Regional College (popularly known as Limavady Tech) and the Omagh College of Further Education of South West College (popularly known as Omagh Tech or Omagh College). The county's economy is particularly susceptible, just like that of Derry City, to the currency fluctuations of the euro against sterling. It has also been known by the alternative name County Tyrconnell, Tirconnell or Tirconaill (Tr Chonaill, meaning 'Land of Conall'). From the earliest times to the modern era, old Irish, Scots, English and Welsh families in Donegal are included here along with local history.. Illustrations include. Much of the county's forests are commercial timber plantations which were initially established in the 1930s as a way to create rural employment in areas with poor agricultural land and high rates of emigration. Donegal County Council is the local council and Lifford the county town. Speaking during a visit to the county on Monday, Drew Harris says he is concerned over the number of incidents of intimidation of people and their families. [70] Francis Makemie (originally from Ramelton) founded the Presbyterian Church in America. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. A man who attempted to take a gun from a Garda after crashing during a pursuit has avoided prison. In the east of the county lies the Finn Valley (centred on Ballybofey) and The Laggan district (not to be confused with the Lagan Valley in the south of County Antrim), which is centred on the town of Raphoe. Sea levels in the area began to stabilise around 5,000 years ago, and the balance of erosion and deposition along Donegal's coastline resulted in the development of many sandy beaches and spits interspersed with jagged sea cliffs.[50]. An extensive rail network used to exist throughout the county and was mainly operated by the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee and the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company (known as the L. & L.S.R. The chief undertaker families to benefit under the new settlement were the families of Cole, Blennerhasset, Butler, Hume, and Dunbar. The medieval genealogies of Ireland tell us that the Mac Lochlainn, anglicized McLaughlins of Donegal are descendants of a mysterious figure from the 11th century called Lochlainn. The Wild Ireland wildlife park near Burnfoot showcases some of Donegal's historic animal species that were hunted to extinction, including brown bears, lynxes and gray wolves. [15] While Lifford is the county town, Letterkenny is by far the largest town in the county with a population of just under 20,000. Genealogy Centre Contact Details Donegal Ancestry CLG Millbrook Rathmullan Co Donegal F92 AT26 Ireland Tel: +353 (0) 87 94 54 096 Email: info@donegalancestry.com The most senior O'Donnell family today (according to the office of the Chief Herald) is that of John O'Donel (deceased), Blackrock, Co. Dublin, namely Fr. His son, Robert Campbell (1677-1768), and his wife,. Please try again. Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app. The Donegal Gaeltacht has traditionally been a very popular destination each summer for young people from Northern Ireland. The Catholic parish boundaries define the limits to Kilcar, and Kilcar is much like a township in the midwestern United States, with the village of Kilcar at its center. [10] The three-week-long summer Gaeltacht courses give young Irish people from other parts of the country a chance to learn the Irish language and traditional Irish cultural traditions that are still prevalent in parts of Donegal. The Atlantic ocean has a significant cooling effect and, due to the county's long, thin shape and punctuated coastline, nowhere in Donegal is particularly far from the ocean, giving it a generally cooler climate that is more similar to western Scotland than the rest of Ireland. Although this is a good book for the names of Donegal families I was disappointed personally, it did not give as much information as i expected on the families. Partition cut the county off, economically and administratively, from Derry, which had acted for centuries as the county's main port, transport hub and financial centre. Donegal's Chief Superintendent, Aidan Glackin speaking People subject to drug related intimidation . Hurling (often called 'hurley' within County Donegal), handball and rounders are also played but are less widespread, as is the case in other parts of western Ulster. Toland was also instrumental in the spread of freemasonry throughout Continental Europe. There are two Gaeltacht districts in the west: The Rosses (Irish: Na Rosa), centred on the town of Dungloe (Irish: An Clochn Liath), and Gweedore (Irish: Gaoth Dobhair). [36] The county's climate is heavily influenced by the North Atlantic Current. Margery married Denis McHugh- [263] [MRIN:151] in 1804 in Lancaster, PA. Fourth Generation (Great Grandparents) 8.Miles McHugh- [1300], son of Unknown and Unknown, was born in Killybegs or Donegal's inter-county football team have won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title twice (in 1992 and 2012) and the Ulster Senior Football Championship ten times. County Fermanagh Most common names: Murphy, Hughes, Wilson, Devlin, McManus, Armstrong, Donnelly, O'Neill, Quinn, Cassidy and Maguire. As of the 2016 Census, Donegal is the most rural / least urbanised county in Ireland, with less than one-third of the population (27.3 per cent) living in urban areas and over 70 per cent in rural areas. However, the railway network within County Donegal was completely closed by 1960. Sommer Lecky also achieved silver in the World Junior High Jump 2018. Eglinton, Co Derry. Donegal has a wide variety of habitats, and over half of Ireland's plant and animal species can be found within the county. At one period during the Middle Ages the entire north west of Ireland was controlled by either the Boyles, O'Dohertys or O'Donnells. The oldest rocks in Ireland are a granitic gneiss found on the island of Inishtrahull, located ca. The Irish navvy-turned-novelist Patrick MacGill, author of many books about the experiences of Irish migrant itinerant labourers in Britain at around the start of the 20th century, such as The Rat Pit and the autobiographical Children of the Dead End, is from the Glenties area. [47] Lough Swilly is the county's largest inlet and forms the western boundary of the Inishowen Peninsula. and you might just add your own, if it has gone missing ! Ireland ; County Donegal . Thomas Wilson (see the chart below) was born about 1546, presumably in Kilkenny, Ireland,during the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547). : In spite of the loss of their traditional lands and forced emigration into exile, the spirit of the Irish clans remains through the use of Irish surnames which are the mark of Clan membership. The Y-DNA results are posted on the Gallagher Project page under the name of "Edward Gallagher, 1857-1919, Co. Mayo Ireland" (kit No. The pond, proposed by Councillor Gerry McMonagle, would enhance empty green space in the park. The county was one of those 'planted' during the Plantation of Ulster from around 1610 onwards. The smallest rural townlands in Donegal are just 1 acre in size, most of which are either lough islands or offshore islets (Corragh Island, Bishop's Island, Juniper Island, O'Donnell's Island, etc.). Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. 13 Part Time Work From Home Ireland jobs available in Killygordon, County Donegal on Indeed.com, updated hourly. In fact, they are a direct line to our ancestry an ancestry which has spread across the globe and that has reached into many areas of life including politics, music, entertainment, education, sport, literature and much more. Until around 1600, the O'Donnells were one of Ireland's richest and most powerful native Irish ruling families. County Donegal County Donegal Civil Parishes A map of civil parishes of County Donegal with links to townland maps for each parish is available at freepages on RootsWeb. Tr Na Rossan Beach, Co. Donegal Best food and drink in Donegal The pond . This meant that all goods had to be transhipped at Derry and Strabane. Photograph: David Young/PA You will be amazed at how vast and majestic their woodlands, lakes, and mountains are. It has a deeply indented coastline forming natural sea loughs, of which both Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle are the most notable. The Church of Ireland is the largest Protestant denomination, with Presbyterianism second. The 129km long River Erne, Ireland's ninth-longest river, enters Donegal Bay near the town of Ballyshannon. Since then there have been many changes, but two things have remained constant : The continuing addition of free-to-access records and the little clover, below, who has been madly waving for almost 20 years! The mountains of Donegal are among the cloudiest places in Ireland,[37] and northern Donegal is the windiest. R G. Dublin, Ireland. Engineering challenges, traffic congestion, and basic road safety for pedestrians have all converged on the streets of Ballybofey and Stranorlar for many years and now it appears there's a new addition to the party, permanent High Visibility Crossings (HVC) or to most people a zebra crossing. There is more info, including, placenames and history in the links below each book. Thirty-seven councillors are elected using the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (STV). Try again. This Donegal name is from MacColl, Gaelic Mac Colla, the name of a galloglass family introduced there from Argyllshire in the sicteenth century. The English authorities at Dublin Castle formed the new county by amalgamating the old Kingdom of Tr Chonaill with the old Lordship of Inishowen. Home; Tracing Ancestors. The average maximum temperature in July at Malin Head is just 16.8C (62F). Adam Boyd ( born in County Donegal) aged 43 and his wife Mary aged 41 (born in County Leitrim) travelled to Australia with their nine children, Elizabeth 22, Mary Jane 20, James 19, Margaret 17, William 15, Anne 13, Robert 11, Adam 9 and Susan, 7 years. On a winter's day in Carndonagh, County Donegal, January 17, 2023. 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