Families of County Donegal
Tír Chonaill, the Ó Domhnaill kingdom, Ráth Cheannaí, and the last Gaelic Ireland to fall.
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Families of County Donegal
- O'DonnellTír Chonaill, Red Hugh's escape, and the Flight of 1607.
- GallagherOf Tír Chonaill and the household cavalry of the O'Donnell.
- DohertyLords of Inishowen, and the revolt that triggered the Plantation of Ulster.
- BoyleTwo unrelated families, one Anglicisation, Donegal kings and the Earls of Cork.
- ClarkeAnnalists of Tír Chonaill, and the surname of the 1916 Proclamation's first signatory.
- McLaughlinSons of the Norseman, kings of Inishowen.
- SweeneyHebridean gallowglass, household cavalry of Tír Chonaill.
Historic ties to Donegal
Families with historic but not core ground in this county.
Champions of County Donegal
Famous bearers whose lives or work root in County Donegal.
- John DohertyThe Inishowen cotton-spinner's son who walked to Manchester at ten, founded the Grand General Union of Operative Spinners in 1829 and the National Association for the Protection of Labour in 1830, the first national general-trades union in British history, and led the working-class campaign for the Ten-Hour Day.
- Red Hugh O'DonnellThe young Lord of Tyrconnell who escaped from Dublin Castle through the winter mountains, raised the north of Ireland against the Tudor conquest, and broke an English army at the Curlew Pass before carrying his country's cause to the court of Spain.
Stories told here
Legends set in County Donegal, from any family that carries them.