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FAMOUS
DOHERTYS
SHANE Mor O’DOHERTY the tragedy such created,
m km^hted In 1541. His son, which continues rigid down to
iHANE Og, wbo was knighted the present day.
n 15*5, was the father of Cahir’s was the end of the
lahir, the most famous, and O’Doherty lordship of
ragic, of our many O'Dctaerty Inishowen. The year before
tbels. his death, the northern earls
(O’Neill & O’Donnell) secretly
CAHIR O’DOHERTY
1587-1606) was only 14 when sailed away from Lough
hs father died and there were SwiHy to spread their battered
nany family quarrels before wings ail around Europe.
^ahir was finally Cahir’s brother SEAN
icknowledged as Lord of O'DOHERTY soon followed,
[nisbowen. He bas been and his descendant, DR. DONALL (died 1342); SEAN or JOHN (1342-1359);
described as extremely tall RAMON SALVADOR
OTOGHERTY, who lives in
ind handsome and very brave CONCHUR-an OINIGH (1350-1413); SHANE (1413-1439);
n battle. Still only In bis teens, Cadiz in Spain, is the 11th in,
ie was knighted by Mountjoy the direct line from the Lords DONALL MOR (1439-1440); EDMOND (died 1440-?);
or military bravery and, in of Inishowen. In July 1990, he
1603, was invited to visit the was ceremonially BRIAN DUBH (7-1496); SHANE (1496-1511);
^iurt in London. On his return inaugurated as 37th
to Ireland be was made an ODoherty chieftain. CONVHUR CARRACH (1511-1516);
admiral ef ttw M - f ity of
The Otohertys had many EACHMARCACH (1516-1526); GEARALT (1526-15<fo);
Derry, through which flows
castles and forts e.g. The
Europe's second fastest
Keep, is all that remains of the FEILIM (1540-1556); SHANE (1556-1582);
flowing river, after the Volga, fine castle built by the
the Foyle, which has a long SHANE OG (1582-1601); CATHAOIR RUA (1601-1608 - Our
ODohertys in 1403, which still
naval history. Intrigues stands st Buncrana, in a
enmeshed him and be was last ruling Celtic chieftain); SEAN (1608-1638);
ruggedly charming area of
accused of treason (to
Donegal between Lough
England), which provoked SHANE (1588-1638); EOGHAN (1611-1642);
Swiily and Lough Foyle. A
him, catastrophically, into an
i glance at the telephone CAHIR or CHARLES (1639-1714); OWEN (1665-1732);
attack on the Derry garrison
j directory puts the lie to the
and settlement, which were
I claims made by the English JOHN (died 1762); OWEN (1743-1784); HENRY (1776-1803);
set to the torch. Retributioa
. that we had been totally
came swiftly; a strong Crown
; removed, either in battle or by JOHN (1777-1847); RAMON (1835-1902);
force was dispatched and be
‘ transportation. London, for
was killed in action. His body ; this past few centuries, is in PASCUAL (1886-1964)
was quartered at Culmore,
. little doubt that we continue to
and his bead taken by the
' thrive aad prosper upon our
Crown forces to be spiked, as
• andebt lands. Across the sea
a warning to native leaders,
, in Scotland, to where we fled
on the gates of Dublin Castle. to escape the prosecution
Cahlr Rua earned himself the
following the Plantation, there
title ‘that audacious traitor*, are many still who bear a
and the contemporary
variety of our surname in that
Donegal historian, Brian Celtic land.
Bonner, used that title for his Following Cahir’s abortive
definitive history of our clan
uprising many Dohertys went
(see ’Publications’). Cahir's
still further afield.
campaign opened the
floodgates for the plantation of
Ulster and few are unaware of
0-0 OCHART4/g^
*
9 t
• Dr. Ramon Salvador O'Dogherty, San Fernando, Spain, bom 30th April 1919,
inaugurated at 'the Crowning Stone', which dates back to pre-Christain times,
on July 13th 1990.
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