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Our World H.Q. on Inch Island is located in one of the most historic and beautiful areas of Donegal, just ten miles from!
i Derry City, on the 'Southern' side of the Border. Over the years many people have become partners in its ownership, and ■
readers are invited to buy shares during Re-Union time, or if they wish to come to Ireland for future holidays, they can
become Time Sharers. Fuller details from the Clan Herald. •

Our Clan Research Unit regimentation of the natives
have discovered that there are during the dark Penal Days.
over 140 ways of spelling this As examples: a name like
old Gaelic/Irish surname McCutcheon became Hutch­
(which moved out of the Finn ison or Hutchinson; the name
River Valley in the late 1200s’. McAnders, could become
Why is there not usage of the . Anderson or Henderson, the
‘0 ‘ with many Irish names' name McGabhann/ McGowan
??? became • Smith and
ODoehartaigh or O’Doherty,
The dropping of the ‘0 ‘, became Doherty or one of its
signifying ‘Grandson Of was many variations. ^ A B lessing o f Solitude
forced out of Irish culture
during the Penal Days, rooted
in the victories of William HI M ay you recognize the presence, power and light o f your soul.
in 1690, and these endured
M ay you realize that you are never alone, that your soul in its brightness and belonging connects you
until the late 1820s’, Some
intimately with the rhythm o f the universe
would date this repression as
far back as the reign of M ay you have respect o f your ow n individuality and difference
Elizabeth I (Queen of England May you realize that the shape o f your soul is unique, that you have a special destiny here, that behind the
from 1558-1603).
facade o f you life there is something beautiful, good, and eternal happening.
Both the ‘0 ‘ and the ‘Mac1 M ay you leam to see yourself with the sam e delight, pride, and expectation with which God sees you in
and ‘Me1 were not allowed to every moment.
be used by those living in
In the name o f the Father, and the Son and the H oly spirit. Amen.
Ireland, and the ancient
Gaelic language itself also
came under attack. There was
a period in excess of 150 years
Betw een the bays o f Carraroe (Irish M ist, page 219. A tale describing the parish o f carraroe, the
whereby the ruling power
disallowed such Irishness. characteristic parts o f this area, and a m ention o f Donegal
This was just one of the legal
codes aimed at the
From 890 AD to 1560: O'Docartaig
Later Irish: O'Dochartaigh Anglicized, (1st.)
O'Dougherty O'Dogherty, as used by Cahir Rua
(1600)
Scoticized: O'Docherty / Dockerty
I n t r o d u c e d i n t o f o r e i g n la n d s a s :
Dougherty, Majority landed in the USA after Daughtrey, Derivation of the above, and is
1800. especially popular in Texas.
Daugherty, Went to N. America before 1800. Doherty, Modern Anglicization, popular since
Daugheetee, Out of W. Virginia Mountains. 1800.
Darity, Into the Southern Seaboard, USA. Doherty, Found in N-Central USA.
Dority, Same name further west. Dorrity, Found in Derry, Cork, and in a few ares
Daughtry, Used in deep south £t south west. of the USA.