O'Dochartaigh
Clann Hq. / Inishowen Genealogy, Aileach Road, Shorefront, Buncrana,
Inishowen, Co. Donegal, Ireland ~ Prof. Pat Dougherty, Clann
Herald ~ & the Atlantic/Loch Swilley across the road
Photos by Doris
Johnston, Oct 2003
Hillside Farm
east of Co. Donegal's Derry (aka Londonderry)
When first established,
O'Dochartaugh Clann Hq. was on Inch Island.
View
of Inishowen from Inch Island, Oct 2003
Ancestry of Michael (Mor) Daugherty, immigrant
Generation
One
1. Michael (Mor)
Daugherty (Liam O'Dougherty, #2) was born circa 1690 in the Laggan
Valley, Co. Donegal, Ireland, and died 1761 in Augusta Co., VA.
He married Catherine Rodgers circa 1712, daughter of Cahir (Charles)
Rodgers (McRory), born in Manorcunningham, Laggan Valley.
Cunningham Arms
Manorcunningham
is on a hill above the highway and looks west on Laggan Valley
farmland and Loch Swilly, with more of Co. Donegal across the
Swilly.
Note the white
barn on the right in the picture above, is on the left in the
picture below, from a higher point on a drizzly day.
Generation
Two
2. Liam2 O'Dougherty
(Liam, #4) married Sila O'Cleary (see #3). He was born circa 1645
at Laggan Valley, Donegal, Ireland.
NOTE: Several
American Doherty/Daugherty genealogists wishfully list Sir Cahir
O'Doherty as our Irish ancestor. However, he (Cahir Rua, "Red
Charles") was killed at age 21 without heirs shortly after
announcing his engagement. He was the last ruling Gaelic Chieftain.
His brother John (Sean) carried on the lineage.
Children of Liam2
O'Dougherty and Sila O'Cleary (see #3) were:
1 i. Michael (Mor)1
Daugherty.
3. Sila2 O'Cleary
married Liam O'Dougherty (see #2), son of Liam O'Dougherty. She
was born circa 1650?
Generation
Three
4. Liam3 O'Dougherty
(Sean O'Dochartaigh, #8) died at Laggan Valley, Donegal, Ireland.
He was born in 1605 at Isle of Barth (Burt), Donegal, Ireland.
Children of Liam3
O'Dougherty include:
2 i. Liam2 O'Dougherty.
Generation
Four
8. Sean4 O'Dochartaigh
(Conn, #16) was born in 1565 at Elaghmore, Tyroconnell, Ireland.
Children of Sean4
O'Dochartaigh both born Isle of Barth (Burt), Donegal, Ireland
include:
i. Eoghan3 O'Dougherty;
born 1600.
4 ii. Liam O'Dougherty.
Generation
Five
16. Conn5 O'Dochartaigh
(Aodh, #32) died at Letter, Gaddyduff, Tyroconnell, Ireland. He
was born circa 1515 at Inishowen, Tyroconnell, Ireland.
Children of Conn5
O'Dochartaigh include:
8 i. Sean4 O'Dochartaigh.
Generation
Six
32. Aodh6 O'Dochartaigh
(Cornelius, #64) married Monca O'Hagen (see #33). He was born
in 1480 at Inishowen, Tyroconnell, Ireland.
Children of Aodh6
O'Dochartaigh and Monca O'Hagen (see #33) were:
16 i. Conn5 O'Dochartaigh.
33. Monca6 O'Hagen
married Aodh O'Dochartaigh (see #32), son of Cornelius O'Dochartaigh
and Sarce McDavitt. She was born circa 1485?
Generation
Seven
64. Cornelius7
O'Dochartaigh married Sarce McDavitt (see #65). He died at Sharagore,
Inishowen, Tyroconnell, Ireland. He was born circa 1440 at Inishowen,
Tyrconnell, Ireland.
Children of Cornelius7
O'Dochartaigh and Sarce McDavitt (see #65) were as follows:
i. Rosa6 O'Dochartaigh;
born 1478 at Sharagore, Inishowen, Tyroconnell, Ireland.
32 ii. Aodh O'Dochartaigh.
iii. Conn O'Dochartaigh; born 1484 at Inishowen, Tyroconnell,
Ireland.
65. Sarce7 McDavitt
married Cornelius O'Dochartaigh (see #64). She was born circa
1445?
Bibliography
Barbara Purdum's data
on Rootsweb WorldConnect, citing William C. Stewart, The Doughertys
of Kentucky. O'Dochartaigh, Inch Island, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Seorise Fionbarra O'Dochartaigh.
O'Doherty: People and Places. Ballinakella Press, Whitegate,
Co. Clare, Ireland, 1998.
Rev. Alexander Lecky.
Roots of Presbyterianism in the Donegal. Davidson &
McCormick, Belfast, 1905.
Rev. Alexander Lecky.
The Laggan and its People.
F. B. Kegley. Virginia
Frontier.
Kentucky Hitorical Society.
Genealogies of Kentucky Families: From the Register of the
Kentucky Historical Society: A-M (Allen-Moss). Baltimore,
MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981.
Augusta County, Virginia,
Deeds.
The Filson Club History
Quarterly.
Anthony Mathews. Origin
of the O'Dohertys, 2nd Ed. Anthony Mathews, Drogheda, Ireland,
1978.
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