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INDEX OF ARTICLES 

 ISSUE 34: APRIL 2008

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Irish in New Zealand – The trials of a Galway family
• A Dunnahoo in the Old West
• The Americanization of Dennis – My Donoghue family story
• O’Donoghues in the News
• Snippets
• The Y-DNA project
 

ISSUE 33: JANUARY 2008

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Battle of the Diamond
• O’Donoughues in Quebec
• Australian Rules Football and the O’Donoghues
• O’Donoghues in the News
• O’Donoghue recipes
• Snippets
• The Y-DNA project

ISSUE 32: OCTOBER 2007

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The War of Independence 1919-22
• Joseph Donohoe and the politics of Irish Catholics in Canada
• The O’Donoghue Society Y-DNA Project
• O’Donoghues in the News
• O’Donoghue Recipes
• Snippets
• The Y-DNA project

ISSUE 31: JULY 2007

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• Emeralds in the Bluegrass - The Irish of Early Kentucky
• Michael Donoghue’s land selection
• James Edmund O’Donoghue – ‘As brave as a lion’
• My Aunt Mary - Mary Elizabeth Donehoo Durham
• Paul Donehoo – ‘I can do it’
• Family history sites of the name
• Researchers’ enquiries
• O’Donoghues in the News
• O’Donoghue Recipes
• Snippets
• The Y-DNA project

 

ISSUE 30: APRIL 2007

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Fenians and the events to the War of Independence
• Oral and literary influences on the O’Donoghues Duff from 1641 to the present day
• The saga of the Molly Maguires and Yellow Jack Donahoe
• ‘Pure Celt is he’ John Talbott Donoghue - Artist
• Pat Donahue and the World’s Smallest St Patrick’s Day Parade
• O’Donoghues in the News
• O’Donoghue Recipes
• Snippets
O’Donohue picnic ground and track
O’Donoghue’s Bridge, Tralee
Donoho Family Reunion
Election expenses from 1950
Rex vs Donahoo
St Michael’s parish, Philadelphia
• The Y-DNA project

ISSUE 29: JANUARY 2007
In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Aran Islands and O’Donoghue history
• An Irishman in the early 19th century British army
The Life of Lieutenant Colonel John William O’Donoghue CB, 47th Regiment of Foot
• My Donohoe Story
• Grandma climbed the family tree
• Gatherings – The descendants of Chevalier Henry O’Donoghue
• O’Donoghues in the News
• O’Donoghue Recipes
• Snippets
Norms for liturgy
Native-American of the name
The Peninsular War
Amazing coincidence
• The Y-DNA project

ISSUE 28: OCTOBER 2006
In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• Irish settlement in South Africa in the nineteenth century
• Kamarooka to Gallipoli: A tribute to Martin O’Donoghue’s bravery
• The Squire’s last harvest in the hills
• The O’Donoghues of Ross – a personal reflection
• The Milesian Myth and the Scythian Connection
• Violet Evangeline O’Donoghue - suffragette
• O’Donoghues in the News
• O’Donoghue Recipes
• Society gathering in Melbourne, Australia
• Snippets
‘Yellow Jack’ Donohue in Montgomery, Pennsylvania
O’Donoghue versus United States (1933)
South Haven Pier Light, Michigan
History of the Omaha Police
Online map archive: An Irish genealogist's pot of gold
John G. Myers Department Store Building Collapse, Albany, New York
• The Y-DNA project

ISSUE 27: JULY 2006

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Siege of Lucknow and the Indian Mutiny (1857-8)
• John W. Donihue, Ghost of the Goldrush
• The Origin of the Dunphy Name
• O’Donoghues in the News
• O’Donoghue Recipes
• Snippets
John B. O’Donohue & Co.
Joining two families in stained glass
Donohoe Clan reunion in Australia
Tristan and Isolde
Literary trivia
• The Y-DNA project

ISSUE 26: APRIL 2006

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• American Revolutionary War 1775-83; personalities and insights
• Cratloe to Bendigo
• Brother Ralph and Doctor F.G.Donehoo
• O'Donoghue Recipes
• O'Donoghues in the news
• Snippets
The reward for a runaway Irish servant
There's No Business Like Show Business
A brave Irish ship
Two Donohues with lots in common
Seen on eBay
Donahue tapestry
Donoho Family and Friends Reunion
In the line of duty
A stock scam
• The Y-DNA projects
The O'Donoghue Society
The Breifne Clans Project

ISSUE 25: JANUARY 2006

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Irish of the Caribbean (Part 2)
• The Oregon Trail - Donahoe/Donahue tales
• John O'Donoghue, The Man Who Built The Emmitsburg Railroad
• Society coordinators in action
• O'Donoghue Recipes
• O'Donoghues in the news
• Snippets
She's A Latin From Manhattan
Christmas Quiz
Irish America magazine feature
• Y-DNA Project report

ISSUE 24: OCTOBER 2005

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Light Brigade and Sergeant Donoghue; the man who launched The Charge
• The O'Donoghues of Lyre, Kilmurry and Brosna, County Kerry
• Villages of Ireland - Kilgarvan, County Kerry
• Focus on Medicine
• Places of the Name
• O'Donoghue Recipes
• Members' search enquiries
• O'Donoghues in the news
• Snippets
Man overboard and the 1898 hurricane
O'Donoghue neighbours and genealogical luck
Till death do us part.or not
• Y-DNA Project report

ISSUE 23: JULY 2005

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• General Michael T Donohoe - American Civil War 1861-5
• Love of Yester Yore
• For President, let it be WFD
• Dunphy, Nevada – A tale of adventure
• Focus on Art (1)
• O'Donoghues in the news
• Snippets
Tragic death at Theatre Royal, Exeter
John O’Donoghue of Cahirciveen
Missing O’Donoghue
• Y-DNA Project report
• Some forthcoming articles

ISSUE 22: APRIL 2005

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Irish of the Caribbean - Part One
• The Donahoo family of Maryland - Part Two
• An O'Donoghue with a bit of 'Claas'
• The O'Donoghue Cup - the story of an athlete
• The Royal Order of Ónaghts Ó Donnchadha
• Focus on media
• O'Donoghues in the news
• Members' search enquiries
• Snippets
Two British postcards
Donoghues in Argentina
Donahue's soccer academy
• The Y-DNA project
• Some forthcoming articles

ISSUE 21: JANUARY 2005

In this issue
• A personal message
• Professor Thomas Donahue
• Society developments
• The Australian bushrangers and Bold Jack Donahoe
• The Donahoos of Maryland – Part One The Colonial Period
• O’Donoghue Halls of Fame - Focus on entertainment
• A tour through Galway and Donegal in July of 2004
• Colonel Peter Dunphie
• O’Donoghues in the News
• Snippets
Royal Humane Society Bronze Medals
RMS Lusitania
O’Donoghue’s Beef Stew
Donohue Syndrome
• The Y-DNA project
• Appendix to The Australian bushrangers and Bold Jack Donahoe

ISSUE 20: OCTOBER 2004

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Irish in Britain in the 20th century
• John Donohoo (1756-1815) of Nelson County, Kentucky and his descendants
• The hero figure in Irish folklore and Donal O'Donoghue
• The O'Donoghue Halls of Fame - Focus on magic
• O'Donoghues in the news
• Snippets
Munster Volunteer Registry 1782
Kerry Football All-Ireland teams
Names confusion in 1851 London
Great Lakes' Donahues
• The yDNA project

ISSUE 19: JULY 2004

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• O’Donoghues in 17th and 18th century Irish poetry
• Thomas Scott Donahue’s journey
• Rottnest Island and an O’Donoghue headstone
• Where is Sathrane?
• The Surname Thesaurus
• From Danahy to Donahue
• The O’Donoghue Halls of Fame - Focus on Speed
• Donoho digital art – ‘Inside my head’
• O’Donoghues in the news
• Snippets
Monsignor Robert J Donohoe
O’Donnoghue family deeds 1826-1874
Who was J. Donoghue? A WW1 mystery
Dunphy’s Pond
Franco’s Irish volunteers
• The yDNA project


ISSUE 18: APRIL 2004

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Irish migration to Britain in the nineteenth century
• From High Rock Tower to Ross Tower in search of Irish roots
• Which coat shall I wear today?
• Steve Donoghue – a master of his craft
• The Royal Order of Ónaght Ó Donnchadha
• O’Donoghues in the news
• Snippets
The O’Donoghue Fly
The Donahoe Triptych
The Battle of Trafalgar
• The yDNA project


ISSUE 17: JANUARY 2004

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The yDNA project
• Captain Right – The Rightboy movement and the Tithe Wars
• The story of Bridget O’Donoghue – From Limerick to Swan Hill, Victoria
• O’Donoghues of fiction
• O’Donoghue places and how they got their name
• O’Donoghues in the news
• Do you recognise these people?
• Snippets
The unhappy triad of O’Donoghue
Thomas Donohue France 1914
Bane of O’Donoghue
Edouard O’Donoughue
John O’Donoghue and the first nuclear submarine


ISSUE 16: OCTOBER 2003

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The yDNA project
• The Fenian movement and The O’Donoghue MP
• Stone, metal, glass, paint and the O’Donoghue artists of Ros Abu
• How I found my father through the society
• Pronunciation of the name
• Irish naming practices and the O’Donoghues
• Snippets
O’Donoghue Avenue, Janesboro, Limerick
Patrick O’Donoghue Place, Togher, Cork
A People of the Year award
The French Connection
The Donahoe Nexus


ISSUE 15: JULY 2003

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• Religious O’Donoghues in Galway and the state of the Church in the fifteenth century
• The travelling O’Donoghues
• The diary of Kathleen Donohue Donahue – Queensland to New York in 1907
• Snippets
A prestigious fiction award
The first maximum break
Jane O’Donoghue’s progress


ISSUE 14: APRIL 2003

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• Chief Captayne of his nation
• Ann O’Donoghue, memories of Larakea in the 1920s
• Le Journal des O’Donoughue
• The O’Donoghue Cup – the story of a man
• The O’Donoghue Halls of Fame – Focus on music (1)
• Snippets
O’Donoghue’s Opera
John L.O’Donoghue and the war effort or lack of it
Calling all Donoghues from Waterford
O’Donoghue’s beef stew
Father Ignatius O’Donoghue, in verse
The Convert Rolls 1703-1838


ISSUE 13: JANUARY 2003

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• O’Donoghue tribal history in Cork and Kerry
• The Donohoes of Wexford
• The O’Donoghue Halls of Fame - focus on sport
• Snippets
John O’Donoghue’s reprint
Dunphys from Waterford to Newfoundland
Reverend Robert J Donohue
How many of us in England, Wales and the Isle of Man?
WW2 Australian nominal roll
Vietnam war veteran’s dog tag


ISSUE 12: OCTOBER 2002

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The religious orders and more monasteries with O’Donoghue connections
• The meaning of our name
• The Glennon Y-DNA project
• My great grandfather from Kilmacduagh, County Galway
• Sylvester O’Donoghue – a prominent architect in 19th century Nova Scotia
• The Dunphy coat of arms
• The gathering season
• Snippets
The Rose of Tralee
A mother of advancing years
First class cricketers of the name
O’Donoghue soda bread
Corporal Donaghue

ISSUE 11: JULY 2002

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• Some abbeys and monasteries with O’Donoghue connections
• Tracing my Duniho ancestry – the trail in Ireland
• The RUC man’s son
• The Currig O’Donoghues
• O’D events Coomacullen, Salem, Red Boiling Springs, North Clare, California
• Snippets
Cake in his pocket
Improving the children’s Irish
Mission No.263
Jane O’Donoghue vs Venus Williams
The Shroud of Turin under question
• In memoriam

ISSUE 10: APRIL 2002

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Young Irelanders
• Tracing my Duniho ancestry – the trail in the USA
• Gortaleen and the mystery of my grandfather
• Madge O’Donoghue – who was she?
• O’Donoghue’s bride
• Snippets
Boat trip on Killarney Lake
John Donaghue, the last convict, on the last convict ship
A Donahue book


ISSUE 9: JANUARY 2002
In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The O’Donoghues of Ross
• The O’Donoghues of Coomacullen – a sequel; or the Johnnies found
• Looking for Lowitja - Lowitja O’Donoghue
• The Donoho Reunions in Salem, Illinois
• Snippets
A new way of detecting pickpockets
O’Donoghue’s triad
Family stories
Annie Dunphy, Dublin
Two O’Donoghue books


ISSUE 8: OCTOBER 2001

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The black Irish of the Caribbean
• The search for an elusive grave in County Kerry
• Daniel O’Donoghue – a pioneer of the 19th century Canadian labour movement
• Places with the name in the USA
• Distribution of the name in the USA – 1850 to 1990s
• Snippets
Mary O’Donoghue’s seven witnesses
An O’Donoghue pantomime
An O’Donoghue sea slug

ISSUE 7: JULY 2001

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• Clan symbolism
• From Donaghy in Armagh to Donaghue in Australia
• Patrick Donahoe – Famous US publisher
• Paud O’Donoghue – the statue
• Snippets
Colonel Joseph Cyril Donoghue
Finding a grave sometimes needs tolerance
The Wild West
Thank heaven for little girls


ISSUE 6: APRIL 2001

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Donohoes of Cavan
• The O’Donoghues of Coomacullen townland in Glenflesk, County Kerry
• Would you like me to seduce you? Amanda Donohoe live
• O’Donoghue’s Enchantment
• Snippets
The first of May
An O’Donoghue flag?


ISSUE 5: JANUARY 2001

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Legend of O’Donoghue
• Migration to Australia – 1837 - the O’Donoghues of Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland
• What’s in a name - Donohugh
• What my mother told me
• Do you recognise this person?
• Snippets
O’Donoghue ‘Olympians’
Criminal Donoghues in mid-nineteenth century London
Grants of land to James Donoho, South Carolina 1676
• Forthcoming events


ISSUE 4: OCTOBER 2000

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• The Tower House of the O’Donoghue of the Glen at Killaha
• The Donoho Cousins
• What my father told me
• O’Donoghue places
• Snippets
Mrs O’Donahue keeps NASA going
The Fathers Bonaventure O’Donoghue
The Titanic


ISSUE 3: MAY 2000

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• 1798 and the Ballad of Paud O’Donohoe
• Dunphys make it in Australia
• What my grandmother told me
• O’Donoghue streets and towns in the USA of 1880-91
• Snippets
Quantrill’s raiders
Jimmy Donahue and the Duchess of Windsor
O’Donohue’s test


ISSUE 2: JANUARY 2000

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• Ó Donnchadha today
• The story of Diarmaid (of Ó Donnchadha pedigree) and Gráinne


ISSUE 1: NOVEMBER 1999

In this issue
• A personal message
• Society developments
• Potential journal material