The O’Donoghue Society Council renewed
In the last quarter we have gone through a transformation of the Council and the roles each Council member performs. Formed in March 2014, the Council manages the development and operation of the society. Each member has a specific role but contributes to the whole. Our brief is Act as a leadership team to plan the […]
It is with great sorrow that I relay the sad passing of Brendan O’Donoghue, Society Council member and genealogist.
It is with great sorrow that I relay the sad passing of Brendan O’Donoghue, Society Council member and genealogist. Brendan and I knew each other for many years and always had dinner together when I was in Dublin. He was great company. Brendan worked for about 25 years researching his own family tree and helping […]
Donagh O’Donoghue obituary: Celebrated patron of Galway’s Druid Theatre
Towering figure in Galway’s arts and academia world took drama as seriously as business Donagh O’Donoghue’s association with NUI Galway continues posthumously through the O’Donoghue Centre for Theatre, Drama and Performance which opened in 2017 and was funded by his philanthropic donation Sat Jun 19 2021 Born: March 13th, 1944 Died: May 30th, 2021 Donagh O’Donoghue, businessman, […]
James Patrick O’Donoghue’s patent is worth a good blow on his trumpet
I do not like to blow my own horn, but I am getting older and sometimes it is good to leave a record of some accomplishment somewhere. I invented this Magnetic Levitation Prototype System back in the early to mid 1990s. It has since then become cited by at least 24 other patented inventions. 20 […]
Donohoe Family Reunion for the Descendants of Thomas and Jane (nee Madden) Donohoe May 2024 in Toowoomba, Qld, Australia
Pictured front L to R is: Jamie, Thomas, Michael, Jane and (Cousin) Louie Carlan. Bach L to R: Bridget, William, Joseph, Charles and Anne. A Family Reunion will be held for the Descendants of Thomas and Jane (nee Madden) Donohoe on the first weekend […]
Norman E. “Ned” Donoghue, II publishes Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exi
This is the untold story of the wealthy transatlantic merchants, all Quaker leaders, who became among the nation’s first political prisoners as the British Army occupied Philadelphia for over 8 months in 1777-1778. The book is receiving praise from US scholars as “an untold story of national significance”. Published by Penn State University […]
Smell the roses
I was listening to the radio last week and I heard about a new Dannahue rose Dannahue | English Shrub Rose | David Austin Roses Except if I heard the conversation right it was meant to be a Donahue rose Anyway it is really very beautiful
Another O’Donoghue of Fiction
In Geoffrey Archer’s book Scorpion Trail the hero meets the girlfriend, Lorna Donohue, of his time in Belfast during the Troubles. But now, nearly 20 years later, he is in the Bosnian War trying to track down a merciless killer. Scorpion Trail (penguin.co.uk)
Covid-19: Tributes paid to ‘big daddy’ of renal medicine
Covid-19: Tributes paid to ‘big daddy’ of renal medicine Published 5 January 2021 A professor known as the “big daddy of British renal medicine” has died with coronavirus, it has been confirmed. IMAGE SOURCE,KIDNEY CARE UK Image caption, Prof O’Donoghue’s daughter-in-law said the world was “poorer without him in it” Prof Donal O’Donoghue, who was […]
The man and his pony up on the ridge
This photo was taken at Maleny, Qld, I am actually on the Balmoral Ridge Lookout, and the background is the Sunshine Coast. Unfortunately it was an overcast day, usually one can see ships sailing in the background. Contributed by Frank Donohoe