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The O'Donoghue Society

For all those interested in history and genealogy and whose names are derived from the Gaelic

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Ancestors moved around
Don't assume your ancestors remained in the same parish for generations past, as people did mmove around. At the same time, if your ancestor appears to to have suddenly moved from the Isle of Wight to Manchester, question the likelihood!

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Snippets blog: An O'Donoghue Kerry parish priest who died during The Famine
In the News blog: Emma Donoghue launches her latest book The Wonder
In the News blog: Sister Angela O'Donoghue, who has spent most of her life at Melbourne's Abbotsford Convent, celebrates her 100th birthday.
Genealogy blog - great source for Shillelagh and Ballinacor South, County Wicklow origins
Snippets blog - Cloghereen fair and the Donoghue/Minehan feud
Name blog - new variant in the 1871 England, Wales & Scotland census
In the News blog - O'Donoghue helps Kerry cruise through to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-finals
April journal published
April yDNA report published
In the News blog: Donohoe rules out pay deal to prevent Garda strike
In the News blog: Commissioner defends progress of Donohoe investigation
In the News blog - Donohue describes how a new tax loophole helped Irish economy grow 26%
January journal published
January yDNA report published
The new site and some features of the existing site have been delayed due to the serious illness since August 1 of the key man in the society's IT support firm - wishing him a healthy recovery
October journal published
July Y-DNA results and report are available on site
July journal published
April DNA results and report published
April journal published
New Society web site commissioned with PC Consultants - will be introduced over a five month period with many new features
Email rejections very high again. Please review your spam blockers if you want to hear from the society
Brendan O'Donoghue, a leading Irish genealogist, joins the Society Council to lead the Family History Research programme
January journal published
January DNA results, interpretations & report published