Biographies
O'Donoghues of all spellings have made great contributions in many spheres all over the world. The purpose of this project is to produce brief biographies of their lives. It is not just the famous we are aiming at, some of the most enjoyable stories are in the lives of everyday people as we have proved
Biographies produced to date
April 2001 Amanda Donohoe
July 2001 Patrick Donahoe
October 2001 Daniel O'Donoghue
January 2002 Lowitja O'Donoghue
October 2002 Sylvester O'Donoghue
October 2002 Michael Donohue
April 2003 Ann O'Donoghue
July 2003 Kathleen Donohue Donahue
January 2004 Bridget O'Donoghue
April 2004 Steve Donoghue
July 2004 Thomas Scott Donahue
January 2005 Professor Thomas Donahue
January 2005 Bold Jack Donahoe
April 2005 Brian Joseph O'Donoghue
July 2005 General Michael T Donohoe
January 2006 John O'Donoghue
April 2006 Brother Ralph and Doctor F.G.Donehoo
July 2006 John W Donihue
October 2006 Violet Evangeline O'Donoghue
January 2007 Lieutenant Colonel John William O'Donoghue
April 2007 Yellow Jack Donahue
April 2007 John Talbott Donoghue
April 2007 Pat Donahue
July 2007 James Edmund O'Donoghue
October 2007 John O'Donohoe
January 2009 Rev Edward Geoffrey O’Donoghue B. A. (The Caring Curate)
April 2009 John Dunphy – lumberman, boat builder, farmer
July 2009 Algernon Charles O’Donoghue – A Sound Man
July 2010 Tim Dunnahoo – Five-Star Chef
October 2010 The Life and Family of Lt Colonel Charles James O’Donoghue 76th ‘Hindoostan’ Regiment of Foot
January 2013 Timothy Shea – a walking encyclopaedia
April 2013 Paud O’Donoghue – “he knew how to live life”
October 2014 to July 2015 The Story of Martin H Donohoe, war correspondent extraordinary
January 2015 Flight Sergeant Norman Dunn (O'Donoghue) and his stage heritage
April 2015 The Very Reverend Father Thomas O'Donoghue
October 2015 He died for Britain – Arthur Gerald Donahue(1913-42)
Next steps
Encourage more
The Irish of (individual American states)
This project will research the history of the Irish in individual American states and portray the contribution made by O'Donoghues (however spelt) to their development.
Progress
Journal articles
October 2008 The Donahos of Texas
July 2007 Emeralds in the Bluegrass – The Irish of Early Kentucky
January to April 2005 The Donahoos of Maryland
The Irish of Latin America
The Irish played a notable part in the history of Latin America
Short term objectives
To research the O'Donoghue involvement
To write a journal article
Progress
July 2015 to April 2016 The Adventures of Juan Ó Donojú (Mexico)
January 2015 Thomas Donohoe introduced football to Brazil – fact
Next step
Find someone to tackle the subject
Irish clerics in the European colleges of the 17th and 18th centuries
Irish monks and priests have operated on the continent of Europe throughout time but in these centuries, because of the Penal Laws, Irish colleges, such as Louvain, grew up around the Catholic countries. Many O'Donoghues were in them either as clerics, teachers or as students.
Progress
Journal article
January 2014 Irish priests in Toulouse
Next stage
Need someone to cover other colleges
The monasteries and Church in Medieval Ireland
The state of the church in Ireland was not good and the stories of the clerics' behaviour most 'interesting'
Progress
July 2002 Some abbeys and monasteries with O’Donoghue connections
October 2002: 'The religious orders and more monasteries with O’Donoghue connections'
July 2003: 'Religious O’Donoghues in Galway and the state of the Church in the fifteenth century '
January 2009 More abbeys and ancient clerics of the name
There is so much more to cover from the 5th C. onwards
Next stages
Find someone to address the subject
The rapparee
This name arose in the 17th C. when the Penal Laws were in place in Ireland. Irregular or guerilla action against the English was fairly constant and continued throughout the 18th C. Rapparee meant an irregular soldier or freebooter – a lawless adventurer or outlaw.
Progress
January 2004 Captain Right – The Rightboy movement and the Tithe Wars which described the exploits of an O'Donoghue rapparee
April 2015 Captain Right – The Rightboy Movement of the late 18th century
Next steps
Are there more O'Donoghue rapparees out there?
To Hell or Connaught
In 1641 the Gaelic Irish revolted against the English government and formed a rebel assembly known as the Confederation of Kilkenny. The insurrection was crushed mercilessly by Cromwell's army. Large scale confiscation of land followed and owners of around 11m acres of land were driven and their property given to Protestant colonists. The Galic Irish were told to re-settle north of the Shannon in Connaught or they would be put the sword and their souls condemned by the Puritans to Hell
Short term objective
A journal article
Next stage
Find someone to tackle this subject
The Irish in Victorian London (or any other major British city)
Irish left Ireland for London in the 19th C. in their thousands. The story of rural Irish into the horror that the East End of London represented is in many family histories. But most of them survived and many of us have benefited from their endeavours.
Progress
Journal articles
April 2004 The Irish migration to Britain in the nineteenth century
Next steps
Much more could be done
The Battle of Clontarf 1014
This battle represented the end of Viking supremacy in Ireland and O'Donoghues were prominent
Progress
Journal article
October 2014 The Battle of Clontarf – 1014
Objective achieved
O’Donoghue Halls of Fame
O'Donoghues have figured large in many fields of endeavour and still do. This project portrays their achievements through a series of focused articles
To date we have covered
January 2003: Focus on Sport
April 2003: Focus on Music (1)
July 2004: Focus on Speed
October 2004: Focus on Magic
January 2005: Focus on Entertainment
April 2005: Focus on Media
July 2005: Focus on Art (1)
October 2005: Focus on Medicine
April 2009 Focus on The natural world
July 2013 Focus on Dance
October 2014 Focus on reaching for the stars
Next stages
Find more people to cover other areas of expertise