Fenians and the movements that followed
The Fenians (and those movements that followed) were central to Irish history from around the middle of the nineteenth century to the Civil War. They had great influence in North America and other parts of the British Empire. This project would research that period and O'Donoghue participation.
Progress
October 2003 'The Fenian movement and The O’Donoghue MP' covered the period to 1868
April 2007 'The Fenians and events to the War of Independence (1919)
Next Stages
Encourage other contributors
Irish pioneers and the settlement of Canada
The stories of the settling of the new worlds are remarkable to modern folk. This project addresses overall immigration and settlement patterns and describes specific O'Donoghue cases
Progress
Journal articles
October 2001 Daniel O’Donoghue – a pioneer of the 19th century Canadian labour movement
October 2002 Sylvester O’Donoghue – a prominent architect in 19th century Nova Scotia
October 2007 Joseph Donohoe and the politics of Irish Catholics in Canada
January 2008 O’Donoughues in Quebec
July 2013 Unequal justice’: The Métis in O’Donoghue’s Raid of 1871
October 2013 April Challenge: Who was the first recorded O’Donoghue in Canada?
Next Stages
Ask for people to participate
Dunphys of Canada
Dunphy and its variants is the most common variant in Canada. Why is this? What attracted the Dunphys from their homeland area in Kilkenny and specific areas in Tipperary and Laois to Canada
Short term objective
Get a Dunphy to take this project on and others to join in
Next Stages
Approach Dunphy community
Famous Irish regiments in foreign armies
There are many famous Irish regiments that have graced the armies of the English speaking world and also many countries of Continental Europe. O'Donoghues have figured in many of these as officers, NCOs and men. The stories are stirring.
Progress
January 2010 The Irish in the armies of Europe – Part One: 1580-1660
January 2010 The story of Ruairdrí Ó Donnchadha
Next Stages
To get some people to join the project team
Ó Donnchadha tribal history
Objective is to extend our current knowledge of the O'Donoghue tribes of Ireland
Individual projects to be started for all of the tribes on the Historical Origins area
Progress
Journal articles
April 2001 The Donohoes of Cavan
January 2003 O’Donoghue tribal history in Cork and Kerry
October 2006 The Milesian Myth and the Scythian Connection
January 2007 The Aran Islands and O’Donoghue history
April 2007 Oral and literary influences on the O’Donoghues Duff from 1641 to the present day
April 2009 The Ua Donnchadha sept of Osraige: A brief introduction
October 2010 The Enigma of the Eóganacht Genetic Signature and the ‘Scythian Marker’
January 2011 Garranes –The Camelot of Ireland
April 2013 The Usurpers of West Munster
October 2013 Awly Mór – the sad fate of Olaf the Great
April 2014 The Eóganachts of Cashel in Kerry
Next steps
Work on the tribes/septs not yet covered
Settling the American West – 1820-1920
Intended as a review of the Irish and O'Donoghue (however spelt) involvement in the development of the West from earliest times.
Would cover the Oregon Trail (1840's), California Gold Rush (1849), Idaho and Montana Gold Rushes following into 1870, Railroads, Copper Mining and
the Copper Kings, etc.
Progress
January 2006 The Oregon Trail – Donahoe/Donahue tales
January 2006 John O'Donoghue, The Man Who Built The Emmitsburg Railroad
July 2006 John W. Donihue, Ghost of the Goldrush
Next steps
This project needs to be broken into smaller time periods when further progressed.
More stories
American Civil War 1861-5
Objective is to research the Irish influence and O'Donoghue (however spelt) participation in this period of history. The outcome will be a series of journal articles.
Progress
Journal articles
July 2005 General Michael T Donohoe – American Civil War 1861-5
Next Stages
Encourage more people to contribute to the research.
Aran Isles
Ancient connections between the Eoghanacht O'Donoghues and the Aran Isles may have dated back to the time of St Enda in the 5th century. O Siochain in 'Aran – islands of legend' states that O'Donohue was one of the most common names on the three islands in early 19th C. census records. Today many different spellings of the name are found on gravestones. This project will endeavour to explore this history.
Progress
January 2007 The Aran Islands and O’Donoghue history
Next Stages
To research the links with O'Donoghues of Clare and Galway
American Revolutionary War 1775-83
In this project we aim to research the Irish participation in the war against the British, and, in particular, describe the contribution of people of our name
Progress
Journal articles
April 2006 American Revolutionary War 1775-83; personalities and insights
Next steps
More stories to be encouraged
Irish of the Caribbean
During a trip to Ireland, in about 1990, my wife called to tell me that a newspaper travel article had said that O’Donoghue, among other Irish names, was found amongst today’s black population on the island of Montserrat. I have always been intrigued by this thought. How did Irish surnames get to black people of the West Indies? The historical events of the seventeenth century in Ireland started the process. This project endeavours to trace the history of the name and the people and places associated with it from that time to today.
Progress
Journal articles
October 2001 The black Irish of the Caribbean
April 2005 and January 2006 The Irish of the Caribbean
Next steps
Keep live as more knowledge comes available