February 8, 2026

Cousin had Limerick as origin but no paper trail. I had a DNA match with a John Joseph O’Donoghue of current Limerick residence. Not responsive to inquiry.

December 5, 2025

Have one relative thought John Donoghue came from Limerick, but nothing has been found. John Donoghue has three sisters, Catherine, Ellen and Margaret from a step mother named Margaret. All three died on an 1852 ship to Mobile, Alabama, I was told by a research librarian back in 1986 at University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. I […]

November 30, 2024

My O’Donoughy Ancestor On my blog I have a post with the birth records of the baptisms of her and Richard Dowd’s children. Parish: Drum, Currin Church of Ireland Mary and Richard had another son in Canada (my ancestor) in 1842. I looked for Mary’s birth on the website but did not find anything. It […]