Patrick was born on 27th of September 1864 and Baptized on 29th of September in the Glounthane Parish. He was the son of Patrick Donoghue and Mary Fitzgerald. His Godparents were Bartholomew Lynch and Ellen Fitzgerald. His sister, Mary was Baptized in the same church on the 21st of April, 1867. Patrick married Catherine Purcell on the 16th of July, 1887, in the Church of St. Patrick, City of Cork.