As I mentioned, Robert Hamilton was a Land Steward for the Marquess of Conyngham. 1, The peerage of Ireland, or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom, Vol. It was the centre of O'Doherty's Rebellion of 1608 with the key Battle of Kilmacrennan taking place there. A canal linking the Erne to the River Shannon was constructed between 1846 and 1860, creating Ireland's longest navigable waterway. Other acts to come out of Donegal include folk-rock band Goats Don't Shave, Eurovision contestant Mickey Joe Harte and indie rock group The Revs. Modern exponents include the Inishowen playwright and poet Frank McGuinness and the playwright Brian Friel. For the purpose of elections, the county is divided into 5 Municipal Districts comprising the following local electoral areas: Donegal (6), Glenties (6), Inishowen (9), Letterkenny (10) and LiffordStranorlar (6). William was a Monitor and then First Monitor (teachers aide) at Glenties National school. 1818 or 1808 I believe in Falacarragh (Crossroads) possibly Killuit townland. For most of the last two centuries, the majority of the buildings lay in ruins but the castle was almost fully restored in the early 1990s. Carnowen. It is the largest fishing port in the country and on the island of Ireland. There are several rugby teams in the county. The outcome of the discussion may result in a change of this page, or possibly its deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. A general survey of the marine algae of Mulroy Bay, Co. Donegal: II. Emigration from 1850 to 1960Irish emigration between 1850 and 1960 is best divided into three periods: . [35], The majority of Donegal has a temperate oceanic climate (Kppen climate classification: Cfb), with upland areas in the Derryveagh and Blue Stack ranges classified as oceanic subpolar (Kppen climate classification: Cfc). info@donegalancestry.com, Chairman: Mr John Coyle November 9 1833. By the late 1950s, major work was required to upgrade the track, and the Irish Government was unwilling to supply the necessary funds, so 'the Wee Donegal', as it was affectionally known, was closed in 1960. DONEGAL (County of), a maritime county of the province of ULSTER, bounded on the east and south-east by the counties of Londonderry, Tyrone, and Fermanagh, from the first-named of which it is separated by Lough Foyle; on the south, by the northern extremity of the county of Leitrim and by Donegal bay, and on the west and north by the Atlantic ocean. In 1830 it was ascertained that the shoals had returned, and the fishery consequently revived, insomuch that the value of the take in 1834 exceeded 50,000, and in the two succeeding seasons has been still greater. Like other areas on the western seaboard of Ireland, parts of County Donegal have a distinctive fiddle tradition which is of world renown. Whiskey is made very largely both in licensed and unlicensed distilleries: the latter are chiefly in the Rosses, Boyalgh, and Ennishowen, which last place has long been celebrated for the quality of the spirit produced there. [5] Popular music is also common, the county's most acclaimed rock artist being the Ballyshannon-born Rory Gallagher. In the years after the Famine some of them were doing just that. ), and from 6 48' to 8 40' (W. The 1841 census showed that there were 8,175,124 people living in the four provinces of Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. 2. A Muster Rolle of ye Province of Ulster, dated 1630, serves as a census substitute. The dates and ports of embarkation and arrival, the source of the information, and often the number of passengers and the name of the ship's captain are given for each vessel. The head of the O'Donnell family had the titles An Domhnaill (meaning The O'Donnell in English) and R Thr Chonaill (meaning King of Tr Chonaill in English). This chieftain, after having endured much opposition from his brother Neachtan, and maintained continual hostilities with the English, by whom he was at length taken prisoner, died in captivity. Lat. Despite a nearly 3% increase in votes, Fine Gael did not win any additional seats in 2019. [70] Francis Makemie (originally from Ramelton) founded the Presbyterian Church in America. Killycreen, Ramelton, Co Donegal, Ireland 149 p., Patrick Campbell. The waters of the Foyle were flowing to the ocean long before man's foot trod its banks. Derry was the main port for emigrants from Donegal travelling to the New World until the steamship took over in 1897. I know his occupation from his son Williams Australian marriage certificate and the baptism records for Roberts children. A world ended for a generation who became like immigrants in their own land: what bothered a woman known as Mthair Phda John Thaidgh on her deathbed was that the next generation had none of her songs. The Irish navvy-turned-novelist Patrick MacGill, author of many books about the experiences of Irish migrant itinerant labourers in Britain at around the start of the 20th century, such as The Rat Pit and the autobiographical Children of the Dead End, is from the Glenties area. County Donegal was the home of the once mighty Clann Dlaigh, better known in English as the O'Donnell dynasty. [8] This is in reference to the tath or Gaelic kingdom of Tr Chonaill (which the county was based on) and the earldom that succeeded it. Vast swathes of the county were devastated, with many areas becoming permanently depopulated. Two permanently inhabited islands, Arranmore and Tory Island, lie off the coast, along with a large number of islands with only transient inhabitants. The town councils were abolished in June 2014 when provisions of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 was commenced[60] and their functions were taken over by Donegal County Council. Donegal Irish has a strong influence on learnt Irish across Ulster. The Burndale river rises in Lough Dale in the mountains of Cark, and flowing eastward, joins the Foyle: it is navigable to Ballindrait for vessels of 12 tons. 1850 : Rentals: All tenants: National Library of Ireland : Ms. 5465-70 . Willie Cumming, Duncan McLaren and T.J. 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The county afterwards formed the northern part of the district of Eircael or Eargal, which extended into the county of Fermanagh, and was known for several centuries as the country of the ancient and powerful sept of the O'Donnell's, descended, according to the Irish writers, from Conall Golban, son of Neil of the Nine Hostages, monarch of Ireland, who granted to his son the region now forming the county of Donegal. [63] Conversely, voters in the county have also supported several referendums which were not enacted. This was broken up into Donegal East and Donegal West from 1937 to 1977, and into Donegal North-East and Donegal South-West from 1981 to 2016. Willie Nolan, Miread Dunleavy and Liam Ronayne (Editors). The boat to Britain, the United States, or Australia became an inescapable fate for many, leaving behind the beneficiaries of emigration, the chosen ones who would inherit the squared farms. The family was afterwards called Kinel Conall, or the descendants or tribe of, Cinfaeladh, fourth in descent from Ceanfadda, had three sons, one of whom was Muldoon, the more immediate ancestor of the, A second Cinfaeladh, eighth in descent from Fergus Ceanfadda, was the father of Dalagh, from whom the O'Donnell's are sometimes styled by the Irish annalists Sioi na Dallagh, the sept of. From a local row he has crafted an extraordinary work of history that makes its own importance. Some people emigrated of their own free will to escape a lifetime of poverty or subjugation and in search of a better life. Ireland Census, 1851 FamilySearch RecordsImagesFamily TreeGenealogiesCatalogBooksWiki Cite This Collection "Ireland Census, 1851." Database with images. It is part of the Northern and Western Region (a NUTS 2 European statistical Region), within which it is part of the Border strategic planning area.[17]. A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. The population was 166,321 at the 2022 census.[3]. Lon. One British soldier was killed in the fighting. & 20th Centuries, This section form part of The bays and harbours are numerous, capacious, and safe. The population of Ireland in 1841 was at a historical high, as shown by the census taken that year. He was thought of as the original freethinker by George Berkeley. Donegal. O'Donnell royal or chiefly power was finally ended in what was then the newly created County Donegal in September 1607, following the Flight of the Earls from near Rathmullan. with some milk and butter; the clothing mostly frieze, though articles of cotton are common, especially for the women's wear. Letterkenny is by far the largest settlement in Donegal, with a population of just under 20,000. The vast majority of its land border (93%) is shared with three counties of Northern Ireland: County Tyrone, County Londonderry and County Fermanagh. William left Ireland and emigrated to Australia in 1867. The Donegal Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking district) also attracts young people to County Donegal each year during the school summer holidays. On 24 April 2011, Donegal added their third national title when they defeated Laois to capture the National Football League Division Two, they added another Division Two title in 2019. [13], Located in the northwest corner of Ireland, Donegal is the island's northernmost county. http://www.findmypast.com : 2014. It has been labelled the 'forgotten county' by its own politicians, owing to the perception that it is ignored by the Government of Ireland, even in times of crisis, The population of County Donegal is roughly 158,755 people.[1]. The Irish spoken in the Donegal Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) is of the Ulster dialect, while Inishowen (parts of which only became English-speaking in the early 20th century) used the East Ulster dialect. [36] The county's climate is heavily influenced by the North Atlantic Current. Higher education within the county is provided by the Letterkenny campus of the Atlantic Technological University (ATU; formerly the Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT), popularly known locally as 'the Regional', established in the 1970s). Carne, Pettigo . In early Irish history those waters carried the flimsy boats of fishermen and travellers. The Ballymanus mine disaster occurred on 10 May 1943 on a beach at Ballymanus, County Donegal, when local villagers attempted to bring ashore an unexploded marine mine. The County Arms is the official coat of arms of both County Donegal and Donegal County Council. The farm-houses are comfortable, but defective in cleanliness. . This added further to the economic and social difficulties of the county. His occupation was teacher. Many of these people initially emigrated from Scotland to Ireland for the same reasons. Of these, the termon lands, containing 9160 acres, were assigned to the bishopric of Raphoe, to which they had previously belonged; 3680 acres were allotted for the bishop's mensal lands; 6600 acres for glebe to the incumbents of the 87 parishes into which the county was to be divided; 9824 acres of monastery lands to the college of Dublin (Trinity College); 300 acres in Culmore fort; 1000 acres to Ballyshannon, and 1024 acres, named the Inch, to Sir Ralph Bingley. The area's attractions include Glenveagh National Park (formerly part of the Glenveagh Estate). Campbell 1995. On the attainder in 1612 of Rory O'Donnell, to whom James Ihad given the title of Earl of Tyrconnell and the greater part of the family possessions, the district, which had been erected into a county called Donegal, by Sir John Perrot, in 1584, was included by that king in his plan for the plantation of Ulster. Son of Robert Delap and Mary Ann Bogle, and brother of William Drummond Delap and Samuel Francis Delap. The small village of Lifford in eastern Donegal is the county seat. With an area of 312,410 acres (1,264km2), Kilmacrennan is also the largest barony in Ireland, being roughly equal in size to County Monaghan. Located in the far north western corner of Ireland, County Donegal is rugged and remote even by Irish standards, giving Donegal a sense of unspoilt character. County Donegal is named after the town of Donegal (from Irish Dn na nGall'fort of the foreigners')[7] in the south of the county. Such athletes include Danny McDaid in the World Cross-Country Championships in 1979, Bridie Lynch who won medals in the World Paralympic Games in 1992 and 1996,[75][76] Gary Murray who came 8th in the European Junior Cross-Country Championship of 1999, and Mark English who won medals in the European 800m Championships in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019. I also found Robert in Griffiths Valuation in Drumnasillagh. He was baptised on 15 Jun 1847 in Ardara Parish, Donegal, Church of Ireland. Before the Famine the squaring of farms had brought a scarifying transformation of both the physical and the moral landscape. She died in Drumnasillagh. Yet silence became modern Irelands malignancy, its inescapable infidelity to itself, and asking awkward questions remains a vital task. For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865. The smallest barony is Inishowen West, at 77,149 acres (312.21km2). For Mac Suibhne nothing is simple; no one is purely victim or villain; the dominant colour is not green or orange but grey. The 2204 acres still undisposed of were to be given to corporate towns to be erected and entitled to send burgesses to parliament, 800 to Derry, and 200 each to Killybegs, Donegal, and Rath: Lifford had 500 acres previously assigned to it. People from Donegal have also contributed to culture elsewhere. Over the centuries since then, many . The O'Donnell's royal or chiefly power was finally ended in what was then the newly created County Donegal in September 1607, following the Flight of the Earls from Portnamurray, near Rathmullan. The Irish philosopher John Toland was born in Inishowen in 1670. Partition also meant that County Donegal was now almost entirely cut off from the rest of the jurisdiction in which it now found itself, the new dominion called the Irish Free State, which in April 1949 became the Republic of Ireland. Based at Donegal Castle in Dn na nGall (modern Donegal Town), the O'Donnell Kings of Tr Chonaill were traditionally inaugurated, from the 1460s onwards, at Doon Rock near Kilmacrennan. Records of flowering plants include Dactylorhiza purpurella (Stephenson and Stephenson) So. Located in the northwest corner of Ireland, Donegal is the island's northernmost county. Parks, H.M. 1958. Me, Donegal in the Newspapers of This powerful toparch, at an early period of his government, marched into Tir Owen (Tr Eoghain)against Tirlogh Luineagh O'Neil, chief of the sept of the same name and a partisan of the English, whom O'Donnell, although he had recently entered into terms of amity with the Lord-Justice of Ireland, expelled from his principality in 1593, forced him to resign the title of O'Neil in favour of Hugh, Earl of Tyrone, and afterwards compelled the whole province of Ulster to acknowledge his superiority and pay him tribute. Prior to the union, the county sent12 members to parliament; two for the county at large, and two for each of the above-named boroughs, but, subsequently, it has been represented by the two county members only, who are elected atLifford. [58] There are three Irish-speaking parishes: Gweedore, The Rosses and Cloughaneely. The principalriversare theFoyle, the Swilly, and the Erne. Industry 4.0 and the future of work: How to prepare for the digital age. In Williams Australian Marriage Certificate his mothers maiden name was Macevery. The Promontorium Vennicnium of this geographer appears to have been Ram's Head of Horn Head, near Dunfanaghy; and the Promontorium Rhobogdium, Malin Head, the most northern point of the peninsula of Innisoen or Ennishowen (Inis Eoghain aka Inishowen). Francis Alison was one of the founders of the College of Philadelphia, which would later become the University of Pennsylvania. Authors in County Donegal have been creating works, like the Annals of the Four Masters, in Irish and Latin since the Early Middle Ages. They have formed and strenuously support farming societies, have awarded premiums, and recommended improved implements and better rotation of crops. There are dramatic events and extraordinary characters: Richard Pennefather, a blind judge weighing handwriting evidence; William Glacken, an alcoholic curate raging against the savage cruelty of state and squireen; and Joseph Prost, an Austrian Redemptorist bringing (alongside the aptly named Fr Furniss and Fr Coffin) fire and brimstone to the chapels of Donegal. Cricket is chiefly confined to The Laggan district and the Finn Valley in the east of the county. [65] In October 2018, 48.5% of voters in Donegal voted against repealing the offence of publishing or uttering blasphemous matter, the highest of any county and significantly above the national total of 35.15%. Although the late 16th century was marked by the destruction of Gaelic civilization in the upper levels of society, it was preserved among the ordinary people of the northwest, west, and southwest, who continued to speak Irish and who maintained a way of life remote from that of the new landlord class. [43] The oldest rocks on mainland Donegal are a quartzo-feldspathic paragneiss found around Lough Derg, which have been dated to 1.713 billion years ago. National Library of Ireland Ir 92 c 360. In modern Irish, Donegal has produced a number of (sometimes controversial), authors such as the brothers Samus Grianna and Seosamh Mac Grianna from The Rosses and the contemporary (and controversial) Irish-language poet Cathal Searcaigh from Gortahork in Cloughaneely, and where he is known to locals as Gr na gCnoc ('Guru of the Hills'). By 1953, the Lough Swilly had closed its entire railway system and become a bus and road haulage concern. The 129km long River Erne, Ireland's ninth-longest river, enters Donegal Bay near the town of Ballyshannon. Her mother was Grace, but the inscription of her father is hard to read. Tel: + 353 (0) 86 8206714. The early 18th century exodus was thought to be mainly Presbyterians who went to North America and beyond in search of religious freedom, land and a better life. Donegal County Council is the local council and Lifford the county town. To remember everything is a form of madness, Brian Friel wrote about the same part of Donegal. Forest cover is not evenly spread across the county and some areas, such as Pettigo and around Lough Derg, are very heavily forested, while more exposed coastal and upland areas are virtually barren. Have you joinedirelandxo.com/ireland/donegal/inishkeel. John Crowley, William J. Smyth and Mike Murphy (Editors). Its Irish name Na Cealla Beaga means 'little cells', a reference to early monastic settlements. [15] While Lifford is the county town, Letterkenny is by far the largest town in the county with a population of just under 20,000. I posted Williams and Roberts Story hoping that there may still be a relative in Glenties or someone who may know something. In terms of size and area, it is the largest county in Ulster and the fourth-largest county in all of Ireland. In the maritime district from, On the eastern shore of Lough Swilly, and in some other parts of Ennishowen, is found a species of calcarous, At Drumarda, on the shores of Lough Swilly, on Tory island, and in the Rosses, are extensive beds of. [68] The novelist and socialist politician Peadar O'Donnell hailed from The Rosses in west Donegal. The Donegal Gaeltacht has traditionally been a very popular destination each summer for young people from Northern Ireland. Historically, the eastern boundary of the kingdom of Tr Chonaill was demarcated by the River Foyle. The purpose of this redirect is currently being discussed by the Wikipedia community. When he ignored a threatening letter telling him to stop evicting his subtenants and look after his aging father, the Mollies decided that Gallagher and his wife should be severely beaten. (The information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time). [32] In 2001, the golden eagle was re-introduced into Glenveagh National Park and is currently Ireland's only breeding population. This meant that all goods had to be transhipped at Derry and Strabane. Winds are much lighter in the county's interior and temperatures are cooler in the winter and warmer in the summer. Hurling (often called 'hurley' within County Donegal), handball and rounders are also played but are less widespread, as is the case in other parts of western Ulster. Vaughn, W. E., and A. J. Fitzpatrick. Life in County Donegal Between the 18th A general survey of the marine algae of Mulroy Bay, Co. Donegal. County Donegal was one of the worst affected parts of Ulster during the Great Famine of the late 1840s in Ireland. [10] In the saga that the informer sparked, Mac Suibhne shows the rise of the world the Famine made. [25] Historic deforestation left Donegal devoid of forest cover by 1900. Sources William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? Lanarkshire, Scotland - Co Donegal Entries in the 1855 Lanarkshire, Scotland Civil Marriage Register (Meg Greenwood) Miscellaneous: Coastguard Births and Baptisms, Donegal Wills: Index to the Diocese of Raphoe Wills - For the period 1684 - 1858. [26] The county contains extensive tracts of blanket bog which are concentrated in western and upland regions. This was, of course, a colonial society with brooding sectarian animosity, but there were also priests who shared drinks with rectors, anti-establishment Protestants fighting injustice, and Castle Catholics forging careers in the grim, silent castles of authority. The average size of a townland in the county (excluding towns) is 438 acres. Donegalmountains, comprehending all the remainder of the county, is interspersed with fertile valleys and tracts of good land, especially in the baronies of Kilmacrenan and Ennishowen. Most of those who emigrated during the 19th and early 20th centuries were poor and unskilled. Blanket bog covers an area of 148,656ha (367,337 acres), or roughly 30 percent of the entire county.[27]. There are maps of fields and tables of valuations, official records and local seanchas, as the archival shards are painstakingly assembled. McGlynns treachery (the people hate the very name of informer, he told Cruise) put dozens on trial, but an aristocratic priest, Fr Pat Gallagher (no relation of James), brokered a compromise: the accused could renounce their radicalism and swear an oath of allegiance to Queen Victoria. Yet many of the left behind ended up feeling trapped on land where melancholy rose like damp. Elections to the County Council take place every five years. Donegal's inter-county football team have won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title twice (in 1992 and 2012) and the Ulster Senior Football Championship ten times. However, the greater economic and administrative integration with Northern Ireland, following the Good Friday Agreement of April 1998, has been of benefit to the county. Within Ulster, only the O'Neill Clan of modern County Tyrone were more powerful.
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